This table enables us, so far as libraries are concerned, to estimate at a glance, and with a good degree of accuracy the relative value of the public provisions made in Europe and America for general intellectual culture, as well as of those for the most extensive scientific and literary research. For, doubtless, general culture is promoted by multiplying libraries, though each be small and though they be for the most part repetitions one of another; but the means of original research are in proportion to the number of different books accessible to students, and in general to the size of the largest library. It will be seen that in the number of public libraries, France is the only country in the world which excels us. It should be observed that the returns respecting France are official and minute, including libraries of not more than 500 volumes, Many of our public schools, however, possess libraries larger than these, but they are not enumerated in our lists. If they were, they would swell the number of Americon libraries far beyond that of any other country in the world. Were In the aggregate number of volumes in the public libraries, Germany, France, Great Britain, and Russia, are before us. all the district school libraries and village collections in the Uuited States included in the estimate, we should probably take the fourth rank. In the average size of libraries containing over ten thousand volumes we are the last of all. In the size of the largest library we also stand last of all. In the number of volumes, compared with the population, we rank below all but Russia and Spain. These results show that in public provisions for the general diffusion of knowledge by means of libraries, we stand in the very first rank among the nations; and when we consider the cheapness of our publications, and the vast number of them scattered over the land, with the extent of our periodical literature, we may justly and proudly challenge a comparison with any nation in the world for the means of general culture. This, certainly, is much for a country so new, whose chief energies have, as a matter of necessity, been directed to the felling of forests, the clearing of lands, and the support of physical life. It shows, as well remarked by a foreign writer, "that the men who, with steady and vigorous hand, have known how to rule themselves, and be completely free, have well discerned the foundations upon which alone the weal of a free State can safely repose." But this deduction, so full of encouragement, so fraught with matter for gratulation and pride, must be followed by others of a different character. (Fortsetzung folgt.) Uebersicht der nenesten Litteratur. DEUTSCHLAND. Archiv f. wissenschaftliche Kunde v. Russland. Hrsg. v. A. Erman. 8. Bd. 4 Hfte. gr. 8. (Mit 3 Steintaf.) Berlin. n. 5 Thlr. 10 Ngr. Beiträge zur Heilkunde hrsg. v. d. Gesellschaft pract. Aerzte zu Riga, 1. Bd. 1. Lfg. Mit 1 lith. (u. color.) Tab. (in Fol.); Vergleichende Lebersicht der Cholera in den Jahren 1831 u. 1848.] gr. 8. Riga. 1 Thlr. 6 Ngr. Bernardi, S., opera omnia. Curante C. F. Th. Schneider. Tom. I. Et. s. t.: De consideratione libri V. 8. Berolini 1850. n. 15 Ngr, Fischer, Dr. Kuno, Diotima. Die Idee des Schönen. Philosophische Briefe. 8. Pforzheim, 1 Thlr. 24 Ngr. Goethe's Sammlungen. 3 Thle. 12. Jena 1848. 49. n. 2 Thlr. 20 Ngr. Harless, Dr. G. C. A., christliche Ethik. 4. verb. u. verm. Aufl. gr. 8. Stuttgart. 1 Thlr. 18 Ngr. Harting, Dr. D., Quaestionem de Marcione, Lucani evangelii, ut fertur, adulteratore, collatis Hahnii, Ritschelii aliorumque sententiis, ΠΟΡΟ examini subinisit. gr. 8. Trajecti ad Th. n. 1 Thlr. 8 Ngr. Henke's, Adph., Zeitschrift f. die Staatsarzneikunde, fortgesetzt v. Dr. Fr. J. Behrend. 38. Ergänzungsheft. [Zum 29. Jahrg. gehörend.] gr. 8. Erlangen. n. 1 Thlr. 15 Ngr. Hirschig, G. A., Annotationes criticae in comicos [med. com. fragin.] Aeschylum, Isocratem, Demosthenem, Aeschinem, Theophrastum, Lucianum. In Aristophanem et Xenophontem scripsit R. B. Hirschig. gr. 8. Trajecti ad Rh. n. 24 Ngr. Humboldt, Alex. v., Ansichten der Natur, mit wissenschaftl. Erläuterungen. 2 Bde. 3. verb. u. verm, Ausg. 8. Stuttgart. 2 Thlr. 20 Ngr. Jahresbericht üb. die Fortschritte der gesammten Medicin in allen Landern im J. 1848. Hrsg. v. Dr. Çanstatt u. Dr. Eisenmann. 5. Bd. A. u.d. T.: Jahresbericht üb. die Fortschritte in der Heilkunde im J. 1848. 4. Bd. Heilmittel- u. Giftlehre. hoch 4. (M. 4 Steintaf.) Erlangen. n. 2 Thlr. 4 Ngr. Iconographie ornithologique. Nouveau recueil général de planches peintes d'oiseaux. Accompagné d'un texte raisonné, critique et descriptif publié par O. Des Murs. Livr. XII. Imp.-4. (6 Steintaf.) Paris. (a) n. 2 Thlr. 20 Ngr. Journal f. Kinderkrankheiten. Hrsg. v. Dr. Fr. J. Behrend u. Dr. A. Hildebrand. XIII. Bd. 6 Hfte. gr. 8. Erlangen, n. 2 Thlr. 15 Ngr. Lutz, Prof. Dr J. L. Sam., biblische Hermeneutik. Nach dessen Tode hrsg. v. Adf. Lutz. gr. 8. Pforzheim. 3 Thlr. 8 Ngr. Mayer, Dr. A., üb. die Unzulässigkeit der Spinal-Irritation als besonderer Krankheit, nebst Beiträgen zur Semiotik u. Therapie d. Rückenschmerzes. gr. 8. Mainz. n. 1 Thlr. 15 Ngr. Mesnewi od. Doppelverse des Scheich Mewlânâ Dschelâl-ed-din Rumi, Aus d. Pers. übertragen v. Geo. Rosen. gr. 8. Leipzig. n. 1 Thlr. 20 Ngr. Müller, Jul., die christliche Lehre v. der Sünde. 3. verm. u. verb. Aufl. 2 Bde. gr. 8. Breslau. 5 Thlr. 15 Ngr. Quellen u Forschungen zur vaterländ. Geschichte, Literatur u. Kunst, Mit 7 Kunstbeilagen (in 4. u. Fol.) gr. 4. Wien, n. 4 Tblr. Quellensammlung f. fränkische Geschichte hrsg. v. d. histor. Vereine zu Bamberg. 2. Bd. A. u. d. T.: Das kaiserliche Buch des Markgrafen Albrecht Achilles. Vorkurfürstliche Periode 1440-1470. Aus dem ehemals hohenzollerischen Archive der Plassenburg hrsg. v. Dr. Constant. Hüfler. Mit e. histor. Commentare. gr. 8. Bayreuth 1850. n. 28 Ngr. Romberg, Prof. Dr. Mor. Heinr., Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen. 2. veränd. Aufl. 4. u. 5. Lfg. gr. 8. Berlin. à n. 16 Ngr. Schenkel, Dr. Dan., W. M. L. de Wette u. die Bedeutung seiner Theologie f. unsere Zeit. Zum Andenken an den Verewigten. gr. 8. Schaffhausen. n. 14 Ngr. Schultze, Max. Joh. Sigism., de arteriarum notione, structura, constitutione chemica et vita, disquisitio critica, experimentis fulta, praemio ornata. Accedunt 3 tabulae lith. gr. 8. Gryphiae 1850. 18 Ngr. Schübler, Prof. Dr. (G.), Grundsätze der Meteorologie in näherer Beziehung auf Deutschland's Klinta. Neu bearb. von Dr. G. A. Jahn. Mit 9 Stahl- u. Kpfrst,, mehr. Tabellen u. (eingedr.) Holzschn. gr. 8. Leipzig. 1 Thlr. 15 Ngr. Wittstein, Dr. G. C., vollständ. etymologisch-chemisches Handwörterbuch, m. Berücksicht. der Geschichte u. Literatur der Chemie. Zugleich als synopt. Encyclopädie der gesammten Chemie. Ergänzungsheft. gr. 8. München. n. 1 Thir. Wunderlich, Prof. Dr. C. A., Handbuch der Pathologie u. Therapie. 8. Lfg. [I. Bd. 3. Abth.: Allgemeine patholog. Physiologie.] Lex.-8. Stuttgart, (a) 1 Thlr. 3 Ngr. Wüstenfeld, Ferd., üb. das Leben u. die Schriften des Scheich Abu Zakarija Jahja el-Nawawi. Nach handschriftl. Quellen. Auch als Vorrede zu el-Nawawi's biographical dictionary zu betrachten. Lex.-8. Göttingen. n. 15 Ngr. Zimmermann, Dr. Rob., Leibnitz u. Herbart. Eine Vergleichung ihrer Monadologien. Eine v. d. k. dän. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Kopenhagen gekrönte Preisschrift. gr. 8. Wien. n. 20 Ngr. Zu Humboldt's Kosmos. Einige Zugaben zum histor. Theile dieses berühmten Werkes. [Aus den neuen Jahrbüchern f. Philologie, Suppl.Bd. XV., abgedr.] gr. 8. Leipzig. n. 5 Ngr. Abbott (J.) ENGLAND, History of King Charles I. of England. By Jacob Abbott. Fcp. 8vo. pp. 286, with engravings, cloth. 5 s. 15 s. Alison (A.) The history of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. By Archibald Alison, LL. D. New Edition, with Portraits. Vol. 6, 8vo. pp. 690, cloth. Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland. Illustrated by Robert William Billings, and Win. Burn, Vol. 2, 4to. pp. 68, with 120 plates. Billing (A.) First Principles of Medicine. By Archibald Billing, M. D. 5th Edition, revised and improved. 8vo. pp. 360, cloth. 10 s. 6 d. Callaway (T.)- A Dissertation upon Dislocations and Fractures of the 40 s. 7 s. Clavicle and Shoulder Joint: being the Jacksonian Prize Essay for 1846. By Thomas Callaway. 8vo. pp. 186, cloth. Combe (A.) The Physiology of Digestion, considered with relation to the Principles of Dietetics. By Andrew Combe, M. D. 9th edition, edited and adapted to the Present State of Physiological and Chemical Science, by James Coxe, M. D. Royal 12mo. pp. 218, sd. 2s. 6d. Forbes (D.)- Oriental Penmanship: an Essay for facilitating the Reading and Writing of the Ta'lik Character, as generally used in the East 12 s. in Persian and Hindustani Manuscripts and Printed Works; consisting of various Specimens of fine Writing, accurately lithographed from original Native Manuscripts, accompanied by Letterpress Descriptions; together with Explanatory Notes and Observations. By 8 s. Duncan Forbes, LL.D. 4to. pp. 34, cloth. Gardner (G.) Travels in the Interior of Brazil, principally through the Northern Provinces, the Gold and Diamond Districts, during the Years 1836-1841. By George Gardner. 2d edit. 8vo. pp. 450, cloth. Museum Disneianum; being a Description of a Collection of Ancient Marbles, Specimens of Ancient Bronze, and various Ancient Fictil Vases, in the possession of John Disney, Esq., F.R. S., F.S. A., at the Hyde, near Ingatestone. Royal 4to. pp. 296, with 127 plates, cloth. £ 4. 14 s. 6 d. Owen (R.) The Revolution in the Mind and Practice of the Human Race; or, the Coming Change from Irrationality to Rationality. By Robert Owen. 8vo. pp. 204, cloth. 7 s. 12 s. Riddle (J. E.)-A Copious and Critical Latin-English Lexicon : founded on the German-Latin Dictionaries of Dr. William Freund. By the £2. 10s. Rev. Joseph Esmond Riddle. 4to. pp. 1400, cloth. Shapter (T.)-History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832. By Thomas Shapter. 8vo. pp. 314, cloth. Stephens (T.)- The Literature of the Kymry; being a Critical Essay on the History of the Language and Literature of Wales. By Thomas Stephens. 8vo. pp. 524, cloth. 12 s. 6 d. United States Exploring Expedition: the Atlas to Dana's Zoophytes. 61 Folio Plates, mostly coloured, letterpress. Folio, pp. 12, half-bound. 10. 10 s. Walpole (F.)-Four Years in the Pacific in Her Majesty's Ship Collingwood, from 1844 to 1848. By Lieut. the Hon. Fred Walpole. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 866, cloth. 28 s. Anzeige. So eben ist erschienen und durch die Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung in Hannover wie durch alle Buchhandlungen zu erhalten: Hundert Merkwürdigkeiten der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenbüttel. Für Freunde derselben aufgezeichnet von C. P. C. Schönemann. Und Legende vom Ritter Herrn Peter Diemringer von Staufenberg in der Ortenau. Mit Holzschnitten. Hannover, Druck und Verlag von Fr. Culemann. gr. 8. geh. Preis Thaler. 5/6 Mit Holzschnitten. Druck von C. P. Melzer in Leipzig. Intelligenz- Blatt zum SERAPEUM. 15. November. 1849. Bibliothekordnungen etc., neueste in. und ausländische Litteratur, Anzeigen etc. Zur Besorgung aller in nachstehenden Bibliographien verzeichneten Bücher empfehle ich mich unter Zusicherung schnellster und billigster Bedienung; denen welche mich direct mit resp. Bestellungen beehren, sichere ich die grössten Vortheile zu. T. 0. Weigel in Leipzig. Bibliothek-Ordnungen etc. Report of the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution relative to the library. (Fortsetzung.) The statistics given indicate, that while no country in the world has done so much for diffusing knowledge, none has done so little towards furnishing the means which public libraries can supply for its increase. It was doubtless the first duty of the infant republic to provide that all should know something, that the mass of the people should be elevated and enlightened. It has now become her duty to see to it, that no bounds are placed to the culture that each may obtain if he chooses. Now, in the hour of her strength, she ought to provide for her citizens the means of as high culture, of as profound research, of as noble advances in science, literature, and art, as are enjoyed by the citizens of any other nation in the world. She should take care that while the poor man's son may obtain that elementary educaX. Jahrgang. |
