d to see at every corner a
_gendarme_, or behold his bayonet protruding occasionally from behind
the scene-paintings of a theatre, where he is posted to preserve order.
In two numbers of a weekly review, we find notices of no less than
fourteen books on strictly military matters. For readers who take an
interest in such subjects, we translate the titles of few: _The Battles
of Frederic the Great; The Armies of the Present Day and their Future
Destiny; Military Fireworks in the Royal Prussian Army; The Organization
and Formation of the Bavarian Army and the Military Budget;_ and _A
Short Abridgment of Naval Artillery_. With these works we may also cite
De GUSTAV SIMON'S new essay On _Gunshot Wounds_, which is said to
contain valuable contributions to this branch of surgery.

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The thirtieth volume of _The Library of Collected German Literature_,
contains _Der Waelsche Gast_ (or the Italian Guest), by THOMASIN VON
ZIRELARIA: an old German poem of the Middle Ages, now published the
first time, with philologic and historical remarks by Dr. HEINRICH
RUCKERT; and by K. A. HAHN we have _Die Echten Lieder von den
Niebelungen_ (or The True Songs of the Niebelungen), according to
LECKMANN'S criticisms.

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A biography of the late eminent philologist, KARL LACHMANN, written by
his pupil, MARTIN HERTZ, has recently been published by W. Herz of
Leipsic. With the Life itself are given several important posthumous
literary relics of the great scholar.

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The _History of German Literature_ now publishing at Leipsic by Dr.
HENRY KURZ, seems to be one of the most perfect and admirable works of
the kind ever undertaken. It will contain in all 1600 octavo pages with
portraits, fac-similes, monuments, residences of authors, and every sort
of pictorial illustration that can increase the value and interest of
the work. Copious extracts will be given from the writers spoken of, and
from the whole range of German literature. Two parts have already been
published; the first goes back to the earliest times and comes down to
the middle of the twelfth century, and the second to the middle of the
fourteenth. Though printed in elegant style, and adorned with so many
fine wood cuts, the parts are sold at about twenty-two cents:
twenty-five parts complete the work.

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J. E. HORN has pub