BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. Great Britain. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race, &c. By A. J. Johnes, Esq. 8vo. pp. circ. 275. London, S. Clarke; Llandovery, Rees. WITH much learned research, and from a curious analytical comparative tabular view of coincidences between the language of Africa and the languages of Europe, Asia, and America, Mr. Johnes contends for the propositions asserted in his title-page. As a repository of much remarkable matter of considerable value to philologists, we can safely recommend it as a literary book; but we must at the same time confess that its ar guments, though he'd to be so conclusive by the writer, have failed to convince us.-Lit. Guzette. Gerrany. Die Lustspiele des Aristophanes. Ubersetz. und erloutert von Hieronymus Müller. Erster Band. Leipsic. 1843. There are perhaps few classics who need translation so much as Aristophanes, as certainly there are few so difficult to translate. To understand the amazing quantity of witty allusion in those uproarious farces requires thorough knowledge of antiquity; whilst the extraordinary power of language-a power wilfully, wantonly abused by the poet-requires of course an equal mastery in the translator. But who has ever possessed that mastery?-who was ever so airy, delicate, and luxurious, at the same time so capricious, boisterous, preposterous in the use and abuse of language? Hieronymus Müller has certainly not that mastery, but he wields his own flexible language with unusual power. His translation is that of a profound scholar and admirable writer. The fidelity with which he has executed it has not interfered with the spirit; indeed, as we endeavored on a former occasion to prove, fidelity is never likely so to interfere. The advantages of having such a translation by one's side while reading that most curious of poets, need not be insisted on; and German is a language now so generally studied that we shall be doing several of our readers a kindness in pointing out to them the existence of this work, since our own language has no substitute for it. The masterly paraphrases of Mr. Hookham Frere and Mr. Mitchell are often useless to any but the merely English reader, and they only comprise a small portion of Aristophanes. Herr Müller's version is to comprise the whole in three volumes the first of these lies before us, and is preceded by a succinct but excellent history of the Grecian drama. When the publication is completed we may return to it in a more special manner. SELECT LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS. GREAT BRITAIN. History of the Consulate and Empire, by M. A. Thiers, translated by D. F. Campbell, Esq. 8vo. Vols. I. and II. Lessons on Doctrine and Duty, by a Sunday School Teacher. Letters and Official Documents of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 7 vols. M'Alpine's Gaelic Pronouncing Dictionary, to which is prefixed a Comprehensive Gaelic Grammar. Owen's (Rev. John) Luther on the Galatians, a new translation, with Notes. Pearsall's (J. S.) Constitution of Apostolical Churches, or Outlines of Congregationalism. Piety and Intellect relatively Estimated, by Dr. H. Edwards. Questions on Markham's History of England for Schools and Families. GERMANY. Das Leben Johann Calvins des grossen Reformators. Von P. Henry. 3 Bd. Hamb. Luther's, Dr. Mart., Tischreden oder Von K. E. Colloquia, herausg. u. erlaüt. Forstemann. Leipz. Aristophanes, Lustspiele. Ubers. und erlaüt. Von H. Müller. 2 Bd. Leipz. Handbuch der römischen Alterthümer, Von W. A. Becker. Leipz. Beiträge zur Charakteristik du Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika. Von W. Grisson. Hamb. Kritik du Principien der Straus's schen Glaubenslehre. Von K. Rosenkranz. Leipz. FRANCE. Les Réformateurs avant la Réforme. XVe Siècle, Jean Hus, et le Concile de Constance. Paris. Histoire de Saint Augustin, sa vie, ses œuvres, son siècle, influence de son génie. Par Poujoulat. Paris. Introduction à l'Histoire du Buddhisme Indien. Par E. Bournouf. Paris. Histoire des Ducs d'Orléans, de la maison de Bourbon, 1608-1830. Par A. Flobert. Paris. Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman, depuis 1792 jusq'en 1844. Par Juchereau de St. Denys. Paris. |