Kings and princes, in behalf of the best interests of their subjects
and of civilization, it is hoped, will not be backward to support so
noble a design. The public will be informed, from time to time,
by means of the daily papers and journals, of the progress of the
subscription, for which the smallest sums will be received, and the
names of the donors entered in a book kept by the Corporation
of Mentz, to which all communications are requested to be
addressed.--_Foreign Quarterly Review_.

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GOETHE


A medal, in commemoration of Goethe, has been struck at Berlin. On one
side is the portrait of the deceased, by the celebrated Leonard Posch,
crowned with laurel, bearing the inscription Jo. W. DE GOETHE NAT.
XXVIII AUG. MDCCXXXXIX. The likeness was taken a few years ago at
Weimar, and has been universally admired for its accuracy. On the
reverse is represented the Poet's Apotheosis. A swan bears him on his
wings to the starry regions, that appear expanded above, and to which
the Poet, having a golden lyre in his left arm, extends his right arm
with longing gaze. On this side is the inscription AD ASTRA REDIIT D.
XXII MART. MDCCCXXXIL--_Ibid_.

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