The advertisement mentions that in order that everyone may have it
in his power to buy this work, and at once to furnish himself with a
very valuable library, without perceiving the expense, a number will
be sent out weekly, which, stitched, costs sixpence, and bound with
the title on the back, ninepence. The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth
numbers contain the first and second volume of the Vicar of
Wakefield, which I had just bought of the antiquarian above-
mentioned.

The only translation from the German which has been particularly
successful in England, is Gesner's "Death of Abel." The translation
of that work has been oftener reprinted in England than ever the
original was in Germany. I have actually seen the eighteenth
edition of it; and if the English preface is to be regarded, it was
written by a lady. "Klopstock's Messiah," as is well known, has
been here but ill received; to be sure, they say it is but
indifferently translated. I have not yet been able to obtain a
sight of it. The Rev. Mr. Wendeborn has written a grammar for the
German language in English, for the use of Englishmen, which has met
with much applause.

I must not forget to mention, that the works of Mr. Jacob Boehmen
are all translated into English.



CHAPTER V.