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    GEKMAN LITEKATURE. 317

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    No. Iii. As An Instance Of The Evil Whic...

    action is a necessity in a healthy life ; and that man who has his mind filled with some great and good planor some project of

    use-, fulness , carries with him . a powerful antidote against the poisons and malarias around him .

    To those who are anxious to become acquainted with an important period of German historical literature we can recommend the

    study of two volumes of letters : the first written from Alexander Humboldt to Varnhagen von Ense , from the year 1827 to 1858 ; *

    and the latter from Varnhagen von Ense to a lady correspondent from 1845 to 1853 . _f Charles Augustus Varnhagen von Ense was

    born on February 21 st , 1785 , at Dusselclorf . He was at first intended for the medical profession , till his genius received another

    impulse from the lectures of Schlegel and Fichte . But during the stormy period of the war with Francein company with many of the

    German students of his day , he resi , gned his literary avocations for the public welfareand entered the Austrian army , where he

    distinguished himself , by his courage and military talents , rose to the rank of officerand continued to take an active part in public

    affairs till peace was , finally concluded . In 1819 he established himself at Berlin as a servant of the King of Prussia , and was

    entrusted with many important missions of diplomacy . M . Varnhagen von Ense died at Berlin , on October 10 th , 185 8 . He

    was a prolific writer , having made rnairy important observations on the facts and events of his times . Taking an active part in public

    events from his earliest youth , he was brought in contact with many of the most celebrated characters of his times . His style is learned ,

    but rather labored . Amongst his best works we may recommend " Biographical Monuments of Men of Genius" _J ( containing sketches

    of Schulenberg , Theodore , Bllicher , Flemming , , Zinzendorf , ) and Cl Recollections and Miscellanies" § ( including notices of La Fayette ,

    Fleury , Condorcet , Schleiernacher , F . Schlegel , and the Duchess of Orleans ) . M . Varnhagen von Ense has also published innumerable

    literary studies and poems , with a menioir of Sophie Charlotte , the p Alexander hilosophical Humb Queen oldt of and Prussia himself . The has correspondence already passed between throug M h .

    several editionsand has been rendered into English . "We shall not fill these pages , with extracts from a book which our readers may

    easily procure ; but we cannot undervalue any information which throws liht upon the career and private history of an eminent

    g naturalist and philosopher . Plumboldt ' s knowledge was never unsound and rash ; he knew that nature was only to be controlled

    * Briefe von Alexander Humboldt an Varnhagen von Ense aus den Jahren j * Varnhagen 1827 bis von 1858 Ense . Lei . pzi Briefe g ; , 1860 an . eine JFreundiii aus den Jahren 1845

    bis 1853 . § % Denkwiirdi Biographische gkeiten Denkmale und . vermischte Berlin , 1845 Schriften , 1846 . . 5 Lei vols pzi . g , 1842 , 1846 .

    7 vols .

    Gekman Litekature. 317

    _GEKMAN LITEKATURE . 317

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/29/