IX. "Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins manier von J. R. Schellenberg Winterthur, bey Heinrich Steiner und Comp. 1785, 8vo." That is--"Friend Heins appearance in the manner of Holbein, by J. R. Schellenberg." The preface states that from the poverty of the German language in synonymous expressions for the allegorical or ideal Death, the author has ventured to coin the jocose appellation of Friend Hein, which will be understood from its resemblance to Hain or Hayn, a word signifying a grove. The sagacity of the German reader will perhaps discover the analogy. The subjects are 24 in number, as follow: 1. Love interrupted. The lovers are caught by Death in a net, and in no very decent attitude. 2. Suicide. A man shoots himself with a pistol, and falls into the arms of Death. 3. Death in the character of a beau visits a lady at her toilet. 4. The Aeronaut. The balloon takes fire, and the aeronaut is precipitated. 5. Death's visit to the school. He enters at a door inscribed SILENTIUM, and puts the scholars to flight. 6. Bad distribution of alms. 7. Expectation deluded. Death disguised as a fine lady lays hands upon a beau, who seems to have expected a very different sort of visitor. 8. Unwelcome officiousness. Death feeding an infant with poison, the nurse wringing her hands in despair. 9. The dissolution of the monastery. The Abbot followed by his monks receives the fatal summons in a letter delivered to him by Death. 10. The company of a friend. An aged man near a grave wrings his hands. Death behind directs his attention to heaven. 11. The lottery gambler. Death presents him with the unlucky ticket. 12. The woman of Vienna and the woman of Rome. Death seizes one, and points to the other. 13. The Usurer. Death shuts him into his money chest. 14. The Glutton. Death seizes him at table, and forcibly pours wine down his throat. 15. The Rope-dancer. Death mounted on an ass, and fantastically apparelled, enters the circle of spectators, and seizes the performer by one of his legs. 16. The lodge of secrecy (freemasonry). Death introduces a novice blindfold to the lodge. 17. The recruiting Officer. Death enlists some country fellows, a fiddler preceding. 18. Berthold Swartz. Death ignites the contents of the mortar, and blows up the monk. In the usual representations of this story the Devil is always placed near the monk. 19. The Duel. A man strikes with a sword at Death, who is lifting up the valves of a window. 20. The plunder of the falling-trap. Death demolishes a student by throwing a bookcase filled with books upon him. 21. Silence surrendered. Death appears to a schoolmistress. The children terrified, escape. 22. The privilege of the strong. Death lays violent hands on a lady, whom her male companions in vain endeavour to protect. 23. The apothecary. Death enters his shop, and directs his attention to the poor patients who are coming in. 24. The Conclusion. Two anatomists joining hands are both embraced by Death.