Among the most exquisite works recently published in Germany we observe a second greatly augmented and improved edition of _Alte und neue Kinderlieder Fabeln, Sprüche und Rathseln_, or, Old and New Songs, Fables, Sayings, and Riddles for Children, with illustrations by W. von Kaulbach, C. v. Aeideck, G. Konig, A. Kreling, E. Neureuther, the humorous and popular Graf. v. Poeci, L. Richter, C. H. Schmolze, M. v. Schwind, Stauber, &c. We have been thus particular in mentioning these names, that those who have not as yet seen the work may form some idea of the excellence of its illustrations. The only objection indeed which we have to find is, that the text (despite its title) is too far subordinate to the illustrations. A work of this description should at least have comprised _a majority_ of those songs heard in every Germany nursery, and which are given with such _naïve_ truthfulness in _Des Knaben Wonderhorn_. In several instances these old songs were evidently the sources whence the spirit of the illustration was derived, which illustration is here applied to a limited scrap of the original; as for instance, in the exquisitely spirited and droll picture of _das bucklig's Mannlein_, or the hump-backed dwarf, by _Schwind_, which is far more applicable to the droll, demi, diabolical popular ballad of that name, than to the old scrap of verse which it over-illustrates. But as an album of admirable designs the work is unrivalled. The engraving of the mother and child illustrating the ballad of _Schlof Kindlein_ is truly beautiful, conceived in a spirit of naïve fantasie, peculiarly applicable to the odd yet childlike song. _Das Glocklein im Hersen_, in which Christ is represented as opening the gate of Heaven to a child, by W. Kaulbach, in its pious, gentle beauty, almost transcends praise. Our notice already exceeds limit, yet we cannot leave this gem-book without specially and further commending The Toy-dealer of Nuremberg, a masterpiece of domestic life, by L. Richter, and _Es staig eim Herr zu Rosse_, or A Rider mounting his Horse, by Schwind, which forcibly recall the romantic etchings of Albert Durer. * * * * * A convention of Sclavic scholars, under the auspices of the Servian literary society of _Matica Ilirska_, in Agram, will probably soon be held, to consider the possibility of combining the different Sclavic dialects into one language. This will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, on account of the degree of cultivation which the languages of the Sclavic stock have attained. * * * * * A translation of JOHN MILTON'S _Areopagitica_, a Speech for the Liberty of unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England, in 1644, has recently been executed by Dr. RICHARD RÖPELL, Professor of History at the University of Breslau, and published by Veit and Co. of Berlin. * * * * *