d by
descriptions in his own hand, have been found in the possession of a
Swabian family, with whom the great poet became acquainted during his
residence at Loschwitz.

In Berlin, M. von Prinz, a pupil of Kiss, the sculptor, is erecting a
group which he calls _The Lion-killer_ in imitation of the _Amazon_. Kiss
himself is engaged on a set of groups from a fox-hunt, Rauch has almost
completed a bust of Humboldt, and statues of General Gneisenau and of
_Hope_.

A colossal statue of the Emperor Napoleon, thirty feet high, is to be
placed on the top of the Triumphal Arch, at the end of the Champs Elysees,
in Paris.

KAULBACH has undertaken to draw a set of sketches for an illustrated
edition of Shakspeare, which will shortly be published by Nicolai, At
Berlin.

MR. GREENOUGH, is now in New-York, awaiting the arrival of his splendid
group for the Capitol, from Italy. He will soon be engaged on his statue
of his friend the late Mr. Cooper, to be erected in this city.

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE MONTH

The extraordinary abilities of Kossuth as orator, hid attractive personal
qualities, and grandeur of his propositions, continue to occupy the
generous regard of the people of the United States, but the impression
which obtained at one time that the national government would in any
manner or degree enter into his plans for confining a future contest for
the liberty of Hungary exclusively to the two parties most immediately
interested, appears to have been very generally given up. This country
will continue to encourage and aid oppressed peoples by showing how wisely
and efficiently its servants can attend to her own affairs. At the same
time it is not to be doubted that citizens in their private capacity may
and will do much for the illustrious exile who pleads among us for the
means of opposing the oppressors of his nation. Kossuth has been
entertained at public banquets since he left New-York by the authorities
of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Annapolis, and Harrisburg; he has
been received by the President of the United States, the two houses of
Congress, and the legislatures of Maryland and Pennsylvania; and on the
7th of January he dined with the representatives, senators, and other
persons connected with the government, at Washington, and Daniel Webster,
Lewis Cass, William H. Seward, and Stephen A. Douglass, made speeches on
the occasion expressive of their personal res