nals in the hand-writing of Swedenborg, and seven volumes of copies by Nordenskjold, Chastanier and Sibly.

A part of Swedenborg's Itinerarium, or journal kept upon his scientific journeys, has been published, and other portions for the years 1710, 30, 36, and 39, are now in the possession of Dr. Tafel, and will probably be printed. (Letter to J. H. Wilkins, April, 1844.)

Dr. J. E. Svedbom, Librarian of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, undertook an investigation of such of Swedenborg's manuscripts as were preserved in that Library, for the purpose of replying to Mr. J. J. G. Wilkinson's question, Whether the MSS. of Swedenborg enumerated in the Preface, (pp. xiii. and xiv.) to the Animal Kingdom published by him, are to be found in the Library?

I. Fragments on the subject of the Economy of the Animal Kingdom, and on the subject of the Animal Kingdom itself, among which there is a treatise on the Parts of Generation in both sexes, and on the Process of Generation."

In reply to this, Dr. Svedbom says, "Among Swedenborg's manuscripts preserved in this library, there is one in folio, the title of which, a considerable portion of the beginning, and the end, are wanting; but the matter seems to agree with the title given above. This book contains various treatises, each with some number and title prefixed to it. The leaves are not regularly numbered, but distinguished in some cases by numbers, in others by letters." He then enumerates the treatises,* several of which are on the above-named subjects.

Dr. Svedbom's account proceeds, "The heirs of Swedenborg, who delivered his books and manuscripts to the Royal Academy of Sciences, in the catalogue which accompanied their letter of donation, state that the treatises are fragments of the books entitled Economia Naturalis (so they write it) and Regnum Animale.

II. The Animal Economy (consisting of Treatises respecting both Parts of Man, respecting the Cerebrum, the Medulla Oblongata and Medulla Spinalis, and respecting the Nerves,) considered analytically, physically and philosophically. pp. 760."

There is a book in 4to having this title, but the title is crossed out with the pen, and does not seem to correspond with the contents of the book. Thus the latter contains, in various places, the Author's Diary [Itinerarium] from 1733 to 1739, with a brief description of his Travels, from 1710, written partly in Latin, partly in Swedish; also extracts from various authors on physical and philosophical subjects; a Treatise

*N. J. Magazine, February, 1844, p. 234.

on the Mechanism of the Soul and the Body, (respecting which see below, 3,) &c. It appears from the catalogue mentioned above, that this volume once contained 760 pages, whereas now it contains only 714.

(Respecting the treatises which we have elsewhere, written by Swedenborg, on the Cerebrum, &c., see below, under the head "Additions," I. and II.)

III. "The Mechanism of the Soul and Body."

The treatise to which this designation refers, is found in the volume last mentioned, of which it occupies p. 116 to 131. It is written, in places, in a hand somewhat difficult to read. From the kind of writing I should infer, that this treatise is only a sketch, [adumbrationem] not digested into the form of a fully developed work.

IV." The Animal Spirit, p. 24."

V. "Sensation, or the passional state [passione] of the Body, chap. xiii.”

VI. "

Action, chap. xxxv."

In the same 4to volume, (2) we find these three little treatises, as well as certain others. The first, on the Animal Spirit, is in 24 pages, and xiii. chapters. The second, on Sensation, or the passional state of the body, is in 11 pages and xiii. chapters, but it ends with the heading, chapter xiv., which would lead one to suppose that the subject was not finished. The third, on Action, is in 30 pages and xxxv chapters, and appears to be complete. These little treatises are easy to read and make out.

(Respecting the other treatises that are contained in the same book, see Addition III.)

VII. "General Sense, and its influx into the Soul."

I find this title given in the catalogue already referred to, as belonging to some "Fragment" preserved among the Manuscripts of Swedenborg; but in the course of my examination I have not been able, at this time, to discover any such treatises in any of the manuscripts.

VIII." The Muscles of the Face."

IX. "The Human Ear."

There are two treatises, having the above titles, both contained in one volume folio.

The treatise on the Muscles of the Face contains 13 pages, and various chapters, headed separately, (as for example, the Muscles of the Middle Region of the Face; the Muscles subservient to the Nose, &c.) This treatise, however, has not the appearance of being fully carried out, but seems rather to contain the outline of some projected dissertation. It is closely written.

The other treatise, on the Human Ear, is in 11 pages. It appears, however, that this treatise, although written by the hand of Swedenborg, is not of his composition, but consists only of certain excerpts from a work by J. F. Cassebohm. (Tractatus V1., de Aure Humanâ, Hala, 1735.) But there are two manuscript treatises by Swedenborg himself, on the same subject, in other parts of this collection, but with different titles. The one, on the Ear and Hearing, of which mention was made above (1); the other, with the slightly different titles, on the Ear and the Sense of Hearing, and which latter is found in the volume of which we are at present speaking.

(Respecting this second treatise, sce addition I.)

Dr. Svedbom gives further accounts under the head of "Additions," from which we extract the following.* "While occupied in scrutinizing the manuscripts of Swedenborg, I chanced upon a manuscript, with neither title nor termination, but which nevertheless powerfully arrested my attention. Like many others in the library catalogues, this book was classed under the general title, "Anatomica et Physiologica. Throughout, as I perused it and considered its contents, I was led to the notion that it contains a continuation of the Animal Kingdom, unknown to exist, so far as 1 am aware, up to the present time. This book is in two hundred and forty-one closely witten folio pages. It begins with p. 1. Prologue, the subject-matter of which is remarkably similar to that of the prologue prefixed to the Animal Kingdom, Part III. (London, 1745,) although the two do not coincide verbatim: the manuscript prologue being much fuller and longer than the other. The treatise which follows, from p. 3 to p. 241, seems to embrace not only the sum of those details that are contained in the Animal Kingdom, Part III. (briefly stated, however, and only the results indicated), but also a great part of those particulars which the author, in the index of contents of the whole work, prefixed to Part I., promised the reader, that he intended to treat of; but which he did not develop in the three parts which he himself published. In proof of this we have the following titles, which are prefixed to the several treatises. After the Prologue, which stands n. 1, we come to II. The common trunks of the carotids; The external common branch of the carotid; The first external branches of the carotid; The other external branches of the carotid; (These subjects occupy pages 3-11.) III. The sense of taste, and the tongue; Sense in general; *The sensorium of taste in general and in particular, (p. 12-31). IV. The sense of smell, (p. 32–43.*) The sense

*N. J. Magazine, vol. xvii. pp. 236, 237, 238.

of touch and the various layers of the skin [cuticulis] (p. 44-60.) The ear and the sense of hearing, (p. 61-83, with additions on p. 99.) The eye and the sense of sight (p. 84-121,) in which we have various sub-titles, for example: Light and colors; The muscles of the eye; the coats of the eye, &c. Next follow, commencing from p. 122, Physical and optical experiments, whether by Swedenborg, or extracted from the writings of other authors, I cannot say; Epilogue on the senses, or on sensation generally, (p. 129-150.) And afterwards, In brief — A general statement of the subjects of sensation and affection, (p. 150-159.) Next, A continuation respecting harmonic or musical laws, (p. 160-187,) in the course of which we have Speech, (p. 185-187.) Then, The understanding and its operation, (p. 187-196.) Last, an Index to the preceding, covering four pages, but which are not numbered. Then follows,

Preface to the part on the cerebrum, but prefixed immediately to the first chapter, (p. 198-202); also Chap. I. The brain, its structure and motion, and sensation generally, (p. 202-204.) The following heads occur on the last page (204): Chap. II. The cranium, and the bones of the cranium. Chap. III. The dura mater, and the power of production, and so forth, without any development of the subjects indicated. There is next a continuation of the dissertation on The structure of the brain, (p. 206–209); The functions of the brain, (p. 209-232); and a Summary statement of the same, (p. 232, 233); The dura mater, (p. 234-241.)

The several treatises to which the above titles refer, do not appear to be finished productions, fully reasoned out, but rather to be outlines, which the author intended to develop further at a future time, and digest into formal dissertations. Notwithstanding this, the author's opinion, unless I am mistaken, is for the most part sufficiently unfolded to be perfectly apprehensible.

The style of treatment is that peculiar to Swedenborg. Unless I am deceived, there is reason to hope that this book, in conjunction with that mentioned above, contains many things which will hereafter prove supplementary to his Animal Kingdom. II. It will be recollected, that the subject-matter of the manuscript entitled The Brain, &c. (2) greatly disappoints the expectation raised by that title. On the other hand, from what has just been said, it appears that another volume lately mentioned presents the disappointed and almost unhoping reader with a dissertation on the brain and its functions. But as this dissertation, like all the others in the same book, seems to give nothing more than an outline of some future treatise, it will perhaps be agreeable to the reader to be in

formed, that I have found two other books, which seem to contain a development of the subject of the brain, accurately written out. III. In the manuscript mentioned above, (4-6), we have "The red blood," (p. 24, chap. xxiii.); The origin and propagation of the Soul," (p. 6, chap. iv.) At the end of the same manuscript a longer treatise begins, but both its title (p. 1, 2) and the continuation are wanting. After a short preface, which occupies the 3d and 4th pages, we read on the 5th page the following:

"Treatise I. The Soul, and the Harmony between it and the Body, considered generally.”

The work begins with these words: "The mind never really acquiesces in any system concerning the intercourse and harmony between the mind and the body, that supposes the existence of an unknown and incomprehensible somewhat," &c. The treatise ends on p. 80, in the middle of a sentence. The leaf containing p. 7 and 8 is wanting. In the preface at the beginning, the author says: "Kind reader, I was long in doubt whether to bring together in one volume the result of all my meditations on the soul and the body, and the mutual action and passion of the two, or whether to divide my work into separate numbers and treatises, and to publish them one by one in the shape of Transactions."

No. IV. p. 76.

DR. BEYER'S "DECLARATION."

[We regret that we cannot insert this entire, but as its length would carry us beyond our limits, we can only make a few extracts.]

Having been from my infancy watchful respecting the established form of doctrine, and zealous for its protection, of which some of my poor attempts in writing are proofs, it happened about four years ago that I met with some of Assessor Swedenborg's works. His mode of writing on theology at first appeared to me incomprehensible, and without interest; but being led forward by curiosity to peruse about half a volume with calm attention, I discovered important reasons to form a resolution not to desist until I had perused the whole of his writings on that subject: and, may I be permitted to observe with the most profound submission, that notwithstanding I devoted to the perusal of them every moment that could be spared from the duties of my official situation, by which I was enabled to read some of them over and over, still could I wish to be allowed to weigh them many years longer, in order to