(Michael), a German author of considerable eminence in poetry and general literature, was born on the 27th September 1729 at Scharding, a Bavarian town on the Inn. He was educated by the Jesuits, and made such rapid progress in the study of the sciences, that he was employed by the society in the instruction of youth, and as a preacher in several provinces of Austria. In the year 1759 he was appointed one of the teachers of the Theresian Academy at Vienna, where he gave instructions in the *belles lettres*, and in literary history, and afterwards became keeper of the Garellian Library. In 1779 Maria Theresa conferred upon him the honorary title of councillor; and upon the dissolution of the Theresian Academy, in 1784, the Emperor Joseph appointed him second keeper of the imperial library. In the year 1791 he became first Librarian, and received the title of Aulic Councillor. He died on the 29th September 1800, at the age of 71.

Denis was among the first who promoted the study of the German language and literature, and contributed to the refinement of taste, in the Catholic portion of the empire. He translated the *Poems of Ossian* into German hexameters; and wrote original pieces, both in Latin and German. He was well versed in classical literature; but in his own compositions he preferred the northern mythology, and professed to imitate the style of the ancient bards. The best of his poetical productions are to be found in the collection published under the title of *Songs of Sined the Bard*; in which he celebrates the great personages and events of his own times, in a bold metaphorical style, and a spirited flow of lyrical versification.

We are indebted to Denis for several important contributions to the science of Bibliography, as will be seen from the following list of his principal works:

*Poetical Pictures of most of the Military Occurrences in Europe since 1756*. Vienna, 1760, 8vo.

*Poetical Pictures, &c. since 1760*. Ibid. 1761.

*Poems of Ossian and Sined*, 5 vols. 4to. Vienna, 1734. (The translation of Ossian was first published in 1768; the Songs of Sined in 1772.)

*Carmina quadam*. Vienna, 1794.

*Introduction to Bibliography and Literary History*. Ibid. 1777-78, 4to.

*Annalium Typographicorum, V. Cl. Mich. Maittaire Supplementum. Adornavit Mich. Denis, &c.* Ibid. 1789, 4to.

*The Curiosities of the Imperial Garellian Library at Vienna*. Ibid. 1780, 4to.

*Codices Manuscripti Theologici Bibliothecae Pa-*