THE BROTHERS.** Count Christian Stolberg, who was the eldest of the two celebrated men who bore this name, was born of an ancient family in Germany on the 15th October 1748. Leopold Friedrich Stolberg, who was the younger brother, was born on the 7th November 1750. They prosecuted their studies together at the University of Göttingen, where they cultivated literature and allied themselves with that band of poets who were then rising into fame, of whom the chief were Bürger, Voss, and Holty. They became distinguished for their classical taste; were enormous admirers of Klopstock, and judged Ossian divine. The younger brother executed a very tolerable translation of Homer's *Iliad*, and subsequently published a translation of a portion of *Æschylus*. The two brothers made a tour with Goethe through Switzerland and part of Italy, and returned by way of Copenhagen. Christian having now married, the two brothers had to separate. After composing some dramas on the classical models, and serving under the prince-bishop of Lubeck, Friedrich likewise married in 1782. In 1785 he was intrusted by the Danish court with a mission of importance to the court of Russia. On his return he retired to Neuenburg in Prussia, where he wrote *Der Island*, a sort of novel, containing dialogue, reflection, description, and recommendation. In 1789 he was again invited by the Danish court to act as its minister to the court of Prussia. He continued to reside in Berlin after his embassy was at an end, and made another tour through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily, of which he published an account in four discursive volumes in 1794. He was subsequently employed on various embassies between the courts of Denmark and Russia. Friedrich had hitherto been a zealous Protestant, but the aspects of the French Revolution seemed to have awakened alarm within his breast. The Protestants of Germany for the most part eyed favourably that baptism of blood and fire which the French nation was undergoing, and from this, or perhaps from some deeper cause, he went over with his whole family to the Church of Rome. After his conversion he wrote his *Geschichte der Religion Jesu Christi*, which was published in 15 volumes in 1806. His works, which are very varied, consist of odes, satires, hymns, elegies, translations, dramas, histories, and novels. He died on the 5th September 1819. His brother Christian wrote poems, dramas, translations, and biographies, and died on the 18th of January 1821. The younger brother had the most ability, but both, in many of their writings, display noble sentiment, kindly feeling, and lofty aspiration.