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The German Classics

Author : Kuno Francke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483929326
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book The German Classics written by Kuno Francke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The German Classics: Masterpieces of German Literature The news of the occurrence spread rapidly, and all through the day two or three hundred people from Rodez - men, women, and children - were standing on both shores staring with a look of fascination and self-induced horror into the depths of the ravine. The question was raised whether it was not a will-o'-the-wisp that had misled the old man. A woman alleged that she had spoken with a shepherd who declared he had heard a cry for help; this, it is true, occurred about midnight, and Fualdes had left his house at eight o'clock. A stout tinker contended that the darkness had not been as dense as all believed; he him self had crossed the fields, on his way from La Valette, at nine o'clock, and the moon was then shining. The inspec tor of customs took him severely to task, and informed him that a new moon had made its appearance the day before, as one could easily find out by looking in the calendar. The tinker shrugged his shoulders, as if to say that in such con junctures even the calendar was not to be trusted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A History of German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : Calvin Thomas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331529446
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book A History of German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Calvin Thomas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of German Literature IN writing this volume, it was my task to compress more than a thousand years of literary history into a volume of about four hundred pages. The book was not to be a collection of sheaths garnered here and there in favourite fields, but a real history, dealing with the whole subject coherently and with due regard to the relative importance of periods, writers, and writings. As it was evident that I should be obliged to omit freely and boldly, I decided, first of all, to omit the scholars, philosophers, and men of science, that is, to confine myself pretty closely to literature in the restricted English sense of the word. The broader conception of literature is no doubt the more philosophic, but it is less convenient for a writer who must economise space at every step. The German genius has done much of its best work in scholarship, philosophy, and science, but I was not writing a history of the German genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Introduction to the Study of Old High German

Author : Lionel Armitage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Study of Old High German written by Lionel Armitage and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of German Literature, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : Wilhelm Scherer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331479352
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (793 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of German Literature, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Wilhelm Scherer

Download or read book A History of German Literature, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Wilhelm Scherer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of German Literature, Vol. 1 Tms work is a history of German literature from the earliest times to the death of Goethe. The first chapter traces the roots of German nationality back to the period preceding the Aryan separation, and presents a picture of the intellectual condition of our forefathers at the time when they became known to the Romans. The second chapter treats of the rise and development of the German hero-legends in the epoch of the migrations, and during the Merovingian period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A History of German Literature

Author : Wilhelm Scherer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of German Literature written by Wilhelm Scherer and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Anthology Of German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : Calvin Thomas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265412992
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book An Anthology Of German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Calvin Thomas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Anthology Of German Literature This book is designed to accompany an introductory study of the history of German literature. It is assumed that the history itself will be learned, so far as necessary, either from lectures or from some other book devoted to the subject. As the selections were made, for the most part, while I was writing my own short history of German literature for the series published under the general editorship of Mr. Edmund Gosse and known as Literatures of the World, it was natural that the Anthology should take on, to some extent, the charac ter of a companion book to the History. At the same time I did not desire that either book should necessari involve the use of the other. Hence the absence of cross references; and hence also, in the Ah thology, the brief introductory notes, giving important dates and sum mary characterizations. These are meant to enable the student to read the selections intelligently without constant recourse to some other book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

German Literature, Vol. 2 of 3

Author : Wolfgang Menzel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334503221
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book German Literature, Vol. 2 of 3 written by Wolfgang Menzel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from German Literature, Vol. 2 of 3: Translated From the German Although such a lively movement towards historical investigation could \come only from abroad, by the spirit of the age, and by the tendency of a whole people, yet the carrying it forward was, and always is, first in the hands of the professional literati; and hence this study is still involved in all the chaos of scholastic faults, and has by no means raised itself from an ad'air of scholastic pedantry to the object of a free and elevated national spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The German Classics

Author : Kuno Francke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483197510
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The German Classics written by Kuno Francke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The German Classics: Masterpieces of German Literature, Translated Into English Correspondence of William I. And Bismarck. Translated by J. A. Ford. 116 From Thoughts and Recollections. Translated under the supervision Of A. J. Butler Bismarck as an Orator. By Edmund von Mach Speeches Of Prince Bismarck. Translated by Edmund von Mach Professorial Politics Speech from the Throne. Alsace-lorraine a Glacis Against France. We Shall Never GO to Canossa! Bismarck as the Honest Broker Salus Publica Bismarck's Only lode-star Practical Christianity We Germans Fear God, and Nought Else in the World Mount the Guards at the Warthe and the -vistula! Long Live the Emperor and the Empire! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Selections From Early German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : Klara Hechtenberg Collitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332533725
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Selections From Early German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Klara Hechtenberg Collitz and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selections From Early German Literature While from an ideal point of view it might seem desirable that students of German literature should be acquainted with Old and Middle High German, yet such a plan would, of course, be impracticable for elementary College classes and for High Schools. On the other hand, students of German literature should have an occasion to become acquainted with abstracts, at least, or specimens of the authors discussed by the instructor; and it would appear preferable to have such specimens in Modern German rather than to lay them before the pupils in an English translation, because it is possible in this way to keep nearer to the originals as regards both the form and the spirit. The editor's intention was to make use of such translations only in which the meter of the original is observed. A few exceptions from this rule, however, proved necessary in cases where no suitable translations in the original meter were available (Nos. 42 and 43, 49-51, 61, 70-81). A few specimens of alliterative poetry from Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon have been added, which, though not strictly belonging to Ger-man literature, yet serve to illustrate, and are almost necessary for the understanding of contemporary Old High German and Old Low German poetry. While the order of the selections is chronological, an exception to this rule has been made in case of the younger versions of the story of Hildebrand and Hadubrand (Nos. 5 and 6). Nor did it seem advisable to separate the A.-S. Waldhere Fragments (Nos. 40 and 41) from the Waltharius Manu Fortis. As regards orthography and punctuation, it seemed preferable to adopt the present official rules rather than to preserve the more or less different methods in the various versions. Otherwise these versions have been altered as little as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Modern German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : Benjamin W. Wells
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483873339
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Modern German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Benjamin W. Wells and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern German Literature This book, then, is not for the learned specialist, nor for him who aspires to become one, but rather for those to whom, as to the great majority of our college students, German literature is a pleasant avo cation, a secondary means of culture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Primer of German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : Helen S. Conant
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334512001
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book A Primer of German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Helen S. Conant and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Primer of German Literature This little volume aims at nothing more ambitious than to give an outline of the growth of German literature; but while it may serve as an introduction to a more in timate acquaintance with the subject, the author hopes that readers who, without the leisure to pursue the study in larger works, may wish to know something of the men and women whose genius has illuminated the intellectual progress of Germany, may find this Primer sufficiently comprehensive to satisfy that desire. The author is gratified to learn from her publishers that a sixth edition of this Primer has been called for, and has sought, by a thorough revision, to make it worthy of continued approval for the object for which it was prepared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Author : Kuno Francke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332806720
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by Kuno Francke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated Into English French inﬂuences, almost as early as Hebrew or German, were among the formative forces brought to bear upon the quick-witted but not precocious boy. Heine's parents were orthodox, but by no means bigoted Jews. We read with amazement that one of the plans of the mother, ambitious for her firstborn, was to make of him a Roman Catholic priest. The boy's father, Samson Heine, was a' rather nu successful member of a family which in other representa tives - particularly Samson's brother Salomon in Hamburg - attained to wealth and prominence in the world of finance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Essays on German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330675847
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Essays on German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on German Literature The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to Mr. George Barrie, of Philadelphia, for permission to reprint, in a revised and amplified form, the papers entitled "The Life and Works of Goethe" and "The Life and Works of Schiller," which were originally written as introductions to the sumptuous, illustrated edition de luxe of the two poets, published by Mr. Barrie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Early Influence of German Literature in America (Classic Reprint)

Author : Frederick H. Wilkens
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666966643
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Early Influence of German Literature in America (Classic Reprint) written by Frederick H. Wilkens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early Influence of German Literature in America It is in the nature of things impossible to draw a sharp boundary line between different phases of literary development. It has been deemed advisable, however, to confine these observa tions to a period including and antedating the first quarter of our century. This is a period upon which the historian looks with somewhat unj ustifiable soreness of heart it is the time of plentiful American reprints of the issues of the English press, with but few original contributions of any value. The mournful complaint of the American author of the time about want of encouragement dins in our ears on turning over the pages of long-forgotten American reviews. It was hard for him to realize, or, when realized, to acquiesce in the fact that it was impossible for him to compete with the accepted classics of English literature and the new developments of the end of the last and beginning of the new century. A literary movement, however, cannot be made to order, and we do well to derive some satisfaction from the fact that the American public, with much trash, read much that was valuable, even though not a native product. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Brief History of German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : George Madison Priest
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330782583
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by George Madison Priest and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Brief History of German Literature The Two Kinds Of Middle High German Epic Poetry. The Subjects of the Court Epic. Hartmann. Wolfram. Gottfried. Their Successors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Literature of Germany (Classic Reprint)

Author : J. G. Robertson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364142240
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis The Literature of Germany (Classic Reprint) by : J. G. Robertson

Download or read book The Literature of Germany (Classic Reprint) written by J. G. Robertson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literature of Germany The golden Middle Age gorgeous upon earth again as other mediaeval literatures; but it gives us more penetrating glimpses into the inner life of the denizen of the Middle Ages, and thereby awakens a sympathetic interest in the modern reader. Its interpretation, again, Of that great new-birth which we associate with the word Reformation appears in the still modern form of a liberation of the individual from a world that took no stock of individuals. Lastly, the great German literature of the eighteenth century deals constantly with problems, ethic as well as aesthetic, which are as vital and. Real to us today as they were to that far-off time. We have to accept frankly the comparative absence of the formal beauty which the Latin peoples of Europe can point to in their literatures Germany has no Dante, Ariosto or Tasso; no Lope de Vega; no Corneille or Moliere but, on the other hand, her essential contribution to the wealth of the world's imagination has always centred in the interpretation of heart and soul. Her literature, in spite of its broken endeavour, its fragmentary incomplete ness, possesses in this universal subjectivity a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Short History of German Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : James K. Hosmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330804056
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Short History of German Literature (Classic Reprint) written by James K. Hosmer and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Short History of German Literature If we turn back two hundred years, we find the reading men of England, if they have time to go beyond their own authors, giving their attention, among moderns, to the Italians and Spanish. As yet in Europe only Italy and Spain, besides England, had seen the rise of literatures of sufficient moment to influence the cultivated world beyond the national limits. Dante, Petrarch, Boceaceio, Ariosto, Tasso, Machiavelli had lived, and these are still the greatest Italian names. In Spain, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and Calderon had done their work, - work which no succeeding writers of that land have equalled. If we go back one hundred years, the literature of France has taken the place in the estimation of the English once held by the writers of Spain and Italy; the brilliant men of the age of Louis XIV have laid the world under their spell. In our time, again, the influence of France has been, to a large extent, supplanted. Following especially the lead of two of the most gifted Englishmen of the century, Coleridge and Carlyle, the present generation turns with most reverence to the Germans, often regarding their literature as the most important in the world, after our own, if, indeed, we are to make that exception. It will scarcely be questioned that some knowledge of the history of German literature is, to English-speaking persons, an essential part of thorough culture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.