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Title: Tales from the German
Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors

Author: Various

Translator: John Oxenford
C. A. Feiling

Release Date: April 18, 2010 [EBook #32046]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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TALES

FROM

THE GERMAN,

COMPRISING

SPECIMENS FROM THE MOST CELEBRATED AUTHORS.

TRANSLATED BY

JOHN OXENFORD AND C. A. FEILING.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND.

1844.

C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION
LIBUSSA. BY J. H. MUSAEUS. (J. O.)
THE CRIMINAL FROM LOST HONOUR. BY FRIEDRICH SCHILLER. (J. O.)
THE COLD HEART. BY WILHELM HAUFF. (C. A. F.)
THE WONDERS IN THE SPESSART. BY KARL IMMERMANN. (J. O.)
NOSE, THE DWARF. BY W. HAUFF. (C. A. F.)
AXEL. BY C. F. VAN DER VELDE. (C. A. F.)
THE SANDMAN. BY E. T. W. HOFFMANN. (J. O.)
MICHAEL KOHLHAAS. BY HEINRICH VON KLEIST. (J. O.)
THE KLAUSENBURG. BY LUDWIG TIECK. (C. A. F.)
THE MOON. BY JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER. (J. O.)
THE ELEMENTARY SPIRIT. BY E. T. W. HOFFMANN. (J. O.)
ST. CECILIA; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC. BY H. VON KLEIST. (J. O.)
THE NEW PARIS. BY J. W. GOETHE. (J. O.)
ALI AND GULHYNDI. BY ADAM OEHLENSCHLAEGER. (C. A. F.)
ALAMONTADE. BY HEINRICH ZSCHOKKE. (C. A. F.)
THE JESUITS' CHURCH IN G----. BY E. T. W. HOFFMANN. (J. O.)
THE SEVERED HAND. BY W. HAUFF. (C. A. F.)

INTRODUCTION.

The object of the translators of the following tales was to present the
English public with a collection, which should combine effectiveness
with variety, and at the same time should contain specimens of the most
celebrated writers of prose fiction whom Germany has produced. The
names of the authors will, they think, be a sufficient guarantee that
they have not failed in this last respect, and if the reader finds
himself amused or interested by the series, they will have succeeded
enti