his physician, incessantly labored
to do something for him. But it was all in vain: at last they found him
dead. Mittler was the first to make the melancholy discovery; he called
the physician, and examined closely, with his usual presence of mind,
the circumstances under which he had been found. Charlotte rushed in to
them; she was afraid that he had committed suicide, and accused herself
and accused others of unpardonable carelessness. But the physician on
natural, and Mittler on moral grounds, were soon able to satisfy her of
the contrary. It was quite clear that Edward's end had taken him by
surprise. In a quiet moment he had taken out of his pocketbook and out
of a casket everything which remained to him as memorials of Ottilie,
and had spread them out before him--a lock of hair, flowers which had
been gathered in some happy hour, and every letter which she had written
to him from the first and which his wife had ominously happened to give
him. It was impossible that he would intentionally have exposed these to
the danger of being seen by the first person who might happen to
discover him.

But so lay the heart, which but a short time before had been so swift
and eager, at rest now, where it could never be disturbed; and falling
asleep, as he did, with his thoughts on one so saintly, he might well be
called blessed. Charlotte gave him his place at Ottilie's side, and
arranged that thenceforth no other person should be placed with them in
the same vault. In order to secure this, she made it a condition under
which she settled considerable sums of money on the church and the
school.

So lie the lovers, sleeping side by side. Peace hovers above their
resting-place. Fair angel faces gaze down upon them from the vaulted
ceiling, and what a happy moment that will be when one day they wake
again together!

SHAKESPEARE AND AGAIN SHAKESPEARE[1]

TRANSLATED BY JULIA FRANKLIN

So much has already been written of Shakespeare that it would seem as if
nothing remained to be said; yet it is the peculiarity of a great mind
ever to stimulate other minds. This time I propose to consider
Shakespeare from more than one point of view--first as a poet in
general, then as compared with poets ancient and modern, and finally, as
a strictly dramatic poet. I shall endeavor to show what effect the
imitation of his art has produced upon us and what effect it is capable
of producing in general. I shall voice my agreement with what