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Title: Devil Stories
An Anthology

Author: Various

Editor: Maximilian J. Rudwin

Release Date: March 24, 2010 [EBook #31754]

Language: English

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DEVIL STORIES

AN ANTHOLOGY

SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL COMMENTS

BY MAXIMILIAN J. RUDWIN

_"Mortal, mock not at the Devil,
Life is short and soon will fail,
And the 'fire everlasting'
Is no idle fairy-tale."_
--HEINE.

NEW YORK

ALFRED . A . KNOPF

MCMXXI

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEVIL LORE

ANTHOLOGIES OF DIABOLICAL LITERATURE EDITED BY MAXIMILIAN J. RUDWIN

I. DEVIL STORIES [First Series]

_In Preparation:_

DEVIL PLAYS
DEVIL ESSAYS
DEVIL LEGENDS
THE BOOK OF LADY LILITH
ANTHOLOGY OF SATANIC VERSE
BIBLIOGRAPHIA DIABOLICA

_BOOKS BY MAXIMILIAN J. RUDWIN_

The Prophet and Disputation
Scenes in the Religious Drama
of the German Middle Ages.

The Devil Scenes in the Religious
Drama of the German Middle
Ages.

The Devil in the German Religious
Plays of the Middle
Ages and the Reformation.
[Hesperia: Johns Hopkins
Studies in Modern Philology,
No. 6.]

The Origin of the German Carnival
Comedy.

_In Preparation:_

The Devil in Modern French
Literature.

TO ALL STUDENTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN LITERATURE

NOTE

The preparation of this book would have been out of the question
without the co-operation of authors and publishers. Proper
acknowledgment has been given on the first page of each selection to
the publishers who have granted us permission to reprint it. We take
this opportunity to express once more our deep appreciation of the
courtesies extended to us by all the parties concerned in the material
between the covers of this book.