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HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY ay J. G. ROBERTSON Loxpon WILLIAMS & NORGATE HENRY HOLT & Co, New York Camapa: WM. BRIGGS, Toronzo Inpra; R. & T. WASHBOURNE, Lro. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY or MODERN KNOWLEDGE Editors: HERDERT FINED, MA, FIA. PRoy GOLRERT MURRAY, DLITT, PROF. 1. ARTHUR TROLIOR, MA, PROF, WILLIAM T BRS WSTRR, 1 A, (Gouuunia Unsernsery, USA NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY LITERATURE OF GERMANY ay J. G. ROBERTSON Profesecr of German 10 the Unversity of Landon LONDON WILLIAMS AND NORGATE PRINTED BY ‘THE LONDOA AND NORWICH PRESS, LIMITED LONDON AND NORWICH CONTENTS oN™iemopvomoe. 5 ee I Trp Mmpre Acrs - - ee eC IL Tum Parrop or tax Ruronmamion . . 37 TI Ruwatssanos ayp Rococo, 0, yD. IV ‘Tua Acz or Cuasuo Acmmuvement . 577 V Romanos. - eee VI Tum Posr-Romawno Eroce - «(188 VID TumLasr Puss . . } ee RB Wratoqnarmcan Norse. - . AD Imre eee INTRODUCTION Ir is not perhaps for the literary vendor to praise the warcs he has to lay before his readers, even when, as in the present case, these wares are a literature to which he only undertakes to act asa guide; but a word might be said here in plea for a better under- standing of the subject to which the following pages are intended to provide an introduction. There is a certain feeling abroad in modern England—a feeling which was, however, not shared by older generations—that the litera- ture of Germany is of subordinate value, that it is less worthy of study than other modern literatures; that it possesses a more limited yange of immortal works essential to the general culture of mankind. This is noticeable ia the small output of books dealing with German poetry in England, in the inferiority of our English translations from the German compared with those from the French, Italian and Spanish; in the consequent neglect of even the masterpieces of this literature in

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