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[Illustration: FREDERICK THE GREAT PLAYING THE FLUTE
From the Painting by Adolph von Menzel]
Masterpieces of German Literature
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
KUNO FRANCKE, PH.D., LL.D., LITT.D.
Professor of the History of German Culture,
Emeritus, and Honorary Curator of the Germanic Museum,
Harvard University
ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
WILLIAM GUILD HOWARD, A.M.
Professor of German, Harvard University
In Twenty Volumes Illustrated
ALBANY, N.Y.
J.B. LYON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1914
Special Writers
ERNEST F. HENDERSON, Ph.D., L.H.D., Author of The History of Germanyin the Middle Ages; Short History of Germany, etc.: The Life ofGustav Freytag.
WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M., Associate Professor of German, Leland
Stanford Junior University: The Life of Theodor Fontane.
Translators
ERNEST F. HENDERSON, Ph.D., L.H.D., Author of The History of Germanyin the Middle Ages; Short History of Germany, etc.: The Journalists.
WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M., Associate Professor of German, Leland
Stanford Junior University: Effi Briest; Extracts from "My Childhood
Days."
E.H. BABBITT, A.B., Assistant Professor of German, Tufts College:
Doctor Luther; Frederick the Great.
Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck; The Bridge by the Tay.
The Life of Gustav Freytag. By Ernest F. Henderson
The Journalists. Translated by Ernest F. Henderson
Doctor Luther. Translated by E.H. Babbitt
Frederick the Great. Translated by E.H. Babbitt
The Life of Theodor Fontane. By William A. Cooper
Effi Briest. Translated by William A. Cooper
Extracts from "My Childhood Days." Translated by William A. Cooper
Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg
The Bridge by the Tay. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg
Frederick the Great Playing the Flute.
By Adolph von Menzel. Frontispiece
Gustav Freytag. By Stauffer-Bern
At the Concert. By Adolph von Menzel
Nature Enthusiasts. By Adolph von Menzel
On the Terrace. By Adolph von Menzel
In the Beergarden. By Adolph von Menzel
Lunch Buffet at Kissingen. By Adolph von M