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LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1896. 



pire . . . of which our German literature can boast") 

 has been brought to a premature end with the sixth 

 volume, written by B. von Simson from fragments 

 left by the author. Giesebrecht was a distinguished 

 pupil of Leopold von Ranke, whose memory is wor- 

 thily honored in Moritz Ritter's* "Leopold von 

 Ranke, seine Geistesentwickelung und seine Ge- 

 schichtschreibung" and whose "History of the 

 Popes" has found a rival in the equally impartial 

 and objective " Geschichte der Papste seit dem 

 Ausgange des Mittelalters," by Ludwig Pastor, a 

 Roman Catholic. Friedrich Router's ' Die Erlanger 

 Burschenschaft, 1816-'33 : ein Beitrag zur innern 

 Geschichte der Restaurationszeit " ; J. v. Verdy du 

 Vernois's " Im grossen Hauptquartier, 1870-'71 : 

 personliche Erinnerungen " ; Graf P. Franken- 

 berg's " Kriegstagebiicher aus 1866 und 1870-'71 " ; 

 and Karl Bleibtreu's " Kritische Beitriige zur Ge- 

 schichte des Krieges 1870'-'71," are devoted to 

 special periods. 



New publications in local history are Eugen 

 Schneider's " Wilrttembergische Geschichte"; Jo- 

 seph Partsch's well-studied "Schlesien: eine Lan- 

 deskunde f iir das deutsche Volk auf wissenschaft- 

 licher Grnndlage"; " Italienische Beitriige zur Ge- 

 schichte der Provinz Ostpreussen," edited by Ilm. 

 Ehrenberg; and "D;is Deulschthum in Elsass- 

 Lothringen 1870-'95 : Riickblicke und Betrachtung- 

 en von einem Deutschnationalcn." Max Zimmer- 

 mann's " Bosheit oder Unkonntniss? Eine Kntgeg- 

 nung auf die beiden Flugschriften des chemaligen 

 bayrischen Premier-lieutenants Rudolf Krafft 

 'Gliinzendes Elend'und ' Kasernen-Elend' " is an 

 answer to the two pamphlets on the life of the Ger- 

 man officers on starvation pay and of privaies 

 which caused such a stir last year. R. Fitzih-r's 

 " DeutschesKolonial-IIandbuch" is a comprehensive 

 and authoritative account of German colonial policy. 

 Various phases of history are treated in Ivluard 

 Graf Wilczek's suggestive and instructive " Das 

 Mittelmeer, seine Stellung in der Weltgeschichte 

 und seine historische Rolle im Seewesen " ; Georg 

 Grupp's " Culturgeschichte des Mittelalters"; and 

 A. Stauffer's " Zwolf Gestalten der Glanzzeit Athens 

 im Zusammenhange der ktilturentwicklung." Otto 

 Simon's " Franzosische politische Maaer-Anschlage, 

 1870-'71 " shows the extravagant tone of these po- 

 litical posters. In " Armenien und Europa " Dr. 

 Lepsius arraigns both Turkey and the Christian 

 powers. Part IV of Konrad Miller's noteworthy 

 series of " Aelteste Weltkarten " is a monograph oil 

 the circular world map of the thirteenth century 

 preserved in Hereford cathedral. Kiepert and 

 Huelsen's excellent " Forma? Urbis Roma? antiquae " 

 is based upon the latest surveys and discoveries. 

 New works on the " Dark Continent " are " Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afrika: wissenschaftliche Forschungsresul- 

 tate . . ." ; Oskar Lenz's ' Wanderungen in Afri- 

 ka" (the "result of original observation and ripe 

 experience ") ; Graf von Gotzen's interesting 

 " Durch Afrika von Ost nach West " ; Passarge's 

 " Adamana : Bericht iiber die Expedition des 

 deutschen Kamerun-Komite's in den Jahren 1893- 

 '94" (laying most stress on the scientific results of 

 the expedition); "Nama und Darnara" (a full ac- 

 count of " German Southwest Africa "), by H. A T on 

 Francois; F. J. von Biilow's "Deutsch-Sudwestaf- 

 rika"; and L. Hevesi's " Wilhelm Junker : Lebens- 

 bild eines Afrikaforschers." Rudolf Slatin Pascha's 

 " Feuer und Schwert im Sudan " was well received. 

 Anton Turna's "Serbien" (useful, not profound); 

 Hm. Abich's "Aus kaukasischen Landern : Reise- 

 briefe " (posthumous) ; C. Hahn's " Kaukasische 

 Reisen und Studien " ; P. D. Fischer's well-written 

 " Betrachtungen eines in Deutschland reisenden 

 Deutschen " ; " Bericht iiber eine im Auftrage der 

 k. bay. Staatsregierung ausgefiihrten Reise nach 



Nordamerika und zur Columbischen Weltausstel- 

 lung in Chicago" (chiefly a condensed account of 

 the achievements of civil and mechanical engineer- 

 ing in the United States), by G. Ehrne v. Melchthal 

 and V. Zehender; and Rudolf Lindau's "Aus 

 China und Japan," are other works of description 

 and travel. New biographies are Gen. v. Conrady's 

 " Leben und Wirken des Generals . . . Carl v. 

 Grolman : ein Beitrag zur Zeitgeschichte der 

 Konige Friedrich Wilhelms III. und Friedrich 

 Wilhelms IV."; Friedrich Meinecke's "Das Leben 

 des Generalfeldmarschalls Hermann von Boyen " 

 (Vol. I, 1771-1814); "Erzherzog Carl von Oester- 

 reich als Feldherr und Heeresorganisator," by von 

 Angeli; Otto Pfiilfs "Cardinal v. Geissel," "one 

 of the first and principal representatives of modern 

 ultramontanism " ; and Bruno Gebhardt's "Wil- 

 helm v. Ilumboldt als Staatsmann." New Bis- 

 marckiana includes Karl Strecker's " Das Bis- 

 marck-Museum" (reproducing diplomas of honor- 

 ary citizenship, addresses presented by societies, 

 etc.), and " Bismarck's Briefe an den General 

 Leopold von Gerlach," edited by Horst Kohl. 

 "Griitin K lise von Bernstorff, geborene Griifin von 

 Dernath : ein Bild aus der Zeit von 1789 bis 1835. 

 Aus ihren Aufzeichnungen " is a fine addition to 

 memoir literature. Graf Ernst von Mi'mnich's 

 "Mernoiren" and "Ausmeinem Leben : Krinnerun- 

 gen und Ruckblicke." by the late Carl Vogt, are 

 further autobiographical works. Noteworthy vol- 

 umes of correspondence are Theodor Billroth s de- 

 lightful " Briefe " ; " Ausgewiihlte Briefe " of David 

 Friedrich Strauss, edited by K. Zeller; " Briefe Fer- 

 dinand Lassa lie's an Georg Herwcgh" and "Briefe 

 von und an Georg Herwegh." both issued by the 

 hitter's son Marcel ; three parts of Moltke's " Mili- 

 tiirische Korrespondenz," forming the first division 

 of his "Militiirische Werke." issued by the "Gros>e 

 Generalstab " ; the correspondence of Count von 

 Roon with Clemens Theodor Perthes, published by 

 Otto Perthes; "Xikolaiis Lenau's Briefe an Emilie 

 von Reinbeck und deren Gatten Georg von Rein- 

 beck von 1832 bis 1844," edited by A. Schlossar; 

 and Hans von Biilow's " Briefe und Schriften." The 

 scattered and unfinished writings (" Schriften und 

 Entwiirfe")of F. Nietzsche are being collected by 

 his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Foerster. Georg PI echa- 

 now furnishes " Beitriige zur Geschichte des Mate- 

 rialismus." W. Wundt gives a " Grundriss der 

 Psychologic." A fitting tribute to the memory of 

 the late Georg von Gizycki, noted for his " scien- 

 tific systematization of ethics," is paid by Paul von 

 Gizycki in "Vom Baume der Erkenntniss : Frag- 

 mente zur Ethik und Psychologic aus der Weltlit- 

 eratur." Gizycki's gifted widow founded " Die 

 Frauenbewegung," a journal, covering a specialty 

 contributed to also in Julius Duboc's " Fiinfzig 

 Jahre Frauenf rage in Deutschland : Geschichte uiid 

 Kritik " and A. Albert's pamphlet " Die Frauen und 

 das Studium der Medicin " and Dr. Em. Hannak's 

 " Die Frauen und das Studium der Medicin kritisch 

 beleuchtet," the first arguing against, the second 

 for, the admission of women to the university for 

 the study of medicine. " Die Judengemeinden des 

 Mittelalters, insbesondere die Judengemeinde der 

 K'eichsstadt Ulm : ein Beitrag zur deutschen 

 Stiidte- und Wirthschaftsgeschichte," is by E. Niib- 

 ling. Theodor Herzl, in " Der Judenstaat : Versuch 

 einer modernen Losung der Judenfrage," proposes 

 the reconstitution of the kingdom of Israel. Sigm. 

 Riezler has an exceedingly valuable " Geschichte der 

 Hexenprozesse in Bayern." In economics there are 

 Miinsterberg's "Japan's auswiirtiger Handel, 1542- 

 1854" ; Rich. Ehrenberg's " Hamburg und England 

 im Zeitalter der Koenigin Elisabeth," illustrating 

 Germany's superiority to England in commerce and 

 economic development during a period dealt with 



