LITERATURE. CMNTIX I:\TAL. ix 1896. 



by the same author in " Das Zeitalter der Fugger : 

 '..apital mid Credit verkehr im Hi. Jahrhun- 

 ': Eiigen v. Piergmann's "Die Wirthschafts- 

 krisen : die (u-sehichte der nationalSkonomischea 

 ntheorien " : L. (In'ssmann's "Die Mathe- 

 matik im Dienste der NationalSkonomie " ; and A. 

 Sehaetllc's "Die Steueni" iclear, if subjective). 

 Adph. v. \Veiiekstern writes of ' Marx." Vol. I of 

 Georg Wait/.'s (Jesammelte Abhandlungen " is de- 

 voted to " Abhandlungen zur deutschen Verfas- 

 sungs- und Eechtsgeschichte," and F. Keu:_ 



ersuchungen iiber den Ursprung der deutschen 

 Stadtverfassung" is a brief, scholarly view of the 

 whole voluminous discussion of this question. Sepp 

 tells of " Xeue hochwichtige Entdeckungefc auf der 

 zweiten Paliistinafahrt. Erwerbung Kapharnaums 

 fur das katholische Deiitschland und des Johanni- 

 terspitals f iir Preussen." Under the auspices of the 

 . Ministry of Worship and Public Instruction, 

 Conrad Cichorius has undertaken an exhaustive 

 account of " Die Reliefs der Traianssaule." Goethe 

 literature is increased by C. Kuland's " Aus dem 

 Goethe Xationalmuseum " (published by the Goethe 

 Ischaft), dealing with the "great Olympian" 

 as a draughtsman, and Albert Bielschowsky's 

 masterly " Goethe, sein Leben und seine Werke." 

 Shakespeare is considered from various standpoints 

 in "Der Anekdotenschatz Bacon-Shakspere's.'' E. 

 Bormann's new attempt to support, the Bacon theo- 

 ry, which J. Schipper opposes in "Der Bacon-Bacil- 

 lus: zur Beleuchtung des Shakspere-Bacon-Un- 

 sinnes '' ; Rch. Koppel's u Shakespeare-Studien " ; 

 E. W. Si.'ver.-'s posthumous " Shakespeare's zweiter 

 mittelalterlicher Dramen-Cyclus," characterized a< 

 profound ; and Leop. Wurth's valuable " Das Wort- 

 spiel bei Shakespeare." Karl Rosner represents 

 'Shakspere's Hamlet im Lichte der Xeuropatholo- 

 gie " as the victim of nervous disease, indicating the 



rn psychical condition, a theory refuted in 

 Rubenstein's " Hamlet als Xeurastheniker.'' 

 Fritz Renter, that classic in Platt-Deutsch. if 

 ceiving increased attention, as witness G. Raatz's 

 " \\'ahrheit und Dichtr.ng in Fritz Renter's Werken, 

 Urbilder bekannter Reuter-Gestalten " ; K. T. Gad- 

 ertz's " Aus Fritz Renter's jungen und alten Tagen,'' 

 and " Fritz Renter's Briefe an seinen Vater. . . . 

 l^?-'4i : hrsg. von Frz. Engel." In German literary 

 history we have Eug. Wolff's excellent " Geschichte 

 der deutschen Literatur" brought down to the pres- 

 ent ; Alfred Biese's " Lyrische Dichtung und neuere 

 dentsche Lyriker " : Karl Borinski's suggestive 

 schichteder deutschen Literatur seit dem Ausgang 

 des Mittelalters." covering 1483-1*32: Alfred : 

 schen's"Literarische Begegnungen " with Karl Spit- 

 teler, Arnold Ott, Laura Marholm. Hermann Lingg, 

 Joseph Joachim, Meinrad Lienert. Martin Greiff. Ola 

 Hansson, and others : Hans Grasbcrger's " Xaturge- 

 schichte des Schnaderhiipfels " : Aug. Holder's use- 

 ful " Geschichte der schwa'bischen Dialektdicht- 

 ung" ; and Louis Waeles's monograph on Xikolaus 

 Becker, the author of " Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, 

 den freien deutschen Rhein." Two useful hand- 

 books are Kiirschner's " Handbuch der deutschen 



--." giving information about every German 

 periodical, and Dahm's "Das litterarische Berlin." 

 giving data regarding all periodicals in that city. 

 Georg Zirnmermann introduces us to " Furstlictie 

 Schriftstellerdes 19. Jahrhunderts.'' Roman \\ 

 ner considers " Henrik Ibsen's Jugenddramen." 

 Julius Stettenheim is witty as always in his quasi- 

 autobiographical " Heitere Erinnerungen : keine 



2 raphie." A series of " Kunstler-Monographien." 

 begun under the direction of H. Knackfuss. already 

 includes volumes on Raphael. Rembrandt, Menzel, 

 and Knaus. Rudolf Lehmann has published in- 

 ing " Erinnerungen eines Kiinstler-." Die 

 Biieherliebhaberei " is described bv Otto Miihl- 



brecht. The custom of honoring pei "ing 



memorial volumes I, m-d "Karl In 



mann : eine Gediichtnissschrift znni ion. 



les Didii.-r-. mit Beitriigen von R. Fellner. .). 



,eii. o. II. (ietTckeii. R. M. Meyer n. Fr. Schul- 



: a volume in honor of the complete 

 twenty-five year- of academic work by Eduard 



:s. edited by Prof. Kaufmann and John M 

 and "Adolf Bastian. als Fcstgrus^ zu seinem ?0. 

 Geburt stage, 26 Juni, 1806,'' containing 

 anthroj .. by " his friends and admirers." 



Acuteness of psychological analysis distingi, 

 the writings of two female authors, (n.swine von 

 Berlepsch and Em il Marriott (Emilie Mataja) from 

 the many products of purely narrative fiction. The 

 first-named writer, in " Mutter," deals with the 

 same problem as did Max Xordau in his play " Die 

 Kugel,'' but " with far more delicacy and depth." 

 Emilie Mataja, who "makes a special study of 

 psychological problems such as can only originate 

 in Romanist circles and orders." in " Seine Gott- 

 heit " illustrates the crass contrast between a highly 

 refined spiritualism and an honest but almost brutal 

 materialism. The usual ballast of historical or 

 archaeological learning is carried with varying de- 

 grees of grace in Felix Dahn's " Chlodovech " : 

 " Kyparissos." by E. Eckstein : W. Jensen's " Der 

 Hohenstaufer Ausgang " : K. Berkow's " Schuldlos 

 geopfert ; " and F. von Koeppen's " Das Opfer fur 

 das Vaterland " (introducing Bluecher and other 

 celebrities of his time). Xew fiction furthermore 

 includes F. Spielhagen's "Zum Zeitvertreib " : Paul 

 Heyse's " Ueber alien Gipfeln"; A. Willuandt's 

 "Vater und Sohn. und andere Geschichten " : W. 

 Jensen's " Auf der Ganerbenburg : eine tragikom- 

 ische Historic " : Hm. Heiberg's " Fluch der Schon- 

 heit": A. Zapp's " Offizierstochter : sozialer Roman 

 aus dem Frauenleben " : Rdf. Elcho's "Petrns": 

 F. v. Zobeltitz's "An der Wende": Emil Ertl's 

 " Opfer der Zeit : zwei Xovellen aus dem Wiener 

 Leben " ; Js. C'otta's " Verweibt : ein Cyklus mo- 

 derner Xovellen " : Heinz Tovote's " Heisses Blut " 

 (short stories, including three excellent sketches 

 "Auf Vorposten." "Ein Sommerabend," and "In 

 den Schlitten " the rest being either trifles or dis- 

 mal attempts at naughtiness or pathological de- 

 scription); Paul Lindau's "Der kleine Finger"; 

 Rhld. Ortmann's "Um eine Fiirstenkrone " : Marie 

 v. Ebner-Eschenbach's " Rittmeister Brand und Ber- 

 tram Vogelweid : zwei Xovellen " (not equal to her 

 best work): S. Junghans's " Geschieden " ; O. Schu- 

 bin's li Con fiocchi"; F. v. Kapff-Essenther's 



ilden " : Anna v. Gersdorff's "Am Arbeits- 

 markt " (an interesting work by a promising writer) ; 

 X. v. Eschstruth's " Der Stern des Gliicks " ; B. v. 

 Suttner's " High Life " : " " Die Erbin von Rose- 

 neck." a story for young girls by Agnes Willms- 

 Wildermuth. the worthy daughter of the noted 

 Ottilie Wildermuth : Bobertag's " Mit alien Waf- 

 fen " ; R. Lindau's " Erziihlungen eines Effendi " ; 

 II. Wachenhusen's "Eine Frauenschuld " : Richard 



- "Villa Taverna " : Th. Fontane's " Efli 

 Briest " : E. v. Wol/.ogen's "Ecceego. Erst ko'mme 

 ich "; E. Wichert's "Die Sch western ": and L. Gang- 

 hofer's " Schloss Hubert us." Tlie collected poems 

 of the young Marie Eugenie delle Grazie. marked 

 by lofty pathos and deep, tender feeling, hold high 

 rank. 'Though issued as a third edition, the book 

 is practicallv^new. thanks to her ruthless self-criti- 

 cism. Martin Greif, who occupies a foremost place 

 as a lyric poet, has begun an issue of his poems and 

 dramas, the latter hardly of lasting interest. The 

 " naive simplicity " of Greif is akin to the note 

 struck by the Saim-fin, f, ,, coming from the ranks of 

 the peop'le, such as Johanna Ambrosius. the peasant 

 woman (whose poems have gone through the twenty- 

 eighth edition i. Bechert. a master furrier, and Katha- 



