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Among other poets are Anult. author of the 

 national so: ; u-kert. 



also an Or lar, and Heinrieh Heine. 



whose collection of lyrirs. " Bm-h Der Lieder," 

 is known in all European literatim'. 



First among the well-known .scientists of 

 amis Hulmboldt and hi- 

 ii |x){)ular form the results >: 

 of scientific work. I.iehii: in chemistry. Yir- 



ni biology. Helmholts in stiuly oi 



and sound, and Iheckel with his Darwinian 



made their subji . 



111: to the ordinary reader. 



. li>t of derman historians are the names 



of Rai ;hr. and Dalilmanu: Ilausser, 



who wn.tr the elaborate ' ili.-tory of < lermany " : 



Schlosser, author of a universal history; Ne- 



-o "Life of Christ " holds place with 



the Church"; and Monnnsen. 



whose works enrich all literature. Historical 



fu-t ion closely follows history, and the novel 

 holds an important place in (lermany. Tieck, 

 as a writer of romance, first attracted attention 

 by "Bluebeard" and "Puss in Boots." In 

 later novels, he dealt with modern life and as- 

 sociated with Schlep'l, a literary critic, he fin- 

 i>lied a Cierman translation of Shakespere, 

 which shows mastery of verse, form, and lan- 

 guage. E. T. A. Hoffman, another novelist, 

 wrote grotesque, ghostly tales, and the strange 

 genius of Jean Paul Richter shone out in his 

 prose idyll, "The Years of Wild Oats," and 

 "Selections from the Devil's Papers." Hes- 

 perus, Titan, and Flower, Fruit and Thorn 

 Pieces are his best, and show striking effects 

 with simplest subjects. Fouque is noted as 

 author of the little master-piece "Undine," 

 and in later days, Freytag, Auerbach, and Paul 

 Heyse claim attention. Modern Germany is 

 rich in all departments of literature. 



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