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His story is a noble and inspiring one, and here it 

 is worthily told. . . . These observations can 

 only serve to indicate very feebly the scope of Dr. 

 Japp's really great work. It deals throughout in a 

 solid manner with its subject, and does so in a style 

 which is singularly lucid and free from the oracular 

 obscurity which seems to be so attractive to most 

 writers on German literature. It is an admirable 

 book, by an able writer." '1 he Court Circular. 



" It contains most interesting reading, some ad- 

 mirable bits of biography, and also some incisive 

 and original criticism." Glasgow Citizen. 



"This is a book that is worthy of a more ex- 

 tended notice than we can give. Dr. Japp has 

 succeeded in gleaning not a few facts of the 

 greatest importance hitherto overlooked, while in 

 the case of others, such as Mendelssohn and Win- 

 ckelmann, he has been able to give for the first 

 time to English readers an adequate idea of their 

 life and influence. The book is scholarly and 

 masterly, and will be none the less welcome that, 

 in some points, notably with regard to Goethe, the 

 author runs counter to generally accepted opinions 

 and estimates." The Christian World. 



" A very interesting volume. We trust that Dr. 

 Japp's labours will meet with the reward they de- 

 serve, and that the demand for this book may be 

 such as to induce him at some future time to give 

 us a second series of his studies." Triibner's 

 Oriental and Foreign Record. 



" A critical, deep, and refined analysis of a portion 

 of German literature. In a series of articles, Dr. 

 Japp gives a number of biographies of Lessing, 



