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favorites in this particular. William Dilg translated “Hia¬ 
watha/’ and Frank Siller “Evangeline.” In the latter, Long¬ 
fellow recognized the best German version of his Acadian poem. 
It preserves not only the spirit of the original, but renders in 
like meter practically a literal translation of the story, with all 
its idioms and characteristics. Siller translated from many 
languages. His paraphrases of thirteen quatrains from Omar 
Khayyam (printed in 1889) were the first attempt of the kind 
in America. 10 Among other translations deserving mention are 
the following: 
“Paradise and Peri” (Moore), by Dr. M|ax Doerfling. 
“Abou Pen Ahdem” (Leigh Hunt), by Augustus Steinlein. 
“America” (Smith’s patriotic anthem), by Carl Doerflinger. 
“Excelsior” (Longfellow), by Franz Siller; also “The 
Angelus at Dolores” (Bret Hart©) ; “Laugh and the World 
Laughs with You” (Ella Wheeler) ; “To Maria Glemm” (Poe). 
“The Arrow and the! Song” (Longfellow), by Herman Buh- 
land. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Anneke, Mathilda Franciska. 
B. April 3, 1817, in Blankenstein. D. Nov. 25, 1884. She had fine 
literary talent, her youthful contributions in prose and verse at¬ 
tracting the attention of the poet Ferdinand Freiligrath. Many 
of her poems were translated into English by Mrs. Mary H. C. 
Booth, wife of Sherman Booth (Wayside Blossoms Among Flowers 
from German Gardens, Milwaukee, 1864). A tender friendship ex¬ 
isted between these two women. Mrs. Anneke’s eventful career is 
narrated in an article printed by Henry E. Legler in The Milwau¬ 
kee Sentinel of Nov. 26, 1884. 
-- Oithono, Oder die Tempelweihe. Milwaukee, 1844. 
A poem in dramatic form. The drama was performed in Mil¬ 
waukee in 1882. 
Bielfeld, Henry A. 
B. in Bremen, 1818. D. Nov. 16, 1882. Usually classed as one of 
the minor poets of the ’48 group, but not correctly so. R. in Mil¬ 
waukee, where he held many positions of trust. 
10 An account of Siller’s literary work (by Henry E. Legler) was 
printed in The Milwaukee Record, March 4, 1893. 
