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GERMAN" LITERATURE. 351
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German Litjehatuhe.
mind . Herr Schlozer may be exact in his military and political detail . He lias endeavored ( as lie tells us ) _throughout his work
, to refer to sources of original information , and to give us an exact account of the position of Frederic with regard to Russia between
the years 1740 and 1772 , as well as an unprejudiced account of the first division of Poland . There is a rough and unfinished manner
in this style of painting , which endeavors to take up all subjects with equal indifference . As a book of reference to be studied in
conjunction with Carlyle ' s _" Frederic the Great , " M . Barriere's " Souvenirs de vingt ans de sejour d Berlin" and other recent works on the
character of a remarkable man , this volume may be read with profit . Otherwise we cannot recommend it , either as light or
interesting study to our lady readers . Midway between these various styles , and as an example of how
far it is possible to combine instruction with interest , and to afford agreeable recreation without making too great a concession to
• languid indolence , we may instance Pictures from German History" by Gustave Freytag . _* ' These books bear a slight resemblance
to Dr , . Pauli ' s " Pictures of Old English Times . " They are intended to afford descriptions of ancient social manners and every-day life
in tlie Fatherland , and to throw light upon the character of the German people . "We may particularly recommend to our readers
a description of a lady's Court life in the fifteenth century , with an account of Helen Kottanner . There is a good account of the
scholastic teaching of the same period , with some interesting details from the domestic life of Dr . Martin Luther . There is also
a chapter on the social position of women in the Middle Ages ; and full attention is given to the influence of superstition on society in
the sixteenth century . In the second volume the author attempts to to trace depict the the social effect results of the of Reform the Thirt ation y upon Years the ' War national ; and character to present ;
us with pictures from the home life of his countrymen in different grades of society . Herr Freytag has long been valued for his
contributions to the national literature . Born at Kreuzbourg _, in Silesia , in the 1816 he studied at the Universities of Breslau and
Berlinand year obtained , in 1838 the diploma of Doctor of Philosophy . In 1847 , he founded at Leipsig , in conjunction with M . Julian
Schmidt , a newspaper entitled " The Messenger of the Frontier " A volume of poems , published at Breslau in 1845 , was soon followed
by " The various Journalist dramas / ' & c written . and by b a y comed him , y entitle called d "A " Count Poor Tailor Waldemar , " { Fine , "
arme Schneider seele . , ) In his present work the interest is well sustained throughout , and we are sorry the necessary limits of this
paper preclude us from presenting our readers with extracts from its pages .
* Bilder cms der Deutschen Vergangenheit heransgegeben von Gustave
Freytag" 2 Bande . _[ Leipzig : S . Herzel .
German" Literature. 351
GERMAN" LITERATURE . 351
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 351, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/63/
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