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THE WINE-GHOSTS OF BREMEN
This edition of "The Wine-Ghosts of Bremen" was printedentirely fromtype, distributed immediately after printing, and is limited to FiveHundred Copies, of which this is No. 485.
Theo. L. DeVinne & Co.
'IT WAS THE DEVIL'
THE
WINE-GHOSTS OF BREMEN
BY
WILHELM HAUFF
ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK M. GREGORY
NEW-YORK AND LONDON
WHITE AND ALLEN
MDCCCLXXXIX
Copyright 1889, byWhite and Allen.
THEWINE-GHOSTS OF BREMEN
TRANSLATED PROM THE GERMAN OF
W. HAUFF
BY
E. SADLER
AND
C. R. L. FLETCHER
LATE FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE. | |
| 1. 'IT WAS THE DEVIL' | Frontispiece. |
| 2. THE CELLAR OF BACCHUS | 8 |
| 3. THE GENTLEMEN OF THE RHINE | 24 |
| 4. 'TO THE DANCE! TO THE DANCE!' | 60 |
PREFACE.
When Mr. Carlyle endeavoured to introduce Jean Paul Richter totheEnglish public, it seems to us that he was more than usuallyunsuccessful. The literary publics of the England and the Germany ofthose days were very different, and perhaps the errors of taste, whicheach professed to find in the other, were not in truth wholly upon theside of John Bull. We feel, (with much deprecation of our own impudencein challenging such a comparison,) in a somewhat similar position, anddread in our more diffident moments a far colder reception and fargreater depth of oblivion for our present attempt to render intoEnglish a good German story about STRONG DRINK. German humour is oftenmore rollicking than that of our own countrymen; it is alsooccasionally more subtle. But it has always been a matter of somewonder to us that Hauff's acknowledged masterpiece should be unknown toEnglish readers, and we have therefore made the following attempt;praying the courteous reader only that he will not throw the story downin disgust till he gets to the best part: of the location of which weallow him to be the best judge.
Wilhelm Hauff was born on the 29th November, 1802, at Stuttgart, wherehis father held various high posts, with various high-sounding doubleand treble official names, under the paternal government of the ElectorFrederick, the first of his name and house who attained 'serenity.' Itwas this same ruler who three yea