New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-04
RECENT GERMAN LITER AZURE.


CorrttpcaGe1oe d r. y. l. T1brr,.
BFRLrs, Jan. IS, I3J9.
!. the name Of Carl Friedrich hy-ppea kaoss %
the readers Of TIE TmBUsE TEr gent nan rs f5r
rnery yesrs been teacher il tie Gymos-ign IL
Friedrich street ofh ~ s15 raoEsIeKt ;hs Director
q the Ibfii-1 ion. To TIE e1'tme division and sub
diyision # is5or, both physical sDd intellectual, IN
Geruary We Owe IL gr.st uDe azure the remarkable
bcoks ich po coed from the German prsfs upon al
sorts Of subiscts, s1ce !, leafs 10 devote the
stodss Of their liyes, with toe hnett br.res CT the
void A. their command, 70 ssecal topics. HsIr
KOeJpeus fpecsity A tie his ory Of superstition, aai
the lotss 10 his woke seen, 10 lsymsn Ike uypE,
20 chow hst h. has exhsutsd every fouTcs o. nfO:
us.io1 TIA. I'll the lsTgusges q Europe en- cTsr.
In 1919, y p.bffhed ues,ise on the rise and
development II the icea Of the Jare yinc-the
cyine rgtt q kiDgs TIE edition, II il tue, s.s
mutdi.tsly exbeus.e5 snd 10 go far he hsi the
reward Of Bis lst0f bot such bl1E 10 desp0.-
i'm, that lot only be- lie net been allowed 20
pint another edition. b., The Govsruuen. has kept
Re eye upon bin en- rsfged 20 increase bis ssls'y
although hi. has been granted 10 ell his fellow
ini,ruc.or.
Two years eco Re published swork on the Religion
o. BDdoha srd rs Origin. Perhaps this viii 10 Cd
rews tie publisher informed me the other Day, sih
evident satisfaction, tba: Re had Lad orders To- =
copies from America The work il sucn stlorn 10 tie
neh q The Catholic here, that TOnier sJrne good
ProestsD. Of lie "Aushcsn party has not transs,ei
it. How i s-ts tie Catholics, the reader msy, psI-
bsp be able 10 conceive from the ccutent3 Of single
chapter. on "Mcnkery and "a Rales, PIP. 39-33l;
" Tie Ijes ard Name; the Thirteen Rogu a'ion''
and tho - sutrs OF Deliversnce;" The NOvitise;'
Tie IGves'iiu'e, The Dress and Earn t1re Of tie
OdsIs," "Their Residence;" Hennts and CJi-tsr
Lfc;" "Ce'iOaey;" Begging" LaE5 Of Estnsi'
" Vows Of Poverty AMI hoS they are tep,i' IN
feqsion AZ meas Of Discipline; The keep g q tie
Rainy Season :" "Heetings Of TIE PrestI;" "Nnns
az The Regulations foi them Cio.rers their o.gn
ard Arrangement" The myisd Of scattered HATS 10
literature in relation 10 the similarity OF old and
peItition, drawn from the wck- Of travellers in the
East and from tie pub ications Of Asstc societies
and learned men are here brought togeiher into one
well arranged and to ne exceedingly rtersstif work
Ny object, however, was no. to cal attention to lie
work but to announce smother, which is nov p,ssrg
thTt the press Of r. Schneider by tns ssms anthor
This il a work upon "Lsmsrmus, or tbe despot,
syttem Of religion as il exsts IN Tnibst, Mongolia and
China. BudJhUm las no general Recognized head,
wlose decisions are aw-it has no Pope. Lsnasnb
IN tis respect the prototype Of Cattocsm according
TO koeppen. II will be work Of some 60 ps5ss, and
fully egusl to that which has preceded it.
Another hook, Of some 200 pages svo, is the result
Of somewhat sinllar ttuliss, Gorman,se< Nytssn-
German Nyths." Researches by DR.. w. Mann
hardt of the Berlin University. The work not gen
ersl collection Of Northern European Mythology, bat
rather monograph upon tso specis topics, toe
weather Coos, and Ioias and the Northern Fa.es.
In tie fImer, DR.. NJ. oisproves the idea tia. tao
Irdra Of TIE sanscrt Yeiss is identical with tie
Wooden of scandinavian Mythology aai shos him ID
be tire same Is Thor, Thorsr or D1nrer, SD Ibis
with fulress of illustration drawn from every pos.
sib,e source, Which makes his ioo'-Coss real bib
o6rspby OF all the learning on toe fubject. lis cts
tons are nom tie Oldest Satscrt books down 10 the
last publications. Of English Lursery rhymes. OH !
Pepys biz Diary, even is horcred by citation or two.
let ne give eight idea OF the goddess Holds /
she is represented 10 some hundreds Of pages de-
voted 10 her. She was a woman Of wonderful beauty, /
with long, golden air in vast quantity, and body
white snow. Her dress was long, snow.shita f,
role and vel hanging from her head down her b.ck,
though sometimes used TO Tide her face. She hsd .
glowing eyes ard red mouth with bnl ant Ginning lips
wonderful light ives raiiSted from her and when /
she sppe cred to mortal eyes the darkest night became
bright. She ruled the wes'her, and hence, when It .
SHOWS men say, "Fra7 HoNs, q Hole, is shaking
her feAther.bed;" or, "She Is pin king her geese"
TIE people Of tie HAITI say, when Il SHOWS, Frau
"Uolde is waiting the Brockeo' In fact, sue has
great deal to DO with snow. Ii il rains all the week.
the peasants say: 1t will clear of by Friday or Sat
urdsy, for Frau Hole must have her val did lor
Sunday
Bolda seems to be fort Of queen Of whie-,.iies,
elves and Nightmares She and certain other sap.r.
human mAi5eDs watch over the fax culture aiding all
inc utrioDs spirnsrs tspsug the hair Of lazy oues.
Sometimes che appears the leader OF the raging
host, and 10 her tla,r fly sous Of boa sexes and al
age. Gree, says the legend, sic led the "ragitg
tost through he couoty OF Man feh-yhere
Luther spent his chudsooiind tie spsct .cl became
visible 10 mortal eyes. Some Of the departed souls
rode, others w,Te ca foot Some wers recogtized as
having rec ntly died. oIe in particular role atvo-
legged horse; another vas Issteted 10 whesl vnca
moved Of iiself; Others hurned Gl0,g hesiless on
carried their legs upon their shoulders Then, too
were heard sounds OF bsying houuds, the cries Of
hunters the winding Of horns, aud il appeared tia.
tie raging bost was ergszed in wild hunt
ard the chased beasts distinctly heard to ro.r
like lions ard giunt Ike swine.
Holds or such occasions, rides a vast white horse
whose saddle AID BIRDIE adorned with plates Of
silver ard smsn bells, which make wordrou, music.
TIE horse touches the earth, bot whiris along
through tie cir, lesping Oft from mountain top 10
mountain top, sheer over the broad valley.
Her dwelling Is 10 the forest, or in the mountains
Ote Of her sbodes is in tbs. hollow mountain Where
Frederick BAibaroess and his knights await their
resuuec,or AID shelooks after the domestic concerns
In Thurrgis the Horseberg rear E,senaeh IL held 10
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