The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-25
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'os THE HEIGHTS" by De: TuoLA AuEnD.cH. translated
by +. L. BUSNErr. Leipzig. 1867. Bernhard Taucl-
| iii:z For sale by John Russell.
The celebrated European ro-publisher, Baron
IArcHN1Tz, has given us here the first Of q neS
series OF his vers beautiful little English volumes
;ais time toy arc 10 be translatlons OF great Ger-
.aau co:cmporarv writer's Of fiction. Now, when
|n.crcoinmunicaton between Germany and
| England and America il becoming more and more
| .acila and general. demand for such books will
warrant the issue of large editions. Tho foe ..ndty
- the German press has bacomc proverbial and
ihcrr are amolS t!lcm many tirst-rato writer.
i'i.csc read with great ayllitv by Germans the
w'rid over. Many Of these works are oven re-
uLl!shcd il very haudson.r style i'll New York or
| PHILADELPHIA AID when Germans begin to talk
| 81 Il Enthusiastically of ArERBACn, FREITAa GUTz-
Kow LEwALD, IioLTEY. SpIgLHAaEN, etc., all dis
nsu:,hld contemporary writers Of fictou, it is but
| na;ucai their English nr American friends and
| ucishbors should have au interest awakened in
i:tvur oi the vruri.s Of trs, masters. We hope.
| therefore, that, encouraged by the success
| If tic rrcaent venture the Leipzig pub
fishers n:ay e., warranted in giving Ms
= l",r: AMI continuous series of oil the
| beg. works, rs they appear in Germany. But if
| "r .1a, b. permitted word of advice, We would
| ,:auion them III the choice of tEcir translator.
is Iu!c tllero very few literary men capable of
making good translation, whD will subject them
,c.rcs to the rudgcry OF such labor. The book
.. a;fc u, On tie Heights" which We have rcal
IN IL. original German. Gar der auhc = is
badly translated 1t is too literal, and therefore
!, c,.iyey the Il !icatc shades of sentiment, pa,lns
O.. !.uiaor found in the unutabe style OF .irER-
P.CH.
Wo read shis storr i'll tho original during last
wear; ali1 10 say We were charmed with 1t will
convey but al inadequate idea OF the exquisite en-
ioyEIcut tho pcrusal Of this book afforded US, az
hipcrho.ical expressions of praise OF ccnsurc are
all too common so that when we really, and in Sc
RIOTS earnest dcsirous Of expressing ourselves
-up.rat, CIV wc fud TO our dislmay that tho ar
;.taIucntarum has long since been exhausted. The
London Times in it's notice OF this book, says that
no German book ever published has been wide
ly anu So eagerly read" his is high praise and
!ram competent source. We fully endorse it,
anu recommend the work to ali our friends.
VIC shall l.ot attempt to give the story. nor oven
AZ, outline OF il. Nor shall proceed to cr;tlc!>c
t, Tor that were work Ut supcrcroSation. AuER-
uACu stan,ia al the head of German writer's OF
prose- fiction. His !amc il universal, and criticism
from us, or froE: the entire newspaper press Ii,
America, would affect linn as little it would
DICKENS or vIcron HrGo. No, we advise our
re-; icrs 10 purchase the book and rad and assure
them that they will be- amply repaid first, i'll tho
interest of the story ITSELF and secondly IL tho in-
sight it gives thonl into contemporary German
Court life, nd German thought and sentiment.
OF German liio and manners faithfully Illustra-
ted in the novels of the Baroness TAUrpH!Ecs and
Dy Ross BROWNE anu many other writer's OF the
day, we have here but little. AuEI.yAcn ii ever
''on the Heights" deals almost exclusively with
the lofty, i'll thought or station, and if by hap
hazard he sometimes Lesccnds to til" affairs uf
common life, they arc 81 thoroughly leuli2ed .Eat
ve soon forget that they arc supposed to occupy
the same plane with us and, III spite of ourselves,
look rpon them US the creation Of fairy fabric.
!he scene is supposed to be- IA Bavaria, and the
late King LOUIS lot LOLA MoSTEz notorietyj is
generally considered to have sat for the picture Or
The hero. Those who are thoroughly conversant
With tho ctron,que scaatdd'euse OF that day and
place can uoubtlcss identity all or nearly all the
characters oi the novel But this is 10y no means
ncc, ssary for proper appreclation Of the mcris
Il the story.
A. We have thus denied ourselves and our reat-
the pleasure of Iing the outline Of the
| stoi: (which NC ma: perhaps give some other
lael we will compensate theta BY si''::g skecil
Of the author, published, i'll 1871, winch we ahrdse
| Inf from y.,u ,ui
| 'Jnlischcs Athen;eum."
| SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.
Bctthoil Au Iua@l; w.s horn of Jewish parents
a; Sorchstcttcn, i'll Wurtcmbcrs, February 2s.
1872. In this little village in the lack , rr'st hr
"cn' at fist INTO the Christian school. but after
"nl;ls upon the establishment of Jewish school.
| nc went to H. H.s pa.,.i,s designed t. make
lsabD OF him, and the boy busted ,,,:lf ti1in ,:s
:nnsi tender years with the stady of tile Iamnd.
! Al III, hc Went 10 tEo tamutcal seminary Ut the
! !;abJ IT llcc!liggcn where he remained - years.
ai,i l,.,l co,.iiar,'d tcs Hebrew, Cha!,llic anG
iast!ca studies dur,!! thru .ure years al ka, Is
t;li:r. Int Ia Z; the same lime '. H., :iiiat..y
/ ,iutc'i latin; in lSjp hr went ~ III"
'is"i''as'u'ii n Stuttgart aid III lH3ngci'
"s ,,t,l';.1 stated philosophy Ii 1872 he went
! t" El;"i'~i' readers principally through C"rrI;;cs
/ wsl..r:G- lat i"r Political reasons s,a,h
; :" So :'f 'i IN 1881 he went u the l:ii".rsity
! ! !!'!!r:ef!;' IL: Wa rl;;."al II! !::- -t!dri!
|
G:.,,'s L I.ti;cn.cnl IL. the fortress y: I}Ghcn-
a>icrs. In lS;}S hc went I" Frankfort, in lSln .u
!;':,,'. :nd i'rm t" ilcnz. lii 1913 IL lived il, l:cr
! ~! ,G ~ lSi3 II: Leipzig In IsiG III visited
i:I ai, where c niarricd. In Isis liz III eye
Ni'ncS- ri tic Lctnhcr Ervu!uti"n II PARIS. alld
...tbsi!r" detailed account ,i liz; .c.c. ard
.v.':iis he la,i Witnessed. In 1919 lc to prc7
deg a!!,! ii wr are not 'mi:tkci he obtained lcw
lars ::tu"w%rd p stiun at the rr,s7sian Court Of
: :;-rj' :" tie Processes" ur lac kn!:c,!
cc il i'ic ,rr, :nnfria', berth III i.;s ir,r
>,;r !" scar slice been engasru u: :":!i:" "y.,cI-
:o io':'ac'>, '!'I III forgetting is.; i:c Li .:c!
! .'c'.!: "a enthusiastic democrat.
il ii:st attempt ii authorship was his:"rica
! .D,..':. '::'.mvza, pubiiscc! III 1887 followed
>, III, bo.;. :i.J!si; !".., hnuw.. book. "M:rcian;
81 'u;', ip:ei.:ta uma huurn:,.,u:, !!.c ."r3 II
%h:c a.. sl'lnci story is tic l;rcsiau cpisran.-
,a;i~: Ao.,4 Epi.r:i!n kuh, IA rocu.por l.: ol tn
| ri'-n'":. Ni''sra MrnGcssuIin. Tho sudr uf
'.Sp. lead Ei:.: III 1852 t. translate the ei,irc
49,. liza: grc;. t'llLe, f!o!: ,pc Latin Into
t,t:.i.Ia:..
! la:; 'ueyha:il first became popular through mis-
'i,ar! FOREST Village ra.c-," lGorigcs.hchttn uus
"n. y i'""rzr"t!e,i published in lslJ three ed
.r- =. wh;r were lssccd III the Iuul wears uliu'.
. ji,"u>;si,ls airl lrous;ll,ls Of ,@nirs vi this
= .,,I!lu! collection Lave since been published III
! U.' ciuls p"rrs. 1t is not our lrurpos,. here To
j.aE ri :hc merits OF these iuitabIo tales