, 1869-07-11

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FAMOUS EUROPEANS.
Karl Gutxkosx, Novelist, Drunnsis1
and Critic.
Are Americans ripe for Gutzkow. :" wrote ,
friend, the other dry. aver lhey read and enIo,
Auerbach with lila strained cnthuslasm for Taep
tlurc Parker. Perhaps our German novellsts ma,
help elevate the religious standard OF your t,eoplt
from tls Present feticlsn-fEoE the current Rfog:
theology which can produce, as rebound, an
TOLL, wotE so pously lIrevcrent as The Gates
Aj1f. fou Americans are strange people. De-
bold the result OF Calv1ntstic, Pnr1tanic cseed
And get you claim to te Lhe elect Of God-thc sole
es9onents OF pure Christianity. sl<ra nseliora!'
IT remains to tie seen whether It il the special
n!flon OF Gutzko~. a. the allest novelist Of Ger.
tnany. TO come 10 this Western aad "a the apostle
OF \ more tIlnscendcntal creed, DENYING, lrst pI
all the existence OF material Iieaven-the " Ictl.
cl-m"so obnoxious to or friend, the doctrine
eagerly seized By the maas, hard to accept hy those
wlse in this woslds lore. AZ yet be L. totally IN.
luowu TO the general public singular fact con-
e!der.ng the mans reputation; not wonderful,
when one remembers that philosnphlc novels,
whete al astonishing historical erudIuoa Ii doae
MP a4 our EIc-augarcoAted--1a the sole Iaahluu
IN which 1he majority Of readers can lie only spas
medically Induced To Swallow philosophy OF history
nj oil
This great st4nlard-h of the tdealIst,c pro-
gees OF His etLtinenta nineteenth century was
Torn III lierltn, N 1oll, his father filling suor-
d!aate clsrRkhfP ln the Var Department At thc
Ecrlln University, Gutzkow studied phllulogy and
yE!lutophy. intending to enter The clerical proJes-
zion, but from tho n1st Whttsuntidc sermon
preached hy h1in from Schauermschera i pulpit, In
lso2, lie betrayed the heretcal bent OF his mind,
c.casly and dc1artly Ect forth @ year later IN
Mahs GaEu, the history Of God" Already, in
1881, he had btguo his literary career by brilliant
new tpapcr nsttccs; Iii 1893 appeared "Thc Letle1s
Of Fool TO Fool''-phc tHo fools In GaSssIoa
were, respectively, masculine and rclnLnInc.) The
july iseSolutbn Of Paris UPSET hosts OF Germans's
lorHR leil, helping 10 htart dangerous lcrmcnta-
ton, culhlnatiuE IN the sotTowful Easco Q! ls.s-
70: nnd Gutzkow would not bear patiently the
yoke Imposed hy thu State as well Aa tue Church.
lie abandoned his trAr profession. lie had a.
ready, young rs lie WIZ, Won tue degree OF Doctor
Of Philosophy, and went 10 Munich anu 1Icniel-
ic'G, to study Jurisprudence and political
economy. Here he laid the foundation Ct
tlat profound cutidnion 80 remarkably apparent
IN MI MS Important WofkE. In 1885 he went to
FT1Dkton-on .ths Main, where he became the lite
nary crtiic Of prominent Journal wrote va
Eous short norels-a1noug them, "Wally or the
scertlc,H and published q scorch.ng attace upon
living noted poet, In the shape Of Il Little drana
Nero" His "WallS foused the theoog.ans,
and, as first fruts secured him apetsecut1ng trial,
md condeuuatJoo 10 n four xeeks. ,mny-son.
meut.
Tie literary clnne known n uyornr f.,.r,,,.
py fpraug Into caistence AhoAt this date, and
GutZIoW became one Of The shining Lights 1t
WAS composed Of number Of ynung authors who
had chosen The Literary life as profession, max
lHg uh elegant style Of more importance thnn pro-
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