The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-15
THE GERMAN BOOK MARK It.
FRANKFoRT-oN-THE-MAIN. Germany,

Some pietistic clergymen OF Stuttgart have con-
sidered it their duty as Christians. to publish in
the advertisement columns OF the Swablan
Aercuyy notice to the enect that they considered
the late David Strauss, the author or the
"Leben Jesu," to be "blasphemer." Chris.
tianity should Lave taught these men, one would
think TO speak kindly OF the Departed who, what
ever criticism may be passed upon his works,
wrote many beautiful things, and was man Of
high and attractive character. Berthold
Auerbach tells u.s. in some published "reminiscences
OF the deceased author, that he visited him In the
past November. He found him in i'll health. He
was reclining on the sofa. He spoke calmly OF his
approaching end, and lamented only that, In his
solitude, he painfully missed the charms Of good
music. lie amused himself with making selections
from his poems, by writing sonnets and cpl
grams and arranging his literary labors for COM
plete edition OF his works, with the publication OF
which he mas intrusted his nephew, the bookseller
Strauss, Of Bonn. "Strauss is dead" concludes
Auerbach, yet he is not dead; he lives eternaly.
like Socrates and Spinoza."
Observation-Disclosures.
Eesekiel, the Prussian novelist, the author OF
.'The Book OF Count Bismarck whose death was
recently recorded, left behind him large historl-
cal work entitled "The Book OF the Seven Kings a
History OF the Kings Of Prussia" HeseKiel was fifty
SIX years Cid when he died. The death Of the distn-
gushed German African traveller and thor. Baron
Heinrich Won Maltzahn, at Pisa, on the 22d OF Feb
ruary, will have been noticed already by you. 1t az
pears now that the unfortunate man put an end to
his own existence by shooting himself to get relief
from his intense sufferings. friend OF the de-
ceased traveller writes to the Cologne Gazette
full account OF the sad event. He visited Maltzahn
on the 18TH, and found him in very excited state
of mind. On the 21st the deceased went to Ii
vorna to visit his bankers. where he ex-
pected to find letters with money. He
returned to Pisa on the following day
in better spirits than his departure,
and then amused himself by firing his revolver at
sea BIRDS 1t had been arranged that on the fol-
lowing morning the two should go 10 Florence.
The friend went from Pisa by the ten O'Clock train.
At twelve the landlady found the Baron still In his
room, and requested PERMISSION to return to it at
four in order to look at the Corso procession.
When she did return, at four. she found Maltzahn
lying on the bed dead. Blood issued from his
mouth; otherwise there were no signs OF violent
DEATH The Baron's friend returned at ten the
same evening in time to see the official nvestiga-
ton when 1t was found That a revolver shot had
entered the heart. He found letter from the sui
eide with the words, "Forglve me for what do;
the excitement Kills me-" The Baron had been, 1t
seems, a long sufferer For many years pasfRe
had been afflicted with the most violent neuralgia
which usually evinced itself In the most terrible
cramps in the stomach. He shot himself to find
relief from this terrible arlictlon. The German
geogra phcal world loses in Matzahn a valuable
member His works are --"Three Years
in the Northwest or Africa" pilgrimage
TO Mecca travels on the Island OF Sardinia"
Travels in Tunis and TrIpolis." He was an in
dustrous correspondent to the German journals,
especially the Augsburg AHgeme,ne Zeitung. the
Cologne Gazette and Dr. Petermanns "Geographi-
cal Communlcations.n He was well acquainted
with the manners and customs OF the Orient, a
finished Arabic linguist, aud undertook the jour
ney TO Mecca disguised as ana accompanying the
RECENT GERMAN BOOKS.
Among the late German publications may men
ton a lew which have come before my notice. Or.
Oswald Herr's "The swedish Expeditions for Ex-
porns the High North In the Years 1870 ana is'a
the researches Especially the boanicall made
during these voyages Perthes, OF Gotna, pub
relating to the condition OF the rural classes OF
Germany in DR.. Trumpelmann's Life Pictures
the Rural nd rpopaon %
%''t the on Black aH' als1'y 6y ns %4snss
stuttgart house publishes, in numbers Or. Franz
Reber's tMunich) History Of Modern German
Art" treating OF the development Of German art
from Caristens time up to the present Luck
hardt OF Leipsc, publishes Contributions TO the
Military History OF Russia" by Russian stan
officer The speeches made at the recent anti
Papal meeting held in Easter Han, London, are
soon to be published in a German dress by Ber-
in house. DR.. Thomps0n's crusade IN layor OF
Bismarck and the new ecclesiastical laws makes
his works and speeches very popular Ia PRUSSIA
and Germany.
DRAMATIC LITERATURE.
In dramatic circles the fifth volume OF Edouard
Deyrients History or the German Dramatic Art'
Will be very welcome. IL is announced for Easter.
development or civic and private dramatic enter
prises, the progress and development OF the
Court Theatre, the Berlin Court Theatre, In
nuence and future OF the drama. Devrient was
IN his day not only one OF the greatest OF German
actors, but talented writer and dramatic his
torian. tie lived In and for the drama. He be-
ileved that the stage in It's proper development
mad wonderful future His ideal theatre has not
yet been attained, indeed. and In our genera
rom wat WsgneE. In regard TO opera, styles