The record-union., 1897-10-31
ARTHUR sCHoPENHAUER.
"reminiscences of the TabIe-Talk
of the Philosopher.

A book entitled "Schopenhauer' Ia
bic Talk" edited by DR.. Griesebach, is
about to be published by Hoffman &
Co. of Berlin, and a Hamburg paper has
already printed the following extracts
from II: SchOpenhauer, who was an en-
thusiastic lover of music, said to DR..
Francois Willie: Thank your friend
Wagner in my name for sending me his
'Nibelungen,' but he ought to hang mu-
sic on the nail: he has more genius for
poetry I, SchoDenhauer, remain true
to Rossini and Mozart" In conversa-
ton with Robert Won Hornstein, he
said: He has sent me his 'Triology.' ,
The fellow is a poet, not musician
There are mad things in it, though
Once (at the end of the first act of the
Walkure) you read: The curtain falls
quickly But if it doesn't fall quickly
there VIII be wicked things to see -
Again he said: Il admire and love Mo-
Zart, and go to all concerts in which
BeethOven's symphonies are played; but
if one has heard much of Rossini, every
thing else seems ponderous." When
ever he spoke of Rossini, he looked rev.
erently heavenwards. Once, however,
when Rossini stayed some days at the
Hotel d'Angleterre, in Frankfort, and
he sat near him at table, he declined to
make his acquaintance. He said to the
landlord, That can't possibly be Ros-
SIM; that's a fat Frenchman.
He had no sympathy with Carl Maria
Won Weber, and pronounced his
"Freischutz' to be "a nice but quite
little opera" He possessed all Rossi-
mis- operas arranged for the flute, and
@futed" out of them daily from L to
l. but never allowed anybody to listen.
OF Beethoven's F-major Symphony he
said to Robert Won Hornstein: One
thinks in listening to that, one has es-
capped all earthly pain forever" When
Hornstein took leave of him after his
first visit, he said: You owe it to my
housekeeper that l received you; she
said you were a student; if you had
been a professor of philosophy, l should
not have received you" OF the we'll
known physiologist Moleschott. he said
he was a journeyman barter; his chap
ter on the "Wni'' was too much for q
schcolboy He sometimes spoke of By
ron. whom he regarded as the second
best of the English poets. He said: 4
had a letter of Introduction from Goethe
Venice when Byron was there. | al
ways intended to go to him with Goe-
the's letter. but one day I gave it up
altogether was walking with my mis-
tress on the Lido, when suddenly my
DuIcinea cried out in the greatest eX-
citement: 'Ecco il poeta IngleseH By
ron swept past me on horseback, and
the Donna couldn't get rid of the inn
preston all day. SO I resolved not to
deliver Goethe's letter. oh, how l have
regretted that
Hornstein tells us that Schopenhauer
regarded it as noteworthy that his
philosophy had gained good deal Of
acceptance in Catholic circles, and ex-
planned this phenomenon by saying that
his philosophy did more justice to
Catholicism than any other since the
times of the Schoolmen. He charac-
teristicaIiy inferred that Catholicism
would last longer than Professionalism.
He thought the abolition of the cell
bacy of the clergy the greatest mistake
Luther ever made. but he admitted
that Luther was "a great man, deep
thinker" OF men of genius he said:
Don't wait with your recognition and
sympathy till they are IN their graves.
but help them so long as they have
empty stomachs to fill and mouths to
kiss To c.. G.. Beck, who had the
courage to tell him that he had been
an enthusiastic admirer OF Hegel, he
said: "Oh, that you had thrown his