The San Francisco call., 1905-08-11
GREAT LIBRARY
READY FOR USE
Weinhold Collection at Uni
versity Classified and
Set Up by a Professor
SCHILLING'S WORK ENDS
German Scholar Prov ideS Ac-
count of Worth of Books
Brought From Old World

BERKELEY. Aug. 10.-The difficult
task of classifying and setting up the
great Weinhold Library in the German
seminary room of the university library
building has just been completed by
Professor Hugo K. Schilling. 1t was
Professor Schilling who interested John
y. Spreckels in the library of the late
Professor Weinhold of the University
Of Berlin, Mr.. Spreckels eventually pro
viding the sum of $4,000 for the pur-
chase of the library and the expense
Of transporting it to California.
Professor Schilling, himself a German
scholar of distinction, has prepared the
following description of the library. in
Guiding an estimate of its value, from
a scholars standpoint:
Professor Weinhold was one Of the last
scholars of the old school whose interest ana
productive activity embra ced the entire field
OF Ceramics. the literary side as we'll
tie pathological. The vastness of his learn
ing s shown by the facr that he was an
authority in medieval and modern German
dialects, in Germanic archaeology and in folk
lore. Accordingly his library is extraordnar-
any Of the other Germanic libraries that have
been acquired by American universities: and
IL is perfectly safe 10 say, in this age OF
specialization, that none like 1t in that re-
sIect viii ever be obtainable in the fu-
ture. The value Of the collection lies moro
over, not only in its size and range, bus in
its quality. 1t contains a large number of
rare old prints first editions and the like.
just the kind Of books that are Indispensable
for research work but very rarely found
in American Libraries. On the literary side
there are hundreds Of original editions Of
German writer's, from LuUner and Hans SaclIs
dOw1 TO Schiller and GOeIne. OF some poets,
notably of Opitz and Wieland there al
most complete sets of first editions. The
princfpal ''Afusenalmanache +" the literary al
manachs in which much OF the best poetry
OF the eighteenth century made its first ap-
pearance, are represented by full sets, as
occupied a similar place IN literature. The
collection Of writings Of the Storm and
Stress poets and of the Romanticlsts is
pecially rich. And in other fields as well
there is many a rare old tome in covers of
pressed parchment Of leaves from a still
older manuscript with beautifully painted
initials. In folklore there is the rare col
lection OF proverbs OF the year 1850 besides
those Of Zinkgref. 1893, and Pistorius. 172i:
there is the Daemonologia Rubinzalu OF 1858,
and numerous chapbooks OF the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries In history there
are the chronicles of Aventinus, 1885, and
Cureus. 1907, the Weltbuch-Spiegel of Sebas-
tian Franck, 1884, and the German edition
of the works Of Antonius de Guevara, 1644.
The sixteenth century is further represented
kaisersberg, 1910. and various controversial
publications Of adherents or opponents of the
Barfuser Munche Eulenspiegel, with preface
by Luther, 1912. The student of the history
OF religious secular songs will find hymn
books and collections OF folk songs with notes
dating back far 1908, and the philo-
logist viii rejoice to see De Smets De literls
81 nngua Getarum, 1897, and an imposing
array Of eighteenth century dictionaries. The
library contains further various copies Of
medieval manuscripts made by Wenhold or
by students OF his and extensive manu-
script collection of Siesian proper names, of
which Weinhold intended to compile volum-
inous dictionary. The total number of vol
unnes in the library is 6166. and of pamphlets
2279. The acquisition Of this splendid collec-
tiOn makes the German department of the
library Of the State university one OF the best
On nod N a NJ rha
greatest Importance TO American students Of
Germanics generally.