The twelve best short stories in the German language
By: selected by Richard M. Meyer.
Contributors: Metcalfe, William, tr.
Series: Gowans's cosmopolitan library.; no. 6. German section
Publisher: Gowans & Gray Ltd.
Published: 1926
Place of publication: London [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: German fiction -- Translations into English.
Notes: "For the fifth of these stories the translation made by Thomas Carlyie has been used. The sixth was translated ... by the late Mr. James Millar, the second by Mr. Adam L. Gowans. The remaining nine were translated by Mr. William Metcalfe."--Publishers' note.
Table of contents: title: The criminal from lost honour, by Friedrich von Schiller.; title: The story of Brave Kasper and Fair Annie, by Clemens Brentano.; title: The mad veteran of Fort Ratonneau, by L.A. von Arnim.; title: The mines of Falun, by E.T.A. Hoffmann.; title: Story by J.W. von Goethe.; title: The scholar, by Ludwig Tieck.; title: Immensee, by Theodor Storm.; title: Mardpan Lisa, by "Friedrich Halm."; title: The three righteous comb-makers, by Gottfried Keller.; title: How Jacob prevailed, by Ludwig Ansemgruber.