• Publication: German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; with Biographical and Critical NoticesPublication Record # 410831
• Editor: The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller
• Date: 1827-00-00
• Publisher: William Tait
• Pages: xv+337+317+309+3
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes:

  • 4 Volumes. (xv+337+317+309+352)
  • No content from Vol. III has been listed.
  • Listing only those contents reviewed in Bleiler, below, or who are otherwise listed in the database, and the related biographical data.
  • Volume IV contains the non-speculative novel Wilhelm Meister's Travels which includes some embedded fantasy stories; its Chapter XV is "The New Melusina" (so titled).
  • The full text and images of this edition are available at Google Books: Vol. I, Vol. II and Vol. III & Vol. IV.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 348
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 7233480

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• v • Preface (German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; with Biographical and Critical Notices) • essay by Thomas Carlyle [as by The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller]
• 1 • Musæus • essay by Thomas Carlyle [as by The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller]
• 15 • Dumb Love • novella by
  Johann Karl August Musäus^?Johann Karl August Musaeus
  (trans. of Stumme Liebe 1782) [as by Musæus]
• 106 • Libussa • novella by
  Johann Karl August Musäus^?Johann Karl August Musaeus
  (trans. of Libussa 1782) [as by Musæus]
• 273 • Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué • essay by Thomas Carlyle [as by The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller]
• 284 • Aslauga's Knight • novelette by
  Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué^?Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouque
  (trans. of Aslaugas Ritter 1810) [as by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]
• 3 • Ludwig Tieck • essay by Thomas Carlyle [as by The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller]
• 18 • The Fair-Haired Eckbert • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Der blonde Eckbert 1797)
• 43 • The Trusty Eckart • [Der getreue Eckart und der Tannhäuser • 1] • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Der getreue Eckart 1799)
• 85 • The Runenberg • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Der Runenberg 1804)
• 118 • The Elves • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Die Elfen 1812)
• 148 • The Goblet • short story by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Der Pokal 1811)
• 175 • E. T. W. Hoffmann • essay by Thomas Carlyle [as by The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller]
• 200 • The Golden Pot • novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der goldene Topf 1814) [as by E. T. W. Hoffmann]
• 1 • Goethe • essay by Thomas Carlyle [as by The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, and Author of The Life of Schiller]
• 255 • The New Melusina • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Die neue Melusine 1816) [as by Goethe]