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Stories by Foreign Authors (German I)

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Stories by Foreign Authors (German II) (1898)

Stories by Foreign Authors, Vol. 4
Fifty-one tales in ten volumes, comprising a careful selection of the best Continental short stories by contemporary or nearly contemporary writers, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

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PAUL HEYSE

STORIES BY

FOREIGN AUTHORS



GERMAN


THE FURY By Paul Heyse
THE PHILOSOPHER'S PENDULUM By Rudolph Lindau
THE BOOKBINDER OF HORT By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
THE EGYPTIAN FIRE-EATER By Rudolph Baumbach
THE CREMONA VIOLIN By E. T. A. Hoffmann
ADVENTURES OF A NEW-YEAR'S EVE By Heinrich Zschokke



NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1898

Copyright, 1898, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

The translations in this volume, where previously published, are used by arrangement with the owners of the copyrights (as specified at the beginning of each story). Translations made especially for the series are covered by its general copyright. All rights in both classes are reserved.


CONTENTS

page
The Fury Paul Heyse 11
The Philosopher's Pendulum Rudolph Lindau 45
The Bookbinder of Hort L.von Sacher-Masoch 91
The Egyptian Fire-Eater Rudolph Baumbach 111
The Cremona Violin E. T. W. Hoffmann 125
Adventures of a New-Year's Eve Heinrich Zschokke 167