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Stories by Foreign Authors (German II)

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Stories by Foreign Authors (German II) (1898)

Stories by Foreign Authors, Vol. 5
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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STORIES BY

FOREIGN AUTHORS



GERMAN


CHRISTIAN GELLERT'S LAST CHRISTMAS By Berthold Auerbach
A GHETTO VIOLET By Leopold Kompert
THE SEVERED HAND By Wilhelm Hauff
PETER SCHLEMIHL By Adelbert Von Chamisso



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

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Christian Gellert's Last Christmas Berthold Auerbach 11
Ghetto Violet Leopold Kompert 57
The Severed Hand Wilhelm Hauff 109
Peter Schlemihl Adelbert von Chamisso 133