Excerpt from Western Lands and Western Waters Among German authors, the subject of this brief sketch holds a distinguished place. A few only of his versatile and numerous compositions are known either in France or England; the works selected for translation have, in some instances, been unhappily chosen, but the talent of the writer has been frankly acknowledged, and a popularity achieved somewhat akin to the high reputation he has attained in his own country.

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