Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=8FIGAQAAIAAJ&dq 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. [Illustration: VIEW OF POTSDAM, WHERE STORM LIVED] THE HARVARD CLASSICS SHELF OF FICTION SELECTED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT LLD. GERMAN FICTION J. W. VON GOETHE GOTTFRIED KELLER THEODOR FONTANE THEODOR STORM EDITED WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTIONS BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON Ph D P F COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright, 1917 By P. F. Collier & Son MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS The Novel in Germany J. W. VON GOETHE Criticism And Interpretation: By Thomas Carlyle The Sorrows Of Werther Book I Book II The Editor To The Reader GOTTFRIED KELLER Biographical Note Criticisms And Interpretations: I. By John Firman Coar II. By Calvin Thomas The Banner Of The Upright Seven THEODOR STORM Biographical Note Criticism And Interpretation: By Adolf Stern The Rider On The White Horse THEODOR FONTANE Biographical Note Criticisms And Interpretations: I. By Richard M. Meyer II. By S. C. De Soissons Trials And Tribulations Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X Chapter XI Chapter XII Chapter XIII Chapter XIV Chapter XV Chapter XVI Chapter XVII Chapter XVIII Chapter XIX Chapter XX Chapter XXI Chapter XXII Chapter XXIII Chapter XXIV Chapter XXV Chapter XXVI THE NOVEL IN GERMANY