Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://www.archive.org/details/sevenlegends00kelle 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [Oe] and [oe]. THE CAVIARE SERIES This series, of which Keller's "Seven Legends" is the opening volume, will contain books that have become standard in the literatures of foreign countries. The title which has been chosen is not intended to convey the impression that none of the books in the series will make a general appeal (for it is hoped that some of them will become as well-known in this country as the standard works of our own literature); but rather to suggest that they will have characteristics and beauties, which can be most fully enjoyed by the reader of wide culture and cultivated taste. The series will be issued at varying prices, according to number of pages, and the forthcoming appearance of each new volume will be announced through the usual medium of the literary periodicals. The Caviare Series, No. 1 SEVEN LEGENDS SEVEN LEGENDS GOTTFRIED KELLER AUTHORIZED (AND FIRST) TRANSLATION FROM THE 56TH GERMAN EDITION BY MARTIN WYNESS, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD M. MEYER, PROFESSOR OF GERMAN LITERATURE IN BERLIN UNIVERSITY GOWANS & GRAY, Ltd. 5 Robert St., Adelphi, London, W.C. 58 Cadogan St., Glasgow 1911 INTRODUCTION