The first fruit to ripen at the Bayreuth home was _Levana_, finished in October, 1806, just as Napoleon was crushing the power of Prussia at Jena. Though disconnected and unsystematic _Levana_ has been for three generations a true yeast of pedagogical ideas, especially in regard to the education of women and their social position in Germany. Against the ignorance of the then existing conditions Jean Paul raised eloquent and indignant protest. "Your teachers, your companions, even your parents," he exclaims, "trample and crush the little flowers you shelter and cherish. * * * Your hands are used more than your heads. They let you play, but only with your fans. Nothing is pardoned you, least of all a heart." What _Levana_ says of the use and abuse of philology and about the study of history as a preparation for political action is no less significant. Goethe, who had been reticent of praise in regard to the novels, found in _Levana_ "the boldest virtues without the least excess." From the education of children for life Richter turned naturally to the education of his fellow Germans for citizenship. It was a time of national crisis. Already in 1805 he had published a _Little Book of Freedom_, in protest against the censorship of books. Now to his countrymen, oppressed by Napoleon, he addressed at intervals from 1808 to 1810, a _Peace Sermon, Twilight Thoughts for Germany_ and _After Twilight_. Then, as the fires of Moscow heralded a new day, came _Butterflies of the Dawn_; and when the War of Liberation was over and the German rulers had proved false to their promises, these "Butterflies" were expanded and transformed, in 1817, into _Political Fast-Sermons for Germany's Martyr-Week_, in which Richter denounced the princes for their faithlessness as boldly as he had done the sycophants of Bonaparte. Most noteworthy of the minor writings of this period is _Dr. Katzenberger's Journey to the Baths_, published in 1809. The effect of this rollicking satire on affectation and estheticism was to arouse a more manly spirit in the nation and so it helped to prepare for the way of liberation. The patriotic youth of Germany now began to speak and think of Richter as Jean Paul the Unique. In the years that follow Waterloo every little journey that Richter took was made the occasion of public receptions and festivities. Meanwhile life in the Bayreuth home grew somewhat strained. Both partners might well have heeded _Levana's_ counsel that "Men should show more love, women more common sense."