VOLUME XII GUSTAV FREYTAG THEODOR FONTANE [Illustration: FREDERICK THE GREAT PLAYING THE FLUTE _From the Painting by Adolph von Menzel_] THE GERMAN CLASSICS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY Masterpieces of German Literature TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KUNO FRANCKE, PH.D., LL.D., LITT.D. Professor of the History of German Culture, Emeritus, and Honorary Curator of the Germanic Museum, Harvard University ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF WILLIAM GUILD HOWARD, A.M. Professor of German, Harvard University In Twenty Volumes Illustrated ALBANY, N.Y. J.B. LYON COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright 1914 CONTRIBUTORS AND TRANSLATORS VOLUME XII Special Writers ERNEST F. HENDERSON, Ph.D., L.H.D., Author of _The History of Germany in the Middle Ages; Short History of Germany_, etc.: The Life of Gustav Freytag. WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M., Associate Professor of German, Leland Stanford Junior University: The Life of Theodor Fontane. Translators ERNEST F. HENDERSON, Ph.D., L.H.D., Author of _The History of Germany in the Middle Ages; Short History of Germany_, etc.: The Journalists. WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M., Associate Professor of German, Leland Stanford Junior University: Effi Briest; Extracts from "My Childhood Days." E.H. BABBITT, A.B., Assistant Professor of German, Tufts College: Doctor Luther; Frederick the Great. MARGARETE MÜNSTERBERG: Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck; The Bridge by the Tay. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XII GUSTAV FREYTAG The Life of Gustav Freytag. By Ernest F. Henderson The Journalists. Translated by Ernest F. Henderson Doctor Luther. Translated by E.H. Babbitt Frederick the Great. Translated by E.H. Babbitt THEODOR FONTANE The Life of Theodor Fontane. By William A. Cooper Effi Briest. Translated by William A. Cooper Extracts from "My Childhood Days." Translated by William A. Cooper Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg The Bridge by the Tay. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg ILLUSTRATIONS--VOLUME XII Frederick the Great Playing the Flute. By Adolph von Menzel. _Frontispiece_ Gustav Freytag. By Stauffer-Bern At the Concert. By Adolph von Menzel Nature Enthusiasts. By Adolph von Menzel On the Terrace. By Adolph von Menzel In the Beergarden. By Adolph von Menzel Lunch Buffet at Kissingen. By Adolph von Menzel Luther Monument at Worms. By Ernst Rietschel Frederick William I Inspecting a School. By Adolph von Menzel Court Ball at Rheinsberg. By Adolph von Menzel Frederick the Great and His Round Table. By Adolph von Menzel Frederick the Great on a Pleasure Trip. By Adolph von Menzel Theodor Fontane. By Hanns Fechner Fontane Monument at Neu-Ruppin A Sunday in the Garden of the Tuileries. By Adolph von Menzel Divine Service in the Woods at Kösen. By Adolph von Menzel A Street Scene at Paris. By Adolph von Menzel Procession at Gastein. By Adolph von Menzel