VOLUME XI * * * * * FRIEDRICH SPIELHAGEN THEODOR STORM WILHELM RAABE [Illustration: ON THE NORTH SEA COAST _From the Painting by Jacob Alberts_] THE GERMAN CLASSICS Masterpieces of German Literature TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH [Illustration] Patrons' Edition IN TWENTY VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED THE GERMAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY NEW YORK Copyright 1914 by THE GERMAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY CONTRIBUTORS AND TRANSLATORS VOLUME XI * * * * * Special Writers MARION D. LEARNED, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania: The Life of Friedrich Spielhagen. EWALD EISERHARDT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in German, University of Rochester, N.Y.: The Life of Theodor Storm; Wilhelm Raabe. Translators MARION D. LEARNED, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pennsylvania: Storm Flood. MURIEL ALMON: The Rider of the White Horse; The Hunger Pastor. CHARLES WHARTON STORK, Ph.D., Instructor in English, University of Pennsylvania: Consolation. MARGARETE MÜNSTERBERG: To a deceased; The City; The Heath. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XI PAGE FRIEDRICH SPIELHAGEN The Life of Friedrich Spielhagen. By Marion D. Learned 1 Storm Flood. Translated by Marion D. Learned 14 THEODOR STORM The Life of Theodor Storm. By Ewald Eiserhardt 214 The Rider of the White Horse. Translated by Muriel Almon 225 To a Deceased. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg 343 The City. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg 343 The Heath. Translated by Margarete Münsterberg 344 Consolation. Translated by Charles Wharton Stork 345 WILHELM RAABE Wilhelm Raabe. By Ewald Eiserhardt 346 The Hunger Pastor. Translated by Muriel Almon 353 ILLUSTRATIONS--VOLUME XI PAGE On the North Sea Coast. By Jacob Alberts _Frontispiece_ Friedrich Spielhagen. By A. Weiss 12 The Last Day of a Condemned Man. By Michael von Munkacsy 22 Arrested Vagabonds. By Michael von Munkacsy 62 The Loan Office. By Michael von Munkacsy 92 Two Families. By Michael von Munkacsy 112 The Little Thief. By Michael von Munkacsy 142 Milton and His Daughters. By Michael von Munkacsy 172