Produced by Charles Bowen, from scans obtained from The Internet Archive. Transcriber's Note: 1. Source of this book is found in the Web Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/germanclassicsof20franuoft 2. The diphthong oe is transcribed as [oe]. VOLUME XX * * * * * * JAKOB WASSERMANN BERNHARD KELLERMANN MAX HALBE HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL ARTHUR SCHNITZLER FRANK WEDEKIND ERNST HARDT [Illustration: THE WARDEN OF PARADISE] _From the Painting by Franz von Stuck_ THE GERMAN CLASSICS Masterpieces of German Literature TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH Patron's Edition IN TWENTY VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED THE GERMAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY NEW YORK Copyright 1914 by THE GERMAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY CONTRIBUTORS AND TRANSLATORS VOLUME XX * * * * * * Special Writers MRS. AMELIA VON ENDE: The Contemporary German Drama. Translators PAUL H. GRUMMANN, A.M., Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Nebraska: Mother Earth. BAYARD QUINCY MORGAN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of German, University of Wisconsin: The Marriage of Sobeide. JOHN HEARD, JR.: Tristram the Jester. KATHARINE ROYCE God's Beloved. ALBERT WILHELM BOESCHE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of German, Cornell University: The Court Singer. A. I. DU P. COLEMAN, A.M. Professor of English Literature, College of the City of New York: Literature. JULIA FRANKLIN: Clarissa Mirabel. HORACE SAMUEL: The Green Cockatoo. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX PAGE JAKOB WASSERMANN Clarissa Mirabel. Translated by Julia Franklin. 1 BERNHARD KELLERMANN God's Beloved. Translated by Katharine Royce. 59 The Contemporary German Drama. By Amelia von Ende. 94 MAX HALBE Mother Earth. Translated by Paul H. Grummann. 111 HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL The Marriage of Sobeide. Translated by Bayard Quincy Morgan. 234 ARTHUR SCHNITZLER The Green Cockatoo. Translated by Horace Samuel. 289