8. Would you accept Emerson's views on this subject for your own use? FOR REFERENCE "Emerson; his Life, Writings and Philosophy."--COOKE. "Four American Leaders."--ELIOT. "Leading American Essayists."--PAYNE. "Ralph Waldo Emerson" ("Beacon Biographies").--SANBORN. "Emerson" ("English Men of Letters").--WOODBERRY. "Discourses in America."--ARNOLD. "Emerson as a Poet."--BENTON. "American Prose Masters."--BROWNELL. "On Emerson, and Other Essays."--MAETERLINCK. HEINRICH HEINE (1799-1856) Heinrich Heine, the nephew of a rich Hamburg Jew, is the most gifted German lyric poet since Goethe. Intended for the bar, he studied at Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin. He then traveled extensively for some years, until publication of his "Journey in the Hartz Mountains" and "Book of Songs" brought him to public notice. But his tactless attacks on various authors, and upon several of the petty German governments of the day began to make his native country an uncomfortable place, and in 1831 he removed to Paris. His chief occupation there was as correspondent for German newspapers. His long poems, "Deutschland" and "Atta Troll," were written during this period. For the last eight years of his life he was confined to his bed, suffering terrible agonies from a disease of the spinal column. Though born a Jew and baptized into the Christian faith, he was neither Jew nor Christian; and his character was marred by many defects. THE MAN 1. In what city was he born? I, 171. 2. When did he take up his residence in Paris? I, 176. 3. What great faults stained his character? I, 190. 4. And how have they affected the character of his writings? I, 191. 5. See Heine's account of his first interview with Goethe. VIII, 174. 6. What caused his exile from Germany? 7. How does his early life resemble that of Goethe? 8. What position does he occupy among the German lyric poets of the nineteenth century? STYLE AND WORKS 1. Upon what service to modern society does Heine's fame rest? I, 167. 2. Of what great German writer is he the continuator? I, 168. 3. Did he have a true conception of Goethe's work? I, 169. 4. Upon what grounds did Heine prefer the French spirit to that of the Germans and English? I, 172, 173. 5. Why has his fame proved more lasting than that of Byron and Shelley? I, 181. 6. To what school of poetry did he belong? I, 178. 7. State the form which most of his poetry assumes. I, 183. 8. Is his Hebrew extraction apparent in his verse? I, 186. FROM "TRAVEL PICTURES" 1. The German nation as a whole is noted for what special qualities of character? 2. In connection with what great event would you associate the name of Blücher? IV, 37. 3. Of what cause do the Swiss claim to be the champions? 4. During Heine's life was Germany politically at rest?