_No one who has written a book has of himself become what he is; every one stands on the shoulders of his predecessor; all that was produced before his time has helped to form his life and soul. Again, what he has produced, has in some sort formed other men, and thus his soul has passed to later times. In this way the contents of books form one great soul-empire on earth, and all who now write, live and nourish themselves on the souls of the past generations. From this point of view the soul of mankind is an immeasurable unity, which comprises every one who ever thus lived and worked, as well as those who breathe and produce new works at present. The soul, which past generations felt as their own, has been and is daily transmigrating into others. What is written to-day may to-morrow become the possession of thousands of strangers. Those who have long ago ceased to exist in the body continue to live in new forms here on earthy and daily revive in thousands of others._ Gustav Freytag. CONTENTS: CHAPTER XXI. The Butter Machine CHAPTER XXII. Three Councils CHAPTER XXIII. Philopena CHAPTER XXIV. Among the Students CHAPTER XXV. Chaos CHAPTER XXVI. The Drama CHAPTER XXVII. The Sovereign CHAPTER XXVIII. In the Pavilion CHAPTER XXIX. Two New Guests CHAPTER XXX. Vexations CHAPTER XXXI. Hummel's Triumph CHAPTER XXXII. A Chapter from Tacitus CHAPTER XXXIII. Caesarean Insanity in the Hummel Family CHAPTER XXXIV. Old Acquaintances CHAPTER XXXV. In the Princess's Tower CHAPTER XXXVI. Ilse's Flight CHAPTER XXXVII. The Lord High Steward CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Magister's Exit CHAPTER XXXIX. Before the Crisis CHAPTER XL. On the Road to the Rock CHAPTER XLI. In the Cave CHAPTER XLII. Tobias Bachhuber * * * * * _CHAPTER XXI_. THE BUTTER MACHINE