And the dream was ended and fulfilled; it had, as is always the case, shaped itself after waking reality. Therefore, be it consecrated to the four fair and noble sisters, and let all which is like it in _Titan_ be so consecrated too! JEAN PAUL FR. RICHTER. FOOTNOTES: [1] The Titan was published during the years 1800-1803. The four sisters were the four daughters of the Duke of Mecklenburg, viz. the Duchess of Hildburghausen, the Princess von Solms, the Princess of Thun and Taxis, and the Louisa who afterward became Queen of Prussia, and was so in the Liberation War.--TR. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. FIRST JUBILEE. PAGE PASSAGE TO ISOLA BELLA.--FIRST DAY OF JOY IN THE TITAN.--THE PASQUIN-IDOLATER.--INTEGRITY OF THE EMPIRE EULOGIZED.--EFFERVESCENCE OF YOUTH.--LUXURY OF BLEEDING.--RECOGNITION OF A FATHER.--GROTESQUE TESTAMENT.--GERMAN PREDILECTION FOR POEMS AND THE ARTS.--THE FATHER OF DEATH.--GHOST-SCENE.--THE BLOODY DREAM.--THE SWING OF FANCY 1 SECOND JUBILEE. THE TWO BIOGRAPHICAL COURTS.--THE HERDSMAN'S HUT.--THE FLYING.--THE SALE OF HAIR.--THE DANGEROUS BIRD-POLE.--A STORM LOCKED UP IN A COACH.--LOW MOUNTAIN-MUSIC.--THE LOVING CHILD.--MR. VON FALTERLE FROM VIENNA.--THE TORTURE SOUPÉ.--THE SHATTERED HEART.--WERTHER WITHOUT BEARD, BUT WITH A SHOT.--THE RECONCILIATION 70 THIRD JUBILEE. METHODS OF THE TWO PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS IN THEIR PEDAGOGICAL GRAFTING-SCHOOL.--VINDICATION OF VANITY.--DAWN OF FRIENDSHIP.--MORNING STAR OF LOVE. 110 FOURTH JUBILEE. HIGH STYLE OF LOVE.--THE GOTHA POCKET-ALMANAC.--DREAMS ON THE TOWER.--THE SACRAMENT AND THE THUNDER-STORM.--THE NIGHT-JOURNEY INTO ELYSIUM.--NEW ACTORS AND STAGES, AND THE ULTIMATUM OF THE SCHOOL-YEARS 128 FIFTH JUBILEE. GRAND-ENTRY.--DR. SPHEX.--THE DRUMMING CORPSE.--THE LETTER OF THE KNIGHT.--RETROGRADATION OF THE DYING-DAY.--JULIENNE.--THE STILL GOOD-FRIDAY OF OLD AGE.--THE HEALTHY AND BASHFUL HEREDITARY PRINCE.--ROQUAIROL.--THE BLINDNESS.--SPHEX'S PREDILECTION FOR TEARS.--THE FATAL BANQUET.--THE DOLOROSO OF LOVE 161 SIXTH JUBILEE. THE TEN PERSECUTIONS OF THE READER.--LIANA'S EASTERN ROOM.--DISPUTATION UPON PATIENCE.--THE PICTURESQUE CURE 197 SEVENTH JUBILEE. ALBANO'S PECULIARITY.--THE INTRICATE INTERLACINGS OF POLITICS.--THE HEROSTRATUS OF GAMING-TABLES.--PATERNAL "MANDATUM SINE CLAUSULA."--GOOD SOCIETY.--MR. VON BOUVEROT.--LIANA'S SPIRITUAL AND BODILY PRESENCE 215 EIGHTH JUBILEE. LE PETIT LEVER OF DR. SPHEX.--PATH TO LILAR.--WOODLAND-BRIDGE.--THE MORNING IN ARCADIA.--CHARITON.--LIANA'S LETTER AND PSALM OF GRATITUDE.--SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH A GARDEN.--THE FLUTE-DELL.--CONCERNING THE REALITY OF THE IDEAL 238 NINTH JUBILEE.