The Lost Manuscript Part 47

SECOND, UNALTERED EDITION

PART II

"_A n.o.ble human life does not end on earth with death. It continues in the minds and the deeds of friends, as well as in the thoughts and the activity of the nation._"

CHICAGO THE OPEN COURT PUBLIs.h.i.+NG COMPANY LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUEBNER & CO.

1898

_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 pa.s.sed 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 b.u.t.ter 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 x.x.x.

Vexations

CHAPTER x.x.xI.

Hummel's Triumph

CHAPTER x.x.xII.

A Chapter from Tacitus

CHAPTER x.x.xIII.

Caesarean Insanity in the Hummel Family

CHAPTER x.x.xIV.

Old Acquaintances