The history of German literature makes mention of few men more self-centered and at the same time more unreserved than Heinrich Heine. Sarcasm was his weapon, ridicule his plan of campaign, and destruction his only accomplishment. We shall not say that the things destroyed by Heine deserved a better fate. We shall not think of him either as a leader or as a follower in a great national movement. He was not the one man of his generation through whom the national consciousness, even national discontent, found expression; he was the man whose self-expressions aroused the widest interest and touched the tender’s chords. To be called perhaps an alien and certainly no monumental German character, Heine nevertheless made use, with consummate artistry, of the fullness of German culture at a time when many of the after-born staggered under the weight of a heritage greater than they could bear. Franz Grillparzer is the greatest poet and dramatist among the Austrians. Corresponding to the Goethe Society at Weinmar, the Grillparzer Society at Vienna holds its meetings and issues its annual; and the edition of Goethe's works instated by the Grand Duchess Sophie of Weimar is paralleled by an edition of Grillparzer's works now in process of publication by the city of Vienna. Not without a sense of local pride and jealousy do the Viennese extol their fellow-countryman and hold him up to their kinsmen of the north as worthy to stand beside Goethe and Schiller. They would be ungrateful if they did not cherish the memory of a man who during his life-time was wont to prefer them, with all their imperfections upon their heads, to the keener and more enterprising North Germans, and whom many occasions sang the praises of their sociability, their wholesome naturalness, and their sound instinct. But even from the point of view of the critical North German or of the non-German foreigner, Grillparzer abundantly deserves his local fame - and more than local fame; for dozen dramas of the first class, two eminently characteristic shortstories, numerous lyrical poems, and innumerable studies and autobiographical papers are a man's work entitling their author to a high place in European, not merely German, literature. Beethoven as a Letter Writer The First musician to whom a place among the representative masters of German literature may justly be assigned is Beethoven, and this fact is so significant and so closely connected with the subsequent development both of music and literature that the reasons for such a statement should be set forth in detail. Particular attenion is called to the variety of Beethoven's correspondents and to their influential position in the artistic and social life of that period. Familiarity with the selections of letters here published cannot fail to contribute to a deeper enjoyment of Beethoven 's music, for through them we realize that the universality of the artist was the direct consquence of the emotional breadth of the man. All art is a union of emotion and intellect, and their perfect balance is the paramount characteristic of this master. HEINERICH HEINE “The Life of Heinrich Heine.” Poems (Pages 1-212) “Dedication.” “Songs.” “A Lyrical Intermezzo.” “Sonnets.” “Poor Peter.” “The Two Grenadiers.” “Belshazzar.” “The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar.” “The Return Home.” “Twilight.” “Hail to the Sea.” “In the Harbor.” “A New Spring.” “Aboard.” “The Sphinx.” “Germany.” “Enfant Perdu.” “The Battlefield of Hastings.” “The Asra.” “The Passion Flower.” Prose “The Journey to the Harz.” “Boyhood Days.” “English Fragments – Dialogue on the Thames; London; Wellington.” “Lafayette.” “The Romantic School.” “The Rabbi of Bacharach.” FRANZ GRILLPARZER(Pages 213-463) “The Life of Franz Grillparzer.” “Medea.” “The Jewess of Toledo.” “The Poor Musician.” “My Journey to Weimar.” Beethoven Letters (Pages 464-488) “Beethoven as a Letter Writer.” “Beethoven’s Letters.” Keywords: The German Classics Volume 6, Beethoven, Heine, Franz, Place, Poet, letters, history, weapon, destruction, self-expressions, German,

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