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 The Thirty Years' War 21 y Droysen, G., Das Zeitalter des Dreissigjahrigen Krieges, 1888 (in the Oncken Series). An elaborate account of the conditions in Germany during the sixty years preceding the opening of the war. RlTTER, MORITZ, Deutsche Geschichte im Zeitalter der Gegenreforma- tion und des Dreissigjahrigen Krieges, 1533-/648. Two volumes only of this great work (1889, 1895) have appeared, bringing down the tale to 1618. Winter, G., Geschichte des Dreissigjahrigen Krieges, 1893 (Oncken Series). No references to sources. Avenel, Georges d', Richelieu et la Monarchic absolue, 4 vols., 1884- 1890. The best work on the subject. Droysen, G., Gustav Adolf, 2 vols., 1869-1870. Ranke, Geschichte IVallensteins, 1869. GlNDELY, Geschichte des Dreissigjahrigen Krieges, 4 vols., 1869- 1880; breaks off in the year 1623. Waldstein, 1625-1630 (2 vols., 1886); and numerous monographs by the same author. During the Thirty Years' War something like our modern periodical Periodical publications began to make their appearance. In Germany Abelinus in literature, his Theatrum Europaeum furnished at intervals an account of the events of the war. This collection, beautifully illustrated, which took final shape in 1679, * s one °f the chief sources of our knowledge. In London The Swedish Intelligencer was issued at intervals between 1632 and 1637 for the purpose of giving " the truest and choysest " news about Gustavus Adolphus and the progress of the war, compiled from letters received from Germany. In France a regular magazine, the Meraire de France, had been established just before the opening of the war. This continued to be issued for two centuries. Unfortunately all three of these publications are rarely to be found except in the very largest libraries. Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob (i620?-i676), Der Abenteurliche Simplicissimus. This and other romances, written by one who well knew the horrors of the war, may be regarded as suggestive sources of information for the general conditions in Germany. The Simplicissimus is easily to be had in several excellent German editions.