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 as the facts narrated are of the most simple nature. The following definition of a novel will certainly not be verified:

The taste for German literature is widely spreading, as well as the desire to become acquainted with the language itself; but, for the satisfaction of those who are unacquainted with the richness of the German language, I have adhered as strictly as possible to the original expressions, in order that some idea might be formed of the peculiarity of style adopted by the German writers of the present day.