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Rh Spaeth published an hitherto unknown report on Luther's last hours in the (1910), and J. Strieder made the authentic reports concerning his dying accessible to all in a cheap pamphlet.92

27. A List of Auxiliary Literature

Finally it remains to point out what auxiliary literature must necessarily be used if one wishes to make a true and faithful reproduction of the time in which Luther lived and of the people with whom he was intimately associated.

Especially to be considered here are the complete accounts of the history of the Reformation century. We name Ranke, Egelhaaf, Hæuser, von Bezold, Lamprecht, Brandi, Brieger, and Mentz; Kawerau, Lindsay, and Hermelink.93

To him who wishes to work with manuscripts in the libraries and archives, the study of the "Handschriftenproben" of Ficker & Winckelmann, or of Mentz is to be recommended; and the "Addressbuch der deutschen Bibliotheken" by Schwenke is indispensable.94 The "Quellenkunde der deutschen Geschichte" of Dahlmann- Waitz, the "List of References on the History of the Reformation in Germany," by Kieffer, and especially the "Quellenkunde zur deutschen Reformationsgeschichte" of Wolf, which is just making its appearance, will render valuable service.95

If we wish to specialize, we must have at our disposal Buchwald's publications on Wittenberg,96 a complete series of biographies97 and correspondences,98 a collection of circulars from the first years of the Reformation, the collection of church constitutions by Sehling, and the detailed publications on sources by Cohrs and Reu.99