[32] Wilkens, op. cit., p. 108 seq. and 164 seq.
In England, likewise, the Idyls were constantly on the book-market and The Death of Abel had 20 editions before 1800. Cf. Herzfeld, op. cit., p. 6.
II.
TRANSLATIONS OF GERMAN POETRY.
THE OLD MAN.
From Gesner.
From the London Magazine, Oct. 1773.
[Prose translation.]
Royal Amer. Mag., p. 14, Jan. 1774, Boston.
[Reprint from the London Mag., p. 437, Sept. 1773, London. Preceding the title: "For the London Magazine."