Transcribed from the 1864 W. Kent and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
FAUSTUS:
his
LIFE, DEATH, AND DOOM.
A ROMANCE IN PROSE.
Translated from the German.
“Speed thee, speed thee,
Liberty lead thee,
Many this night shall hearken and heed thee.
Far abroad,
Demi-god,
Who shall appal thee!
Javal, or devil, or what else we call thee.”
london:
W. KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1864.
london:
robson and levey, printers, great new street,
fetter lane.
THE TRANSLATOR TO THE PUBLIC.
The publication of the present volume may at first sight appear to require some brief explanation from the Translator, inasmuch as the character of the incidents may justify such an expectation on the part of the reader. It is therefore necessary to state, that although strange scenes of vice and crime are here exhibited, it is in the hope that they may serve as beacons, to guide the ignorant and unwary from the shoals on which they might otherwise be wrecked.