TO
DR. OTTO SCHLAPP
Lecturer in German in the University of Edinburgh,
as a tribute to his successful endeavours
to promote the knowledge of the
German Classics in Britain, and in
memory of a mutual friend,
Robert Fitzroy Bell
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I.
Chap. i.: Treats of Simplicissimus' rustic descent and of his upbringing answering thereto
Chap. ii.: Of the first step towards that dignity to which Simplicissimus attained, to which is added the praise of shepherds and other excellent precepts
Chap. iii.: Treats of the sufferings of a faithful bagpipe
Chap. iv.: How Simplicissimus' palace was stormed, plundered, and ruinated, and in what sorry fashion the soldiers kept house there