Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen. [Main currents in nineteenth century literature.] 6v. v. 4 and 6. v. 4, *$3; v. 6, *$3.25. Macmillan.
Volume six deals with “Young Germany,” and covers the period lying between the Congress of Vienna and the great revolutionary years of the mid-century.
+ + Acad. 69: 1222. N. 25, ’05. 1800w. (Review of v. 6.)
“The present volume is one of the most interesting and admirable in the series. It gives the author abundant opportunity for the display of his extraordinary psychological gifts.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 104. Ja. 27. 630w. (Review of v. 6.) + + Bookm. 24: 363. D. ’06. 1180w. (Review of v. 1–6.)
“It is difficult to keep within bounds our admiration for the energy, the insight, and the profound philosophical basis of this masterwork of criticism.”
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“He wrote in the full tide of liberalism, and his opinions are manifestly colored by political affiliations, but he writes always with spirit. The translation in the present edition is idiomatic, and, so far as we have examined, accurate.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 413. N. 15, ’06. 150w. (Review of v. 5.)