This third volume of F. Max Müller's essay collection focuses on literature, biography, and antiquities. It covers topics from German literature and old love-songs to Schiller, Shakespeare, and Cornish antiquities. The essays offer a window into nineteenth-century scholarly interests and cultural history.
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CHIPS FROM A GERMAN WORKSHOP BY F. MAX MÜLLER, M. A., FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, ETC. VOLUME III. ESSAYS ON LITERATURE, BIOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY.
1871. Contents DEDICATION. I. GERMAN LITERATURE. LIST OF EXTRACTS FOR ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF GERMAN LITERATURE. II. OLD GERMAN LOVE-SONGS. III. YE SCHYPPE OF FOOLES. IV. LIFE OF SCHILLER. V. WILHELM MÜLLER. 1794-1827. VI. ON THE LANGUAGE AND POETRY OF SCHLESWIGHOLSTEIN. VII. JOINVILLE. VIII. THE JOURNAL DES SAVANTS AND THE JOURNAL DE TRÉVOUX. IX. CHASOT. X. SHAKESPEARE. XI. BACON IN GERMANY. XII. A GERMAN TRAVELLER IN ENGLAND. XIII. CORNISH ANTIQUITIES. XIV. ARE THERE JEWS IN CORNWALL? XV. THE INSULATION OF ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT. XVI. BUNSEN. LETTERS FROM BUNSEN TO MAX MÜLLER IN THE YEARS 1848 TO 1859. Footnotes
[pg i] DEDICATION. TO FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF KIND HELP GIVEN TO ME IN MY FIRST ATTEMPTS AT WRITING IN ENGLISH, AND AS A MEMORIAL OF MANY YEARS OF FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP. [pg 001]