TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN
BY
THOMAS CARLYLE.
UNIFORM WITH HIS COLLECTED WORKS.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
MUSÆUS, TIECK, RICHTER.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED),
11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
TALES
BY
MUSÆUS, TIECK, RICHTER.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
BY
THØMAS CARLYLE.
[1827.]
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED),
11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
CONTENTS
| MUSÆUS: | PAGE | |
| Dumb Love | 3 | |
| Libussa | 58 | |
| Melechsala | 98 | |
| TIECK: | ||
| The Fair-haired Eckbert | 159 | |
| The Trusty Eckart | 175 | |
| The Runenberg | 200 | |
| The Elves | 220 | |
| The Goblet | 238 | |
| RICHTER: | ||
| Schmelzle's Journey to Flætz | 257 | |
| Life of Quintus Fixlein | 305 | |
MUSÆUS.
DUMB LOVE.[1]
There was once a wealthy merchant, Melchior of Bremen by name, who usedto stroke his beard with a contemptuous grin, when he heard the Rich Manin the Gospel preached of, whom, in comparison, he reckoned littlebetter than a petty shopkeeper. Melchior had money in such plenty, thathe floored his dining-room all over with a coat of solid dollars. Inthose frugal times, as in our own, a certain luxury prevailed among therich; only then it had a more substantial shape than now. But thoughthis pomp of Melchior's was sharply censured by his fellow-citizens andconsorts, it was, in truth, directed more to trading speculation than tomere vain-glory. The cunning Bremer easily observed, that those whogrudged and blamed this seeming vanity, would but diffuse the reputationof his wealth, and so increase his credit. He gained his purpose to thefull; the sleeping capital of old dollars, so judiciously