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TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN

BY

THOMAS CARLYLE.



UNIFORM WITH HIS COLLECTED WORKS.



IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

MUSAEUS, TIECK, RICHTER.



  LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED),
  11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.




TALES

BY

MUSAEUS, TIECK, RICHTER.



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN

BY

THOMAS CARLYLE.



[1827.]



  LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED),
  11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.




CONTENTS


  MUSAEUS:
                                          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 FLAETZ             257
  LIFE OF QUINTUS FIXLEIN                  305




MUSAEUS.




DUMB LOVE.[1]


There was once a wealthy merchant, Melchior of Bremen by name, who used
to stroke his beard with a contemptuous grin, when he heard the Rich Man
in the Gospel preached of, whom, in comparison, he reckoned little
better than a petty shopkeeper. Melchior