oudly made against Heine in Germany: first, it was said
that he was paid to write; then, that he was paid to abstain from
writing; and the accusations were supposed to have an irrefragable basis
in the fact that he accepted a stipend from the French government. He
has never attempted to conceal the reception of that stipend, and we
think his statement (in the "Vermischte Schriften") of the circumstances
under which it was offered and received, is a sufficient vindication of
himself and M. Guizot from any dishonor in the matter.

It may be readily imagined that Heine, with so large a share of the
Gallic element as he has in his composition, was soon at his ease in
Parisian society, and the years here were bright with intellectual
activity and social enjoyment. "His wit," wrote August Lewald, "is a
perpetual gushing fountain; he throws off the most delicious descriptions
with amazing facility, and sketches the most comic characters in
conversations." Such a man could not be neglected in Paris, and Heine
was sought on all sides--as a guest in distinguished salons, as a
possible proselyte in the circle of the Saint Simonians. His literary
productiveness seems to have been furthered by his congenial life, which,
however, was soon to some extent embittered by the sense of exile; for
since 1835 both his works and his person have been the object of
denunciation by the German governments. Between 1833 and 1845 appeared
the four volumes of the "Salon," "Die Romantische Schule" (both written,
in the first instance, in French), the book on Borne, "Atta Troll," a
romantic poem, "Deutschland," an exquisitely humorous poem, describing
his last visit to Germany, and containing some grand passages of serious
writing; and the "Neue Gedichte," a collection of lyrical poems. Among
the most interesting of his prose works are the second volume of the
"Salon," which contains a survey of religion and philosophy in Germany,
and the "Romantische Schule," a delightful introduction to that phase of
German literature known as the Romantic school. The book on Borne, which
appeared in 1840, two years after the death of that writer, excited great
indignation in Germany, as a wreaking of vengeance on the dead, an insult
to the memory of a man who had worked and suffered in the cause of
freedom--a cause which was Heine's own. Borne, we may observe
parenthetically for the information of those who are not familiar with
recent German literature, was