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Title: The Project Gutenberg Works of Frederich Schiller in English

Author: Frederich Schiller

Release Date: December 7, 2004 [EBook #6800]

Language: English

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THE WORKS

OF

FREDERICK SCHILLER

Translated from the German

Illustrated

CONTENTS:

HISTORY:
Thirty Years War: Book I. Book II. Book III. Book IV. Book V.
Revolt of Netherlands: Book I. Book II. Book III. Book IV.

PLAYS:
The Robbers Fiesco Love and Intrigue
The Camp of Wallenstein Piccolomini
The Death of Wallenstein Whilhelm Tell
Don Carlos Demetrius Mary Stuart
The Maid of Orleans The Bride of Messina

POEMS:
1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period Supressed Poems

PHILOSOPHY:
Aesthetical Essays Philosophical Letters

NOVEL:
The Ghost Seer [or, The Apparitionist] and The Sport of Destiny

HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR IN GERMANY.

PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION.

The present is the best collected edition of the important works of
Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language.
Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times since
the first publication of the original works; and in several instances
these versions have been incorporated into this collection. Schiller
was not less efficiently qualified by nature for an historian than for
a dramatist. He was formed to excel in all departments of literature,
and the admirable lucidity of style and soundness and impartiality of
judgment displayed in his historical writings will not easily be
surpassed, and will always recommend them as popular expositions of the
periods of which they treat.

Since the publication of the first English edition many corrections and
improvements have been made, with a view to rendering it as acceptable
as possible to English readers; and, notwithstanding the disadvantages
of a translation, the publishers feel sure th