The history and progress of the world . m-bines with them the highest art. It may be regarded asan emphatic protest against the despotism of the author died at Weimar May 9, 1805, before hehad seen the lowest degradation of his native land. RICHTER Jean Paul Richter is unique among the writers of theworld. His works sparkle with gems, but these arethrown together without order or reason, and though de-lightful at first view, they become tiresome when read con-tinuously. Nevertheless there is strong temptation to goback again for a fresh look at the riches. Richter, or JeanPaul, as
The history and progress of the world . m-bines with them the highest art. It may be regarded asan emphatic protest against the despotism of the author died at Weimar May 9, 1805, before hehad seen the lowest degradation of his native land. RICHTER Jean Paul Richter is unique among the writers of theworld. His works sparkle with gems, but these arethrown together without order or reason, and though de-lightful at first view, they become tiresome when read con-tinuously. Nevertheless there is strong temptation to goback again for a fresh look at the riches. Richter, or JeanPaul, as he is usually called, was born at Wonsiedel inBavaria in 1763, the son of a poor country pastor whodied in debt. While he studied at the University of Leip-sic he suffered from pinching poverty, and finally ran awayto escape imprisonment for debt. After a time the poorlad became a private tutor, then a schoolmaster, then anauthor, and finally a celebrity. His first book was Law-suits in Greenland (1784), a collection of thin satirical. FRIFDRICH VON SCHILLER GERMAN 289 sketches. He did not fairly succeed until he publishedhis quaint romance The Invisible Lodge in 1793. Thenfollowed, with continued success, Hesperus (1794),The Life of Quintus Fixlein (1796), Flower, Fruitand Thorn-Pieces (1797) and several more. The eccen-tric Jean Paul became the fashion of the time and givingup his school he visited the literary centers, being every-where welcomed. After his marriage at Berlin in 1801he went back to Bavaria and wrote more books, his greatromance, Titan, the novel, Wild Oats/ Levana(1807), a treatise on education, and a host more. Hiscollected works comprise sixty-five volumes. They con-sist of poetical rhapsodies about everything in the universegreat and small. He is a splendid landscape-painter, aninterpreter of the emotions of the soul, a describer of oddcharacters and grotesque incidents, a touching painter ofdomestic life, a scholar of recondite learning. His booksabound
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