The world: historical and actual . es were as prema-turely senile as Goethes were abnormally vigorousat fourscore. It remains to speak of only one more member ofthe German family of letters, Richter, better knownby his literary name of Jean Paul. He wasthe humorist par excel-lence of German auth-ors. His private lifehas been called a long Iinheritance of priva-tion. His death oc-curred in 1825. Hewas neither great norsmall: he was admirers class him hichter. with Hood and Douglas Jerrold. The Germans are remarkable for their love ofand attainments in music. During the sixteenthcentu
The world: historical and actual . es were as prema-turely senile as Goethes were abnormally vigorousat fourscore. It remains to speak of only one more member ofthe German family of letters, Richter, better knownby his literary name of Jean Paul. He wasthe humorist par excel-lence of German auth-ors. His private lifehas been called a long Iinheritance of priva-tion. His death oc-curred in 1825. Hewas neither great norsmall: he was admirers class him hichter. with Hood and Douglas Jerrold. The Germans are remarkable for their love ofand attainments in music. During the sixteenthcentury there were a few symptoms of musical tal-ent, but that was all. In the seventeenth centurythe princes began to have operas performed at theircourts. The first public performance of an operain Germany was at Hamburg in 1078. In that pe-riod lived Keiser, a composer, who once enjoyed asplendid reputation. He wrote much, but his ope-ras and cantatas were harsh, and deficient in melo-dious strains. But the great name of this period. INTELLECTUAL GERMANY. 245
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