Excerpt from Gems of German Lyrics: Consisting of Selections From Rueckert, Lenau, Chamisso, Freiligrath and Others Finding however that I had gradually accumulated quite a number of translations, and seeing so large a field open for a book of this kind, I concluded, though with great diflidence, from my youth and ln experience, to submit my humble effort to the public. I have been careful to include only those Poets who were but little known to_ persons on this side of the Atlantic, unacquainted with the German; those that have not been, as far as I have been able to ascer tain, with but few exceptions, already translated. Having strayed from the beaten path, and gathered flowers where few are wont to ramble, the lyrics of those master minds, schiller and goethe, and of favorites like heine and geibel, have been omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.