Excerpt from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. 1 Norwithsrmm the popularity which several of Hotf mann's tales have obtained in many different countries, we are not aware of any complete or accurate translation of his works. In England they have become known in a very partial form, chiefly by the appearance of a few isolated tales in association with those of other writers, as in the 'specimens of German Romance, ' or in Gillies' 'german Stories, ' which were published about 1830. Others are familiar only through' the medium of a trans lation from a previous French version, as is the case with the well-known 'nutcracker, ' - and in this process of double dilution the Author's name has sometimes disap peered altogether. 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.