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[Lessing's Prosa. Edited by Horatio Stevens White. G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press. New York and London. 1888.
One of the newest books in the series of German Classics for American students is a compilation of selections from Lessing's prose works, representative of his varied ability as a literary and dramatic critic, philosopher and dramatic critic, philosopher and theologian. Owing to the fact that a great deal...
Appended to the selections is a collection of letters which give an insight into Lessing's character and stimulate the reader to a farther study of his career. Biographical notes scattered throughout the book are interesting in their matter and of great assistance.
1. The books reserved in Alcove 4, under the head of "German Department," are not, as the writer asserts, confined to the works of Lessing, Schiller and Goethe, but comprise the standard works on the literary history of Germany from the Middle Ages to the present time.
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- It has long been a matter of conjecture with many students why the German books in the library are not easier of access. Notwithstanding it is of serious importance, little or no public attention has been paid the matter, although the daily annoyance occasioned by this difficulty...