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Book Excerpt: ...the soup that is made for invalids; but all my companions have gone; there is not one to have compassion upon me and take me in his barca; 16] and now I have fallen down here, and shall, I expect, never get up again." "Hi hi hi hi " chuckled the old woman;... Read Full Overview

E.T.A. Hoffmann was an enormous talent writing long before the market for weird fiction came into focus. One of the first great horror magazines -- Weird Tales -- stole the title of this two-volume collection without so much as a note of thanks Anyway, if... Read Full Overview

This was the title that distinguished in the art-catalogue of the works exhibited by the Berlin Academy of Arts in September, 1816, a picture which came from the brush of the skilful clever Associate of the Academy, C. Kolbe. There was such a peculiar charm in the piece that... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview