Terrible Tales, German

Overview:

  • Title: Terrible Tales, German
  • Author: C. J. T.
  • Year: 1891
  • Publisher: W. W. Gibbings
  • Pages: 180
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Terrible Tales, German
  • Notes:
    • Editor name is from the Preface's signature and Reginald.
    Though the stories in the book are all uncredited, translated and given new titles in some instances contents are in fact Laurids Kruse – The Crystal Dagger. (a translation of "Der krystallene Dolch", 1823) F. Laun (Friedrich August Schulze) – A Strange Bride. (aka 'The Death-Bride', a translation of "Die Todtenbraut: Volkssage", 1811) Friedrich von Schiller – The Host of "The Sun". (aka 'The Criminal of Lost Honour', a translation of "Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre", 1786 as "Verbrecher aus Infamie") Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué - The Crazy Half-Heller. (aka 'The Bottle Imp', a translation of "Das Galgenmännlein", 1810) Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann – The Goldsmith of the Rue Nicaise. (aka 'Mademoiselle de Scudari', a translation of "Das Fräulein von Scuderi", 1819)