1890 The art of drinking by G G Gervinus

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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.

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G. G. Gervinus (1805-1871) is recognized as one of the foremost historians of Germany. He was a man of marvel- His fame rests not only upon a great number of profoundly learned works, but also upon his brilliant advo- ous erudition.

cacy of the constitutional rights of the people, as against the

reactionary tendency of the German princes during Metter-

nich's despotic rule. He was one of the seven celebrated professors of the University of Gottingen who boldly pro- tested against the violation of the Constitution by the King of His best-known works are "History of the Poet- ical Literature of the Germans," "History of the Nineteenth Hanover.

a voluminous commentary on

Century," and

Shakspeare,

— as the Encyclopaedia Britannica

"made popular in England"

— " by an excellent translation,"

states

The following sketch was designed by Gervinus as an out- line of what a history of potology would be, if conceived and executed by a philosophical mind. An English translation of this sketch needs no justification

in our time.