SCHILLER undoubtedly ranks as the greatest genius of Ge-
many. Equally celebrated as a poet, philosopher, and histo-
rian, he essayed every species of literary composition, and
excelled in all. His works bear the unequivocal impress of a
master-mind. Their effect on the thoughts and hearts of his
countrymen has been deep and lasting; and, by the common
consent of nations, he occupies a distinguished place among
those exalted men, the chosen of all ages, whose mental
vision has "pierced superior worlds, and looked all Nature
through." Without instituting or reviving comparisons be-
tween this gifted poet and our own immortal Shakspeare and
Byron, we may, at least, fairly claim for him an enrolment on
the same scroll of Fame, as a sublime genius, and a kindred
spirit.

It is to the Publisher a source of proud self-congratulation,
that it has been reserved for him to give to the world the first
uniform edition of the works of this undying German Classic
in an English dress; and he can venture to promise, with
well-grounded confidence, that the several translations which
will be comprised in the series, shall be no disparagement to
the great original.

The present volume contains the History of the Thirty
Years' War, complete, and the History of the Revolt of the
Netherlands to the end of the third book. The next volume
will comprise the remaining portion of the Revolt of the
Netherlands; the Trial and Execution of Counts Egmont and

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