as the facts narrated are of the most simple nature. The following definition of a novel will certainly not be verified:

A novel, now," says Will," is nothing more
Than an old castle-and a creaking door-
A distant hovel—

Clanking of chains-a gallery—a light—

Old armour-and a phantom all in white,
And there's a novel !"

The taste for German literature is widely spreading, as well as the desire to become acquainted with the language itself; but, for the satisfaction of those who are unacquainted with the richness of the German language, I have adhered as strictly as possible to the original expressions, in order that some idea might be formed of the peculiarity of style adopted by the German writers of the present day.

The first four "Novels " are by Julius Mosen, a writer who has acquired some celebrity by his epic poem of " Ahasver." The last Story is taken from the "Gesammelte Novellen" of Tieck, an author well known to the English student of German literature.

RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT, 1842.

G. F. CROSSTHWAITE.