Excerpt from Das Habichtsfräulein: Eine Dorfgeschichte Aus Dem Thüringer WaldRudolph baumbach was born, as he tells us in his auto biography, in Kranichfeld in Thuringia, Sept. 28th, 1840 (not, as is often stated, in 1841 or A few years after his birth his father was appointed court physician in Meiningen, and in that town the boy attended the Gym nasium, but he was, however, more interested in pressing wild-¿owers, stuffing birds and collecting insects than in the study of Latin and Greek. At the age of twenty he entered the University of Leipzig as a student of natural science. As is the custom in Germany, he did not continue at one place throughout his course, but went from one university to another, and finally, in Heidelberg, received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He then went to Vienna for more advanced study, but was soon forced to accept a. Position as teacher, first in Graz, later in Briinn and finally in Triest. Here he began his literary career by editing a little weekly which appeared under the title Enzian (the Gentian). Ittwas this work that drew to Baumbach the attention of the Leipzig publisher, Liebeskind, who has brought out most of this author's works.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.