Excerpt from Frau Holde: Ein GedichtThe author of Frau Holde, Rudolf Baum bach, was born at Kranichfeld, 'l'hfiringen (thu ringia), on Sept. 28, 1841. He received his train ing at the gymnasium at Meiningen, where his father held the position of court-physician to the Duke. Later he pursued the study of natural sciences at the universities of Leipzig, Wtirzburg and Heidelberg. For some years after the com pletion of his university work he was engaged in teaching. In 1877 he won name and fame with his Zlatorog, and since that time has devoted himself to literary labors exclusively. His ad mirable talents and genuine poetic gifts are, per haps, nowhere more striking than in the present poem 3 though others, such as Zlatorog, Mein F r'uhjahr, Horand und Hilde, Der Pathe des Todes, well repay the student's attention.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.