Excerpt from The Philosophy of Schiller in Its Historical RelationsI have endeavored, in working out my sub jcet, to avail myself, as far as possible, of the large and valuable literature which has accumu lated about it during more than a century. I am especially indebted to the admirable trea tises of fiberweg, Tomaschek and Kuno Fischer. Whatever value may attach to the innovations I have made in the traditional treatment (if there be any such) it is more appropriate to call attention to the large debt I owe to these and other writers than to any inaccuracies I may have detected, or new views I may have advanced, which may commend themselves to the reader. For a good part of the present material, therefore, I claim no other merit than that of having presented it for the first time in English, and thus having made it accessible to those readers who, every thing else equal, prefer the English book when it is available. I should say, however, in jus tice to myself, that I have never merely repro duced or translated. All the chapters have been based upon a careful and often a repeated reading of the writings under discussion.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.