Front matter
Ludwig Lewisohn translation
Author of “THE WORLD’S ILLUSION”
Authorized translation by ALLEN W. PORTERFIELD
GROSSET & DUNLAP ~ Publishers by arrangement with HARCOURT, BRACE & COMPANY
NOTE
The first chapter, “A Mother Seeks Her Son,” and sections I and II of the second chapter, “Foes, Brothers, a Friend, and a Mask,” were translated by Ludwig Lewisohn. The rest of the book has been translated by Allen W. Porterfield. The title, “The Goose Man” (“Das Gänsemännchen”), refers to the famous statue of that name in Nuremberg.
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
CONTENTS
PAGE
A Mother Seeks Her Son1
Foes, Brothers, A Friend and a Mask23
The Nero of To-day44
Inspector Jordan and His Children65
Voices from Without and Voices from Within97
In Memory of a Dream Figure123
Daniel and Gertrude153
The Glass Case Breaks178
Tres Faciunt Collegium204
Philippina Starts a Fire239
Eleanore277
The Room with the Withered Flowers323
The Promethean Symphony352
Dorothea405
The Devil Leaves the House in Flames435
But Aside, Who Is It?455