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Johannes David Schreber (of Meissen), “De libris obscoenis” (Leipzig, 1688, quarto).

[777] Cf. Iwan Bloch, “The Lex Heinze and Medical Authorship,” published in Die Medizinsche Woche, No. 9, March 12, 1900.

[778] Cf., regarding this matter, the Aerztlicher Zentral-Anzeiger, No. 24, June 10, 1901.

[779] Unfortunately, I was mistaken in this optimistic assumption. In the Journal of the German Book Trade, No. 77, April 3, 1906, I find among the list of confiscated works “Means for the Prevention of Conception”—a separate impression of the Deutsche Medizinische Presse, Berlin, No. 7, April 5, 1899. By the decision of one of the Berlin courts the further issue of this work, and the further use of the stereotype forms from which it was printed, were forbidden.

[780] Eduard Fuchs, “The Erotic Element in Caricature,” p. 10 (Berlin, 1904), Cf. also Paul Leppin, “The Ludicrous in the Erotic,” published in Das Blaubuch, edited by Ilgenstein and Kalthoff, No 4, February 1, 1906, pp. 149-155.

[781] John Milton’s “Areopagitica.”

[782] An exception must be made of the work of Aretino, which in the Italian original is extremely difficult to understand. I, therefore, regard the masterly translation published by the Insel-Verlag as a justifiable undertaking.

[783] To those desirous of obtaining information regarding modern pornography, I can recommend, above all, the work of Ludwig Kemmer, based upon official material, “Die graphische Reklame der Prostitution,” Munich, 1906. Cf. also Heinrich Stümcke, “The Immoral Literature of the Present Day,” published in “Zwischen den Garben,” pp. 100-107 (Leipzig, 1899); same author, “Literary Sins and Affairs of the Heart,” pp. 30-34 (Berlin, 1894); Sebastian Brant, “Prostitution as displayed in the Great Art Exhibition of Berlin, 1895” (second edition, Berlin, 1895). Consult also the chapter concerning erotic literature and art in my “Recent Researches regarding the Marquis de Sade,” 1904 (pp. 237-272), and my “Sexual Life in England,” vol. iii., pp. 235-473.

[784] Cf. G. Hirth, “Ways to Love,” p. 352. This fact has been confirmed to me by Herr F. von Biedermann. When Frauenstädt once said to Schopenhauer that Goethe, when away from the Court, gladly made use of coarse expressions, Schopenhauer replied: “Yes, many contrasts can exist side by side in the same human being,” and he confirmed the fact from his own experience that Goethe was fond of gross phrases. Cf. Sohopenhauer’s “Gespräche und Selbstgespräche,” edited by E. Grisebach, p. 40 (Berlin, 1902). Certain “Secret Epigrams of Goethe” have recently been privately printed (forty copies only were issued). Many similar erotic poems of Goethe’s are still carefully preserved in Goethe-Archives, and withheld from publication.

[785] “Arthur Schopenhauer,” by E. O. Lindner, and “Memorabilia, Letters, and Posthumous Pieces,” edited by Julius Frauenstädt, p. 270 (Berlin, 1862).

[786] Schopenhauer’s “Gespräche und Selbstgespräche,” pp. 42, 53, 106.

[787] Rudolf von Gottschall, “The German National Literature of the Nineteenth Century,” vol. i., p. 255 (fifth edition, Breslau, 1881).

[788] Julius Pascin. Regarding this painter of the perverse, who has recently become more widely known, see Max Ludwig, “Erregungen und Beruhigungen,” published in Welt am Montag, December, 21, 1906.

[789] The name of Hokusai may well be added to this list. There exists a series of outline drawings by this great Japanese artist, in which the beauty of the draughtmanship is only equalled by the ingenuity with which sexual perversions are depicted.—Translator.

[790] Cf., regarding this matter, my “Contributions to the Etiology of Psychopathia Sexualis,” vol. i., pp. 194-200.

[791] Cf. Paul Dehn, “Modern Hawkers’ Literature” (Stuttgart, 1894); “The Repression of Garbage Literature,” published in the Nationalzeitung, No. 683, December 11, 1906; Johannes Liebert, “Das Indianerbuch und die Backfischerzählung,” published in Der Zeitgeist, No. 51, of December 17, 1906.

[792] The literature dealing with the campaign against pornography is very extensive. I may mention: Francisque Sarcey, “La Presse Pornographique,” published in Le Livre: Bibliographie Moderne, November, 1880, pp. 287-289 (Paris, 1880); Hermann Roeren, “Public Immorality and its Repression” (Cologne, 1903); F. S. Schultze, “Immorality and the Christian Family” (Leipzig, 1892); Jacques Jolowicz, “The Campaign against Immorality” (Leipzig, 1904). Works of an opposite tendency: Karl Frenzel, “Art and the Criminal Law” (Berlin, 1885); rejoinder to this by Max Heinemann, “The Graef Trial and German Art” (Berlin, 1885); “The Moral Salvation Army in Berlin: a Union of Men for the Repression of Public Immorality. A Contemporary Picture by * * *” (Berlin, 1889); “Against Prudery and Lying” (Munich, 1892), contains, inter alia; “The Campaign against Immorality on the Part of the Pietists, and Free Literature,” by Dr. Oskar Panizza; Georg Keben, “The Pons Asinorum of Morality” (Berlin, 1900); Heinrich Schneegans, “Prudery and Science,” published in the Frankfurter Zeitung, No. 123, May 5, 1906; “Punishment and Morality,” published in the Vossische Zeitung, No. 447, September 24, 1903 (condemning the confiscation of Hans von Kahlenberg’s “Nixchen”).

[793] With regard to the extent of this campaign against pornography, consult: “Catalogue des Ecrits, Gravures et Dessins condamnés depuis 1814 jusqu’au 1^er Janvier, 1850, suivi de la Liste des Individus condamnés pour délits de Presse” (Paris, 1850); “Catalogue des Ouvrages condamnés comme contraire à la Morale publique et aux bonnes Mœurs du 1^er Janvier, 1814, au 31 Decembre, 1873” (Paris, 1874); Fernand Drujon, “Catalogue des Ouvrages, écrits et Dessins de toute Nature poursuivis, supprimés ou condamnés depuis le 21 Octobre, 1814, jusqu’au 31 Juillet, 1877, etc.” (Paris, 1878); Index Librorum Prohibitorum Sanctissimi Domini, Pii IX. Pont. Max. Jussu editus. Editio novissima in qua libri omnes ab Apostolica Sede usque ad annum 1786, proscripti suis locis recensentur (Rom, 1876); Catalogue des Livres défendus par la Commission Impériale et Royale jusqu’à l’année 1786 (Brüssel, 1788); O. Delepierre, “Des Livres condamnés au Feu en Angleterre.” For Germany, see the recorded reports regarding forbidden and confiscated matter contained in the Journal of the German Book-Trade.