BY HERMANN SUDERMANN
TRANSLATED BY THOMAS SELTZER
NEW YORK THE VIKING PRESS MCMXXVI
Copyright, 1909, by J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, Stuttgart
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Published in Germany, November 21, 1908
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Published November 20, 1909 Second printing, January, 1910 Third printing, February, 1910 Fourth printing, April, 1910 Fifth printing, September, 1910 Sixth printing, September, 1911 Seventh printing, March, 1913 Eighth printing, December, 1913 Ninth printing, January, 1915 Tenth printing, June, 1916 Eleventh printing, 1919 Twelfth printing, April, 1921 Thirteenth printing, September, 1923 Fourteenth printing, December, 1926