Note 107 — LETTER XXV.

It is but fair, however, to say that the exceptions to this description are many. When for instance Göthe does not disdain to send forth “a man of forty” among the minors; when Tieck takes pity upon us, and gives us a real genuine “Novelle”; L. Shefer moves our heart and spirit by his wild lightnings; Kruse makes a criminal trial graceful and attractive; or some Therese, Friederike, &c. discloses the otherwise impenetrable mysteries of the female heart (not to mention the varied merits of our other best tale-writers);—it is evident that there are workmen who could supply excellent and perfect wares it the whole manufacture were not spoiled by the established machinery.—Editor.