HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

EDITOR'S PREFACE.
THE reading public of the United
States has always been friendly to
good anthologies. This doubtless is
largely due to the fact that, Avhile
Americans destine always the best, living
hurriedly as we do, we are as a
rule too often unfortunately forced, as
regards the commendable objects of
our inclination, to content ourselves
somewhat parsimoniously with a hastily-snatched
and almost surreptitious
s'q}, in place of properly sitting down
and at our leisure draining the cup of
enjoyment. Such being the case, it is
eminently desirable that the sip should
be at any rate from tlie cream: and the
cream — or, at least, some of the cream
— of the inimitable Heine (which is
what this little book aims to present)
should, if the skimming has been skillfully
performed, be found to afford a
delicious refreshment and sustenance
indeed. By no means " milk for babes "
is the yield from the udders Heinean;
its consistency is such as renders it satisfying,
and in point of fact not infrequently
quite pungent, meat for the
strongest men and women,— a nourishment
Avhereof, when once it has been
tasted, the flavor and invigoration are
wholly forgotten afterwards never !