Excerpt from Life of Jean Paul Frederic Richter: Compiled From Various Sources; Preceded by His Autobiography It is now twenty-two years since the First Edition of the "Life of Jean Paul" was published, and in the altered condition of our country it seems almost an intrusion and an impertinence to expect such a book to be received with favor; for what is nearest touches us most, and our hearts beat more painfully at domestic tragedies, of which we have had so many, than at the crowded anguish of distant, though kindred cities. But in giving our hearts to the great, to the altogether absorbing and tremendous interests of the passing time, we many not neglect the wayside flowers, the little gems of nature which are scattered in such profusion at our feet. Carlyle says of Jean Paul: "To old English, alike with new, such a man as this, in such days as these, cannot be too generally known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.