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Tartarie, jusqu'aux extremites septentrionales et meridio-nales de l'Europe. IIs semblent particulicrement avoirvoyage avec les tribus scythiques et ils doivent h l'egarddes peuples modernes chez lesquels on les trouve fournirdes inductions d'une origine commune ou du moins d'uneancienne relation intime aussi bien, qu'on peut les tirerd'une conformite dans les racines, les elemens et le me-canisme du langage.

168. Francis Cohen in dem Quarterly Review 1819,May Nr. 41, S. 94:

Kinder- und Hausmärchen, a collection of Germanpopulär stories Singular in its kind, both for extent andvariety, an from which we have acquired much Infor-mation.

169. The new monthly Magazine, London 1821,August, Nr. VIII p. 148:

Among the most venerable remains of ancient teu-tonic literature we should rank the abundant stores ofpopulär legends and traditions, which often preserve mostcurious illustrations of heathen mythology and still morefrequently exhibit it in a most incongruous combinationwith the Christian faith. Under this last head we mayalso notice the beautiful collection of Nursery Literature,which has lately been edited with so much care by Messrs.Grimm. These, too, have attracted great attention: thoughwe have long left our nurseries, we retain our best relishfor these tales, and hardly know whether to admire mosttheir interest as works of fiction, or their literary valueas bearing on ancient mythos and superstition.

170. Le Globe 1830 Nr. 146, ein Aufsatz im Feuilletonunterzeichnet C. S., worin das Märchen vom Machandel-