Excerpt from Der Fluch Der Schoenheit: Novelle The story fder mud) bet (c)dwnbeit is one of a long series of historical novelettes written by Professor W. H. Riehl, of the University of Munich, who was born in 182 3, and died in 1897. Riehl studied theology, but this he soon abandoned in favor of the historical pursuits that have furnished him his life work. In 18 5 3 he brought out his Natural History of the People, a work which soon after procured for him a call to the chair of civics; at Munich, where he afterward lived and taught. His favorite field has always been the history of the German people, more especially that kind of history which is called in German Rultm'gefcbicbte; in which line he has been one of the most popular and influential writers of his time. Combining the role of popular teacher with that of the scholar he has written a large amount of fiction, his favorite literary form being that of the 920mm. Taken in the aggregate Riehl's fifty or more glovellen, illustrative of German life during the last thousand years, form a very interesting and deservedly popular historical picture gallery. 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.