Excerpt from Dietegen: Novelle The following year (1846) he published his first volume of poems, which were well received. Two years later the city Of Zurich granted him a public scholarship to enable him to con tinue at Heidelberg and Berlin the studies he had begun at the University in his native city. After an absence of seven years, in which there appeared from his pen a second volume Of poems and the novel above-mentioned, he returned home to settle. He was appointed secretary of the Canton of Zu rich, remaining in Office from 1861 to 1876, when he resigned to resume his literary labors, which had practically rested dur ing his Official career. In quiet retirement he devoted himself to literary work with rapidly spreading fame until his death, July 15, 1890. 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.