Jörn Uhl (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jörn Uhl Gustav Frenssen', the pastor-p'oet of schleswig-holstein, celebrated on the twenty-ninth of October, 1913, his fiftieth birthday. Only a few years befqre, he was practically nu known even in his own country.1 To-day, however, many consider Frenssen to be the typical representative of German' life. His works have reached the homes of thousands upon thousands of Germans and have stimulated to serious thinking about the essential and simple problems of life. His Jam Uhl, which appeared in 1902 and of which have already been published, compels the keenest interest of the reader, for it contains life in rich abimdance. Frenssen grew up in a small village and saw the world in' miniature. He witnessed many sad tragedies, which ended in melancholy, despair, and death. He worried about the social conditions he observed (see page vi) and pondered over the unsettled questions of childhood. His father, observing the introspective moods of the' lad, concluded that he had talent for study and sent him to the gymnasium at Meldorf. The new life awakened the boy's active mind. He later went to Husum, Du graue Stadi a'm M eer, where he lived in the' little' room where Theodor Storm had written some of his' N ovellen. His teachers did not recognize the latent capabil ities of their pupil', although some of his comrades recall the fact that the young Frenssen thought more independently than the average gymnasiast. 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.