Calendar: 1871-1872 Page 275

274 EVENING CLASSES IV From the beginning of the Thirty Years' War to the reign of Friedrich der Grosze 1618-1740 Literature -Preponderance of Learning Sprach- gesellschaften Dichterschulen Novels Satirical and Dramatic Poetry-Staatsactionen-Opern From the first Silesian War to the death of Frede- rick the Great 1740-1786 Literature -The dawn of second Classical Period in German literature Gottsched and Bodmer-Leipziger und Hallescher Dichterbund Influence of Milton's genius in Germany VI From the outbreak of the French Revolution to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 1789-1806 Literature -Second Classical Period of German Literature as represented by Klopstock Lessing Wieland Herder Jean Paul Schiller and Goethe VII From 1806 to the establishment of the German Con- federation in 1815 Literature -Romantic School Tieck Schlegel Patriotic poetry Korner Arndt Riickert Schwabische Dichterschule Uhland Schwab VIII From 1815 to the establishment of the new German Empire in 1871 Literature -The most eminent Poets and Writers in the various branches of Literature Science and Philology from 1815 to our own times The Professor will receive Essays written in German on the subjects treated in the Lectures as well as resumes of the German works which will be read at the Class and return the work corrected to the Students