# Three essays

Author: Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955; Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Helen Tracy), 1876-1963 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76837

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Three+essays+Mann&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

At the beginning of our century a man was still living in Weimar, Julius Stötzer by name and schoolmaster by calling, who, as a sixteen-year-old student, had dwelt under the same roof with Dr. Eckermann and only a few steps away from Goethe’s door. Young Stötzer and a schoolmate and fellow-lodger would now and again, with beating hearts, catch gleams and glimpses of the hallowed form as the old man sat by his window. But the lads were possessed by a desire to see him for once close at hand and get a good look at him. They applied to his famulus, their house-mate, and implored him by some means or other to procure them this boon. Eckermann was a kindly soul. One summer day he let the boys...

## Chapters

- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/three-essays-76837/chapters/5/index.md)