THE SONG OF SONGS

(DAS HOHE LIED)

BY HERMANN SUDERMANN

TRANSLATED BY
THOMAS SELTZER

NEW YORK
THE VIKING PRESS
MCMXXVI

Copyright, 1909, by
J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, Stuttgart

All rights reserved

Published in Germany, November 21, 1908

Privilege of copyright in the United States reserved
under the act approved March 3, 1905,
by J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger

Published November 20, 1909
Second printing, January, 1910
Third printing, February, 1910
Fourth printing, April, 1910
Fifth printing, September, 1910
Sixth printing, September, 1911
Seventh printing, March, 1913
Eighth printing, December, 1913
Ninth printing, January, 1915
Tenth printing, June, 1916
Eleventh printing, 1919
Twelfth printing, April, 1921
Thirteenth printing, September, 1923
Fourteenth printing, December, 1926

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII

PART II

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
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