The Silesian Horseherd (Questions of the Hour)

F. Max Müller

Translated by Oscar A. Fechter

6 chapters · about 4 h

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Chapter I. The True History Of Celsus

The True History Of Celsus

The following essays, which were intended primarily for the Horseherd, but which were published in the Deutsche Rundschau, demand a short explanatory introduction. This, I believe, can best be given by me, by means of a reprint of another essay which appeared in the same periodical, and was the direct cause for the letter, which the writer, under the name of “Horseherd,” addressed to me. I receive many such anonymous communications, but regret that it is only rarely possible for me to answer them or to give them attention, much as I should like to do so. In this particular case, the somewhat abrupt, but pure, human tone of the letter appealed to me more than usual, and at my leisure I attempted an answer. My article, which called forth the letter of the Horseherd, was entitled “The ‘True History’ of Celsus,” in the July number of the Deutsche Rundschau, 1895, and, with a few corrections, is as follows:—

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The words
Oscar A. Fechter's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 3 places
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 14 places
  • Georgina Max Müller's connecting narrative in Chapter VI (her words, not the author's), introducing the letters
  • Georgina Max Müller's connecting narrative in Chapter VI (her words, not the author's), after the letter
  • Georgina Max Müller's letter to the Horseherd, written by her on her husband's behalf (her words, not the author's)
  • Georgina Max Müller's connecting narrative in Chapter VI (her words, not the author's), before the inscription