Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), June 14, 1845, vol. 1, no. 24, p. ???-???

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Veronica; or The Free Court of Aarau. Translated from the German of Zschokke, by the Author of Giafar Al Barmeki.

This is number 51 of Harper's “Library of Select Novels.” Zschokke, of late, has become popular in America, to an extent which neither his intrinsic merit nor his foreign reputation would appear to justify. We would not undervalue his genius, (if genius it can be called,) but we mean to say that there are numerous Germans whose works might be translated to better purpose. “Veronica” is not the least interesting of his novels — but the author of “Giafar Al Barmeki” has himself written a far better original thing, and we would urgently advise him to leave the task of translation to those who have no capacity for anything else.