> On Wednesday, December 01, 1999 8:15 PM Excordis@aol.com [Excordis@aol.com]writes: > > Is that at all popular? It doesn't seem to be in the New York > City Library > System... > > Interested, > Tory > Tory, I had to request it through interlibrary loan, so I know that it's a title that most libraries don't stock. Check a university library, if the City Library doesn't yield results. At any rate, here is the bibliographical information: Jacobsen, J.P. (Jens Peter), 1847-1885. [Mogens og andre noveller. English] Mogens and other stories/Jens Peter Jacobsen; translated from the Danish and with an afterword by Tiina Nunnaly. - 1st ed. p. cm.--(Fjord modern classics; no 5) ISBN 0-940242-58-3 And since one or two people are interested, here's the quote about Jacobsen in Rilke's second letter to Kappus: "Do avail yourself of the small book, Six Stories, by J.P. Jacobsen and his novel, Niels Lyhne, and begin with the first story in the first set, called "Mogens." A whole world will envelop you--- the joy, the wealth, the incomprehensible greatness of a world! Live awhile within these books. Learn of them, whatever seems worth the learning, but above all, love them. For this love you shall be requited a thousand and a thousand times over, no matter what turn your life will take..." I just picked up the book this evening, and haven't had the opportunity to read more than a paragraph or two, but I'd be interested in hearing if you can find it and if you enjoy it. Thanks, Cecilia.