THE SOUL AND MONEY. BY JEREMIAS GOTTHELF. TRANSLATED BY GUARTERICK VERE. BOL LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1872. All rights reserved. 249. q. 119. EDITOR'S PREFACE. Of all the works of Gotthelf, "The Soul and Money" combines, perhaps in the highest degree, the essential qualities which have made his reputation as an author. Nothing can be more touching or more dramatic than this representation of Bernese farm-house life, seen by the reader as it were in a mirror with a rustic frame, reflecting the human heart-the same in all times, under all skies, and under all conditions. The plot is little or nothing; serving the author chiefly as material for a psychological study; but we find in these pages a depth of sentiment, a |