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The Adventurous Simplicissimus · Chapter

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The author dedicates the work to Dr.

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The author dedicates the work to Dr. Otto Schlapp, acknowledging his efforts to promote German classics in Britain, and in memory of their mutual friend Robert Fitzroy Bell.

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  • “To Dr. Otto Schlapp Lecturer in German in the University of Edinburgh, as a tribute to his successful endeavours to promote the knowledge of the German Classics in Britain, and in memory of a mutual friend, Robert Fitzroy Bell”

    This work is dedicated to Dr. Otto Schlapp, a German lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, honoring his work in spreading German classics in Britain, and in remembrance of our shared friend Robert Fitzroy Bell.

    The dedication honors both a scholar and a personal friend.