Original (inglés)

INTRODUCTION. “Peter Schlemihl,” one of the pleasantest fancies of the days when Germany delighted in romance, was first published in 1814, and was especially naturalised in England by association with the genius of George Cruikshank, who enriched a translation of it with some of his happiest work as an illustrator.  An account of the book and its author is here reprinted at the end of the tale, as originally given by the translator.  To this account one or two notes may be added.  Loui