JOHANN HEINRICH See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

DANIEL See also:

• JOHANN HEINRICH DANIEL ZSCHOKKE (1771-1848)

ZSCHOKKE (1771-1848)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg on the 22nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1771 . He was educated at the monasterial (kloster) school and at the Aitstadter gymnasium of his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . He spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as playwright with a See also:

• COMPANY

company of strolling actors, but afterwards studied See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• HISTORY

history at the university of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-the-See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder, where in 1792 he established himself as Privatdozent . He created much sensation by an extravagant novel, Abdllino, der See also:

• GROSSE, JULIUS WALDEMAR (1828—1902)

grosse Bandit (1793; subsequently also dramatized), modelled on See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller's Rduber, and the melodramatic tragedy, See also:

• JULIUS

Julius von Sassen (1796) . The Prussian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government having declined to make him a full See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor, See also:

• ZSCHOKKE, JOHANN HEINRICH DANIEL (1771-1848)

Zschokke in 1796 settled in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, where he conducted an educational institution in the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of See also:

• REICHENAU

Reichenau . The authorities of the See also:

• GRISONS (Ger. Graubunden)

Grisons admitted him to the rights of acitizen, and in 1798 he published his Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Freistaets der drei Biinde See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im hohen Rdtien . The See also:

• POLITICAL

political disturbances of this See also:

• YEAR

year compelled him to See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close his institution . He was, however, sent as a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to Aarau, where he was made See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the educational See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, and afterwards as government See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner to See also:

• UNTERWALDEN

Unterwalden, his authority being ultimately extended over the cantons of See also:

• URI

Uri, See also:

• SCHWYZ
• SCHWYZ (modern spelling Schwiz)

Schwyz and See also:

• ZUG
• ZUG (Fr. Zoug)
• ZUG, LAKE OF

Zug . Zschokke distinguished himself by the vigour of his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and by the See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm with which he devoted himself to the interests of the poorer classes of the community . In 1800 he reorganized the institutions of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian cantons and was appointed See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton of See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel . Zschokke retired from public See also:

• LIFE

life when the central government at See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern proposed to re-establish the federal See also:

• SYSTEM

system, but after the changes effected by See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte he entered the service of the canton of See also:

• AARGAU (Fr. Argovie)

Aargau, with which he remained connected . In 1801 he attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by his Geschichte vom Kampfe and Untergange der schweizerischen See also:

• BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

Berg- and Wald-Kantone .

Through his Schweizerbote, the publication of which began in 1804, he exercised a wholesome See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on public affairs; and the like may be said of his Miscellen fiir See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die neueste Weltkunde, issued from 1807 to 1813 . In 1811 he also started a monthly periodical, the Erheiterungen . He wrote various See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• WORKS

works, the most important of which is Des Schweizerlandes Geschichte fiir das Schweizervolk (1822, 8th ed . 1849) . Zschokke's tales, on which his See also:

• LITERARY

literary reputation rests, are collected in several See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, Bilder aus der Schweiz (5 vols., 1824–25), Ausgewdhlte Novellen and Dichtungen (16 vols., 1838–39) . The best known are: Addrich im Moos (1794); Der Freihof von Aarau (1794); Alarnontade (1802); Der See also:

• CREOLE (the Fr. form of criollo, a West Indian, probably a negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the Lat. creare, to create)

Creole (183o); Das Goldmacherdorf (1817); and Meister See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan (1845) . In Stunden der Andacht (18o9–1816; 27 See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in Zschokke's lifetime), which was widely read, he expounded in a rationalistic spirit the fundamental principles of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and morality . See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

Pine Selbstschau (1842) is a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of autobiography . Zschokke was not a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ORIGINAL

original writer, but he secured an eminent place in the literature of his time by his enthusiasm for See also:

• MODERN

modern ideas in politics and religion, by the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound, See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment displayed in his works, and by the See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and lucidity of his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . He died at bis See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Blumenhalde on the See also:

• AAR, or AARE

Aar on the 27th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1848 . An edition of Zschokke's selected works, in See also:

• FORTY

forty volumes, was issued in 1824–28 . In 1851–54 an edition in See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-five volumes was published .

A new edition of the Novellen was published by A . Vogtlin in twelve volumes (1904) . There are See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of Zschokke by E . Munch (1831); Emil Zschokke (3rd ed . 1876); R . Sauerlander (Aarau, 1884) ; and R . Wernly (Aarau, 1894) . See also M . Schneiderreit, Zschokke, See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Weltanschauung and Lebensweisheit (1904) .