THE HISTORY OF A NUT-CRACKER. 33

attempts to tear to pieces the works of their brother authors.
This second trial, which lasted a fortnight, was, alas! as
fruitless as the first. The deputies of the learned societies
disputed amongst themselves, for the honour of the associa-

: tions to which they respectively
belonged, as to who should

‘ SK break the nut; but they only left
eat A their best teeth behind them.

f » \ As for the nut itself, its shell
\S didnot even bear the marks of
“ the attempts that had been
Pe sp made to crack it.

The king was in despair. He resolved, however, to strike
one grand blow; and, as he had no male descendant, he de-
clared, by means of a third article in the Royal Gazette, the
national newspapers, and the foreign journals, that the hand
of Princess Pirlipata and the inheritance of the throne
should be given to him who
might ae the Crackatook .\ |
nut. There was one condi- yw
tion to this announcement;
namely, that this time the , 7 oS
candidates must be from ce Sa
™ sixteen to twenty-four C
years of age. The pro-
mise of such a reward UP |
excited all Germany. ~_.

  
 
  

  

 
  

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