Friedrich Nikolai was a key figure in the German enlightenment. He was a publisher and a writer, and a close friend of Lessing and Mendelssohn. Together they held a longterm threeway correspondence. It should be noted that, according to my expert informant, Nikolai’s novels sold more copies than Goethe’s Werther. His house in Berlin still stands - [...]
June 3, 2008
Anchored to the Sidewalk
Yes, those really are cobwebs stretching from this car to the sidewalk. How many parking tickets must this guy have?
