stories: Aus den Tagen der grossen Kaiserin (1858) Neue Novellen (1877) In Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1862) he gives a sketch of this poet and acknowledges his indebtedness to her beneficial influence upon his mind. There appeared posthumously, Lebenserinnerungen (1886) and Briefe von Annette von Droste-Hülshoff und Levin Schücking (1893). His wife, Luise (1815–1855), daughter of the General Freiherr von Gall, in the Hessian service, published some novels and romances of considerable merit. Among the latter may be mentioned Gegen den Strom (1851) and Der neue Kreuzritter (1853). She also wrote a successful comedy, Ein schlechtes Gewissen (1842). Schücking's Gesammelte Erzählungen und Novellen appeared in 6 vols (1859–1866); Ausgewählte Romane (12 vols, 1864; 2nd series, also 12 vols, 1874–1876). Several of Schücking's works appeared in the popular German weekly Die Gartenlaube (such as "Pulver und Gold" in January 1871). Sources Carl Schurz, Reminiscences (3 vols.), New York: McClure Publ. Co., 1907, Vol. 1, Ch. 3, p. 65. Schurz recalls how, as an aspiring writer attending a gymnasium in Cologne, he sent a manuscript to Schücking requesting an appointment to get his opinion on the work. Schücking granted the appointment, but told the disappointed boy he should regard the work as a "study." Schurz later appreciated the wisdom of this advice. Notes References Attribution External links Schücking Museum "Pulver und Gold", Die Gartenlaube, January 1871, Commons page-image: Comm-Pulver, Wikisource: WikiS-Pulver. "Levin Schücking (Christoph Bernhard Levin Matthias)" (schuecking-museum.de) 1814 births 1883 deaths People from Meppen Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Heidelberg University alumni University of Göttingen alumni German journalists German male journalists 19th-century German journalists German male novelists 19th-century German novelists 19th-century German male writers