This book contain collection of 12 books1. E.T.A Hoffmann, a biographical memoir / J. T. Bealby2. The Cremona Violin3. The Fermata4. Arthur’s Hall ("Der Artushof") [1817]5. The Sand-Man [1817]6. The Doge and Dogess [1819]7. The Entail ("Das Majorat")8. Master Martin, the Cooper, and his Journeyman ("Meister Martin der Küfner und seine Gesellen) [1817]9. Gambler’s Luck10. Signor Formica [1820]11. Mademoiselle De Scudéri12. Master Johannes Wacht [1923]About the AuthorE. T. A. Hoffmann, 1776-1822Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach’s famous but fictional opera The Tales of Hoffmann, and the author of the novelette The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppelia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote. Hoffmann’s stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.