Note: Translated by an unknown hand The translation text is that published in 1845 by James Burns, as The Shadowless Man; or, The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl by Chamisso (see). The novella begins (p. 7, viewed at HathiTrust):   Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man   Chapter I   After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze. On asking for a room the waiter looked at me from head to foot and conducted me to one.