Die Deutsche Komische Und Humoristische Dichtung Seit Beginn Des 16. Jahrhunderts Bis Auf Unsere Zeit

Die Deutsche Komische Und Humoristische Dichtung Seit Beginn Des 16. Jahrhunderts Bis Auf Unsere Zeit, Von IGNAZ HUB. Nürnberg: Ebner. 1857.

Two volumes of this interesting work are coming out at the same time,- one containing the second of the five parts into which the prose anthology is divided, with comical and humorous pieces from the sixteenth century, (for instance, extracts from “ Fortunatus,” the “ Historia” of Dr. J. Faust, “Die Schildbürger,” Desid. Erasmus’s “ Gespräche,” etc.,)- the other containing a collection of poetry of the same kind, belonging to the present century, and forming part of the third volume, with pieces by Uhland, Eichendorff, Rückert, Sapphir, Wm. Müller, Immermann, Palten, Hoffmann, Kopiseh, Heine, Lenau, Möricke, Grün, Wackernagel, and many others. The anthology is accompanied with biographical and historical notes, and explanations of provincialisms and such words as to the American reader of German would be likely to be otherwise unintelligible ; so that he may thus, without too much trouble, satisfactorily enjoy this treasury of entertainment. The Germans may well he proud of such literary riches, in which England alone surpasses them.