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The humour of Germany

The humour of Germany

by Hans Müller-Casenov

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Editor
Dircks, W. H. (Will H.)
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Walter Scott Ltd.,1892.
Credits
MFR, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
German wit and humor
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69421
Release Date
November 25, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber’s note
  2. 2.THE HUMOUR OF GERMANY.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.MASTER FOX, THE CONFESSOR.
  6. 6.ST. PETER’S LESSON.
  7. 7.A RAID ON THE PARSON’S KITCHEN.
  8. 8.THE REVOLT IN THE THEATRE.
  9. 9.THE UNACCOUNTABLE STRANGER.
  10. 10.VAN DER KABEL’S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
  11. 11.DIVISION OF LABOUR IN MATTERS SENTIMENTAL.
  12. 12.A TENDER-HEARTED CRITIC.
  13. 13.THE ACCIDENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED STRANGER.
  14. 14.HOW THE VICAR CAME AROUND.
  15. 15.THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SHADOW.
  16. 16.THE GHOST OF DR. ASCHER.
  17. 17.TOURISTS AT THE BROCKEN.
  18. 18.MY APPRECIATIVE FRIEND.
  19. 19.“ MADAM, DO YOU KNOW THE OLD PLAY? ”
  20. 20.VERSES FROM HEINE.
  21. 21.ABOUT MONEY.
  22. 22.A NIGHT IN THE BREMER RATHSKELLER.
  23. 23.THE DUEL WITH THE DEVIL.
  24. 24.EDITORIAL CO-OPERATION.
  25. 25.MOZART’S JOURNEY TO PRAGUE.
  26. 26.A RABID PHILOSOPHER.
  27. 27.HIS SERENITY WILL BUILD A PALACE.
  28. 28.HIS SERENITY AND THE THUNDER-STORM.
  29. 29.THE LIEUTENANT’S DINNER.
  30. 30.THE HIGHER ALTRUISM.
  31. 31.MY PICTURES. [7]
  32. 32.LISZT EXPECTED AT AN EVENING PARTY.
  33. 33.A PRINCE IN DISGUISE.
  34. 34.A DISREPUTABLE SAINT.
  35. 35.MILITARY INSPECTION.
  36. 36.THE KING OF MACCAROONIA.
  37. 37.THE SAD TALE OF SEVEN KISSES.
  38. 38.A COUNTRY COMEDY.
  39. 39.HOW BLINDSCHLEICHER WENT COURTING.
  40. 40.“ WHOM FIRST WE LOVE. ”
  41. 41.WOOING THE GALLOWS.
  42. 42.ELECTIVE AFFINITIES.
  43. 43.HOT PUNCH.
  44. 44.WOMAN.
  45. 45.A CHRISTMAS TALE.
  46. 46.THE CASE OF MINCKWITZ.
  47. 47.STUDENTS’ SONGS. — OLD ASSYRIAN-JONAH. — HEINZ VON STEIN. — BRIGAND SONG. — A FARTHING AND A SIXPENCE. — THE TEUTOBURGER BATTLE. — THE LAST PAIR OF BREECHES. — ENDERLE VON KETSCH. — GOD AND THE LOVER.
  48. 48.UNINTENTIONAL WITTICISMS OF THE ABSENT-MINDED GERMAN PROFESSOR.
  49. 49.THE INCARCERATION OF THE HERR PROFESSOR.
  50. 50.OUR WAR-CORRESPONDENT.
  51. 51.SCHNORPS’ SWALLOW-TAIL.
  52. 52.THE MAN OF ORDER.
  53. 53.THE LUXURY OF GOING ABOUT INCOGNITO.
  54. 54.THE INNER LIFE OF THE SECOND-CLASS CAB-DRIVER.
  55. 55.BON-MOTS.
  56. 56.THE EARLY DAYS OF A GENIUS.
  57. 57.NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
  58. 58.NOTE.
  59. 59.BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF WRITERS.
  60. 60.Untitled
  61. 61.Untitled
  62. 62.Untitled
  63. 63.Untitled
  64. 64.Untitled
  65. 65.Untitled
  66. 66.Untitled
  67. 67.FOOTNOTES: — Corrections

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