Book description
A wonderful collection of moral tales, anecdotes, jokes, reports of
murders, disasters and mysteries, all originally written for inclusion
in a popular religious almanac.
HEBEL, JOHANN PETER (1760-1826), German poet and popular
writer, is one of the most widely read of all German popular poets and
writers. His poetical narratives and lyric poems, written in dialect,
are popular in the best sense. His Allemannische Gedichle
(1803) bucolicize, in the words of Goethe, the whole world in the most
attractive manner. Indeed, few modern German poets surpass him in
fidelity, naIvety, humour, and in the freshness and vigour of his
descriptions. His poem, Die Wiese, has been described as the
pearl of German idyllic poetry; while his prose writings, especially
the narratives and essays belong to the best class of German stories.
