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An Austrian poet and story-writer, nephew of Plus; born at Meran, June 6, 1825; died at Innsbruck, Sept. 17, 1892. He was made professor of the German Language and literature in the University of Innsbruck, 1859. Among his poetical works are: "Primroses" (1848); "From the Alps"; "The Miller's Wife" (1853). He wrote also "Tyrolese Legends" (1850); "The Tyrol's Place in German Mediaeval Literature" (1851); "Children's Stories from the Tyrol" (1852); "Alliteration in the Middle-High-German Poets" (1864); "Oswald von Walkenstein" (1870).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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