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A prolific German novelist and poet; born at Magdeburg, Dec. 27, 1806; died at Dresden, April 22, 1888. Among his novels, the later ones of which show a tendency toward too many reflections and a lack of form, were: "A Quarantine in the Madhouse" (1835); "Feminine and Masculine Characters" (2 vols., 1838); "Portraits and Silhouettes" (2 vols., 1843); "Convent Tales" (2d ed. 1862); "The Rebels of Ireland" (2d ed. 1863); "German Men and Women" (2d ed. 1863); "The Freemasons" (2d ed. 1867). Of poems in addition to those contained in his collected works, he published: "Roman Sonnets" (1869); "Christ on his Travels" (1870); "Wittenberg and Rome" (3 vols., 1877); "Romances, Legends, and Fables" (1880). He wrote also the following dramas: "Isaura of Castile"; "The Emperor Friedrich III".; "Demetrius"; etc. For several years he edited the celebrated periodicals Journal for the Elegant World, and Europa. He belonged to the "Young Germany" school of literature. ("Works", 10 vols., 1862-67.)