AUGUST EDWARD VIKTOR BLUTHGEN
\ˈɔːɡəst ˈɛdwəd vˈɪktə blˈʌθd͡ʒən], \ˈɔːɡəst ˈɛdwəd vˈɪktə blˈʌθdʒən], \ˈɔː_ɡ_ə_s_t ˈɛ_d_w_ə_d v_ˈɪ_k_t_ə b_l_ˈʌ_θ_dʒ_ə_n]\
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A German novelist; born at Zorbig, near Halle, Jan. 4, 1844. He has won high distinction as a writer for the young. Among his stories for boys and girls are: "The Rogues' Looking-Glass" (1876); "The Battle of Frogs and Mice" (1878); and with these is to be classed the letterpress (verses) of O. Pletsch's "Picture Books". Of novels and romances he is author of a great many: e. g., "The Peace-Breaker" (1883); "The Step-Sister" (1887); "Madame the Countess" (1892).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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