GOETHE

GERMAN
WIT AND HUMOR

A COLLECTION FROM FAMOUS SOURCES
CLASSIFIED UNDER
APPROPRIATE SUBJECT HEADINGS

PHILADELPHIA
GEORGE W. JACOBS & CO
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1903, by
George W. Jacobs & Company
Published, August, 1903

Contents

CHAP.PAGE
I.Humor of the Sixteenth Century[5]
II.Humor of the Seventeenth Century[10]
III.For Gunners[22]
IV.For Doctors[37]
V.For Lawyers[57]
VI.A Chapter for Composers and Music Lovers[74]
VII.For and About Travelers, Tourists, and Summer Boarders[102]
VIII.On Cycling[117]
IX.Authors, Scientists, Artists, and other Celebrities[120]
X.On the Stage and Off[154]
XI.The German Soldier[162]
XII.Crowned Heads and Some of Their Famous Statesmen and Generals[180]
XIII.Students in the Fatherland[234]
XIV.Women and Children[246]
XV.Miscellaneous[269]