Heinrich Hoffman, a Frankfort doctor, wrote the popular tales for children about Struwelpeter, which are nursery classics in many languages. These stories have an added interest from the clever illustrations by their author.
Wilhelm Busch, also a comic artist, born near Hanover, is the creator of the Max and Maurice stories and pictures.
He was a well-known contributor to the Fliegende Blätter, the popular comic paper of Germany.
A distinct type of German humor is found in their Student Songs. These, oftener than not, are in praise of merrymaking and good cheer.
POPE AND SULTAN
The Pope he leads a happy life;
He fears not married care nor strife;
He drinks the best of Rhenish wine—
I would the Pope’s gay lot were mine.