[Born at Berlin, 1811. Still living.]
A German author, who, after the breaking out of the Revolution of 1830,
exerted himself to advance the interests of his countrymen by publishing
one work against Revelation, for which he received three months’
imprisonment, and another against Marriage, which was scarcely issued
before he himself entered the marriage state. The dramas of Gutzkow have
fared better than his polemical writings, some of his plays being very
popular. He is a prolific author, and has cleverness and wit, which he
brings to the illustration of every topic of the day; but his vanity and
conceit surpass his abilities, and perpetually mislead him.
[By Ernst Rietschel. Plaster. 1850. In the possession of the
sculptor.]
SOLDIERS AND STATESMEN.