GLASSBRENNER

glassbrenner, adolf (1810-1876), german humorist and satirist, was born at berlin on the 27th of march 1810. after being for a short time in a merchant's office, he took to journalism, and in 1831 edited _don quixote_, a periodical which was suppressed in 1833 owing to its revolutionary tendencies. he next, under the pseudonym _adolf brennglas_, published a series of pictures of berlin life, under the titles _berlin wie es ist und--trinkt_ (30 parts, with illustrations, 1833-1849), and _buntes berlin_ (14 parts, with illustrations, berlin, 1837-1858), and thus became the founder of a popular satirical literature associated with modern berlin. in 1840 he married the actress adele peroni (1813-1895), and removed in the following year to neustrelitz, where his wife had obtained an engagement at the grand ducal theatre. in 1848 glassbrenner entered the political arena and became the leader of the democratic party in mecklenburg-strelitz. expelled from that country in 1850, he settled in hamburg, where he remained until 1858; and then he became editor of the _montagszeitung_ in berlin, where he died on the 25th of september 1876. among glassbrenner's other humorous and satirical writings may be mentioned: _leben und treiben der feinen welt_ (1834); _bilder und traume aus wien_ (2 vols., 1836); gedichte (1851, 5th ed. 1870); the comic epics, _neuer reineke fuchs_ (1846, 4th ed. 1870) and _die verkehrte welt_ (1857, 6th ed. 1873); also _berliner volksleben_ (3 vols., illustrated; leipzig, 1847-1851). glassbrenner has published some charming books for children, notably _lachende kinder_ (14th ed., 1884), and _sprechende tiere_ (20th ed., hamburg, 1899). see r. schmidt-cabanis, "adolf glassbrenner," in _unsere zeit_ (1881).