JULIUS WOLFF
\d͡ʒˈuːlɪəs wˈʊlff], \dʒˈuːlɪəs wˈʊlff], \dʒ_ˈuː_l_ɪ__ə_s w_ˈʊ_l_f_f]\
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A German poet; born in Quedlinburg in the Harz Mountains, Sept. 16, 1834. In 1869 he founded the Harz News. He joined the army at the time of the Franco-German war, and won the Iron Cross. After this he returned to Berlin, later removing to Charlottenburg. His chief works are: "War Songs" (1871); "Tyll Eulenspiegel Redivivus"; "The Ratcatcher of Hameln", "Lingul the Ratcatcher's Songs"; "The Wild Huntsman" (1877); "Tannhauser"; "Lurlei"; "The Robber Count"; "The Bachelor's Law" (1887); "The Flying Dutchman".
By Charles Dudley Warner