The best of his poetical writings is his _Gedichte_ (1827; 9th ed., Berlin, 1887); but there is great merit also in his _Alemannische Lieder_ (1826; 5th ed., 1843), _Soldatenlieder_ (1851), _Soldatenleben_ (1852), _Rheinleben_ (1865), and in his _Funfzig Kinderlieder_, _Funfzig neue Kinderlieder_, and _Alte und neue Kinderlieder_. His _Unpolitische Lieder_, _Deutsche Lieder aus der Schweiz_ and _Streiflichter_ are not without poetical value, but they are mainly interesting in relation to the movements of the age in which they were written. As a student of ancient Teutonic literature Hoffmann von Fallersleben ranks among the most persevering and cultivated of German scholars, some of the chief results of his labours being embodied in his _Horae Belgicae_, _Fundgruben fur Geschichte deutscher Sprache und Literatur_, _Altdeutsche Blatter_, _Spenden zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte_ and _Findlinge_. Among his editions of particular works may be named _Reineke Vos_, _Monumenta Elnonensia_ and _Theophilus_. _Die deutsche Philologie im Grundriss_ (1836) was at the time of its publication a valuable contribution to philological research, and historians of German literature still attach importance to his _Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes bis auf Luther_ (1832; 3rd ed., 1861), _Unsere volkstumlichen Lieder_ (3rd ed., 1869) and _Die deutschen Gesellschaftslieder des 16. und 17. Jahrh._ (2nd ed., 1860). In 1868-1870 Hoffmann published in 6 vols. an autobiography, _Mein Leben: Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen_ (an abbreviated ed. in 2 vols., 1894). His _Gesammelte Werke_ were edited by H. Gerstenberg in 8 vols. (1891-1894); his _Ausgewahlte Werke_ by H. Benzmann (1905, 4 vols.). See also _Briefe von Hoffmann von Fallersleben und Moritz Haupt an Ferdinand Wolf_ (1874); J. M. Wagner, _Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1818-1868_ (1869-1870), and R. von Gottschall, _Portrats und Studien_ (vol. v., 1876).