BOGUMIL GOLTZ (1801-1870), humorous and didactic writer, born at Warsaw; studied at Breslau. Bought several estates, in the management of which he was unsuccessful. Lost the greater part of his fortune and settled down at Thorn, to live the life of a literary recluse, though he often travelled. Wrote _Typen der Gesellschaft_, _Der Mensch und die Leute_, _Zur Physiognomie und Charakteristik des Volkes_, etc. EDUARD PÖTZL, born 1851, at Vienna. Editor of _Neues Wiener Tageblatt_. Wrote humorous novels and sketches, dealing with Vienna life and the Austrian courts of justice. PAUL LINDAU, born in 1839, at Magdeburg. Editor of the well-known review, _Nord und Süd_; dramatic writer. Lived at Paris for several years as a literary correspondent to a number of German papers. Founded the _Gegenwart_. Has written many dramas and novels in a vein of caustic satire and wit. Also well known as a translator of French comedies. ERNST ECKSTEIN, born 1845 at Giessen. Wrote many satirical epics and literary essays. Founded the humorous paper _Der Schalk_. Well known through his comedies and dramas, and as a prolific novelist. JULIUS STETTENHEIM, born at Hamburg, 1831, now living at Berlin. Editor of the _Wespen_ and of _Humoristisches Deutschland_. Wrote numberless _humoresques_, of which _Wippchen’s sämtliche Kriegsberichte_ is best known. JOHANNES SCHERR, born 1817, at Hohenrechberg. After studying at Zürich and Tübingen, he taught for a while at Stuttgart, and took a prominent part in Liberal politics. In 1849 he fled to Switzerland on account of political difficulties, and in 1860, after an interval of literary activity, was made Professor of History and Literature at Zürich. His most prominent works are a number of histories dealing with certain tendencies and developments of civilisation. He also wrote humorous and other stories. BABETTE VON BÜLOW (contemporary) writes under the _nom-de-plume_ of Hans Arnold. Born at Warmbrunn, in 1850. Has written a number of stories, the subjects being mostly of child-life. THE WALTER SCOTT PRESS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. [Illustration] _Cloth Elegant, Large Crown 8vo, Price ³⁄₆ per vol._ INTERNATIONAL HUMOUR. EDITED BY W. H. DIRCKS. _Each Volume will contain from 50 to 70 Illustrations and from 350 to 500 pages._