DIE IRRLICHTER
Halle: Otto Hendel, n.d. 12mo, pp. 93. AEG. Gray cloth, stamped in black, pale green and gilt. Donor's (?) inscription on blank, cover somewhat soiled, o/w VG. Item #30226
Marie Petersen was the daughter of a city councillor in Frankfurt. She was a sickly child, but did not have an unhappy youth. Her poetical talent shows in the present Irrlichter (Will-o-the-wisp) and also in Prinzessin Ilse. She died June 30, 1859, another of the now-forgotten women writers of the 19th Century.
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