Mister Galgenstrick und andere Humoresken is a German-language collection of humorous tales and sketches by Karl Ettlinger, a Frankfurt-based writer, poet, and cabaret figure popular in Germany during the Wilhelmine and early Weimar periods. Ettlinger was known for his comic verse, satirical wit, and light popular fiction that entertained bourgeois audiences with good humor and topical observation.
As a piece of period popular entertainment rather than high literature, this collection offers a window into the lighter side of German literary culture circa 1910–1920. Download this free public-domain EPUB to enjoy some early twentieth-century German comic writing.