GLASSBRENNER, ADOLF (1810-1876), German humor ist and satirist, was born at Berlin on March 27, 181o. In 1831 he began to edit Don Quixote, a periodical which was suppressed in 1833 for its outspokenness. He published, under the pseudonym Adolf Brennglas, a series of pictures of Berlin life, Berlin wie es ist und—trinkt (3o parts, with illustrations, , and Buntes Berlin (14 parts, with illustrations, Berlin, 1837-58). Glassbrenner founded the popular satirical literature of modern Berlin. He said many things in jest which the censor would not have permitted in "serious" journalism. In 1840 he married the actress Adele Peroni (1813-95) and later, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, became leader of the democratic party. Expelled in 185o, he became editor of the Montagszeitung in Berlin, where he died on Sept. 25, 1876.
Among Glassbrenner's humorous and satirical writings may be men tioned: Leben and Treiben der feinen Welt (1834) ; Bilder and Traume aus Wien (2 vols., 1836) ; Gedichte (1851, 5th ed. 187o) ; the comic epics, Neuer Reineke Fuchs (1846, 4th ed. 187o) and Die verkehrte Welt (1857, 6th ed. 1873) ; also Berliner V olksleben (3 vols., illustrated ; Leipzig, 1847-51) . Glassbrenner published some charming books for children, notably Lachende Kinder (14th ed., 1884) , and Sprechende Tiere (loth ed., Hamburg, 1899). See R. Schmidt-Cabanis, "Adolf Glassbrenner," in Unsere Zeit (1881) .