Andersen
HANS CHRISTIAN (än'der-sen), a Danish poet and story writer, born at Odense, April 2, 1805.
ANDERSON Having lost his father early in childhood, the boy received his elementary education in a charity school. He traveled in Germany (1828), and made tours in France, Italy, and the East. His impres- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN sions of Italy are embodied in "The Improvisatore" (1835). In the same year appeared "O. T.," a novel of life and nature in the North. "Only a Fiddler" (1837) and "The Poet's Bazar" (1842) followed. He is seen at his very best in "The Picture Book Without Pictures."
Among his dramatic compositions are "The Mulatto," "The Flowers of Happiness," "Raphaella," "Ahasuerus," and "The Two Baronesses." In the English speaking world Andersen's great fame will ever rest upon his stories for children, the celebrated "Wonder Tales." He died Aug. 4, 1875. "Ahasuerus," and In the English