Freytag
GUSTAV (fri'täg), a German author; born in Kreuzburg, Prussia, July 13, 1816. His first dramatic composition was "The Bridal Tour," (1844); "The Savant" (1844), and a volume of poems, "In Breslau" (1845); after which he produced "The Valentine" (1846), "Count Valdemar" (1847), and "The Journalist" (1853). Among his works outside of the drama may be mentioned his great novel of social life, "Debit and Credit" (3 vols. 1855), "The Lost MS." (1864), "Ancestors," and "Karl Mathy" (1869). He died in Wiesbaden, Germany, April 30, 1895.