Auerbach, Bertholo (Au`erbach, Bertholo) , a German poet and novelist of Jewish birth, born in the Black Forest; his novels, which have been widely translated, are in the main of a somewhat philosophical bent, he having been early led to the study of Spinoza, and having begun his literary career as editor of his works; his “Village Tales of the Black Forest” were widely popular (1812‒1882).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Au`enbrugger * Au`ersperg, Count von