The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Blum, Hans

BLUM, bloom, Hans, German publicist: b. Leipzig 1841; d. 1910. He was a son of Robert Blum, was educated in the universities of Leipzig and Bern, sat in the North German Reichstag 1867-70, and was a barrister in Leipzig 1869-97. In the Franco-Prussian War he served in the field as correspondent for Daheim and edited the Grenzboten from 1871 to 1879. He wrote extensively on contemporary politics and among his works are &lsquo;Die Lügen unserer Socialdemokratie&rsquo; (1891); &lsquo;Fürst Bismarck und seine Zeit&rsquo; (1894-95); &lsquo;Das erste Vierteljahrhundert des deutschen Reichs&rsquo; (1896); &lsquo;Persönliche Erinnerungen an den Fürsten Bismarck&rsquo; (1910); &lsquo;Aus dem tollen Jahr&rsquo; (1901), dealing with the revolution of 1848; dramas, short stories and novels, of which &lsquo;Bernhard von Weimar&rsquo; is the most remarkable.