The New International Encyclopædia/Köhler, Reinhold

KÖHLER, kẽ'lẽr, (1830-92). A German literary critic and folklorist, born at Weimar. He became librarian of his native city in 1857, after studying at Jena, Leipzig, and Bonn. Among his works are the following: Vier Dialoge von Hans Sachs (1858); an adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew, under the title Kunst über alle Künste, ein bös Weib gut zu machen (1864); Dantes Göttliche Komödie und ihre deutschen Uebersetzungen (1865); Herders Cid und seine französische Quelle (1867); Wielands Oberon (1868); Schillers ästhetische Schriften (1871).