Introduction

Biography

Daughter of a Gym­na­si­um teach­er, Ju­lie worked for a while as a gov­ern­ess, but ev­en­tu­al­ly cared full time for her fa­ther, who had gone blind.

After his death in 1864, she lived with sis­ters in Ger­ma­ny, France and St. Pe­ters­burg, Rus­sia, and lat­er with re­la­tives in Es­ton­ia.

Works

• Hausbrot, a book of de­vo­tions
• Maiblumen, Lied­er ein­er Still­en im Lande, a 3-vol­ume set of po­et­ry