Heinrich Laube, a German author, born at Sprottau, Prussian Silesia, Sept. 18, 1806. He completed his studies in Halle and Breslau, and was a teacher in Silesia till 1832, when he removed to Leipsic, and subsequently accompanied Gutzkow to Italy. He was expelled from Saxony in 1834, and under arrest in Berlin during nine months, on account of his liberalism, and the publication of his writings was interdicted. He married in 1836 the widow of Professor Hanel of Leipsic, travelled extensively, and resided in that city till 1848, when he became a member of the Frankfort parliament. He resigned in March, 1849, and from the close of that year till 1867 he was director of the court theatre in Vienna, and in 1869-70 of the new city theatre at Leipsic. In 1872 he founded the city theatre in Vienna, and retired in October, 1874. He acquired celebrity as a representative of the political and literary school of "Young Germany," and published dramas, novels, books of travel, and miscellaneous writings. His principal works are: Das neue Jahrhundert (2 vols., Furth and Leipsic, 1832-3); Das junge Europa (4 vols., Mannheim, 1833-'7); Reisenovellen (6 vols., 1834-'7); Die Grafin Chateaubriand (3 vols., Leipsic, 1843); Das erste deutsche Parlament (3 vols., 1849); Der deutsche Krieg (9 vols., 1863-'6); and his Dramatische Werke (11 vols., 1845-'68). Among his successful comedies is Die Karl-schuler, and his finest drama is Graf Essex. His later works comprise Das Burgtheater zu Wien (1868), Demetrius, a dramatic poem (1869), and Das norddeutsche Theater (1872).