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Works

* ''Der kleine Hydriot'' (art critic, 1884) * ''Münchener Bunte Mappe'' (

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, 1884) * ''Kleine Geschichten'' (stories, 1888) * ''Münchener Jahresausstellung von Kunstwerken aller Nationen'' (1889) * ''Blau'' (comedy, 1894) * ''D’ Mali'' (play, 1903) * ''Narrische Leut’'' (stories, 1904) * ''Herthas Hochzeit'' (comedy, 1907) * ''Die Sünde'' (comedy, 1909) * ''Der gute Vogel'' (comedy, 1913) * ''Herrenrecht'' (play, 1916) * ''Gesindel'' (play, 1921) * ''Theaterbriefe'' (critiques in the ''Münchner Neueste Nachrichten'')

References

* Jürgen Joachimsthaler: ''Max Bernstein. Kritiker, Schriftsteller, Rechtsanwalt'' (1854-1925). 2 vols. Frankfurt/M. et al. 1995. German art critics People from Fürth 19th-century German Jews 1854 births 1925 deaths German male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German dramatists and playwrights 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German writers 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-writer-stub