“ As a critic and historian of literature Gottschall has also done excellent work. His Die deutsche Nationalliteratur des 19. Jahrhunderts (1855; 7th ed., 1901–1902) , and Poetik (1858; 6th ed., 1903) command the respect of all students of literature.
Gottschall’s collected Dramatische Werke appeared in 12 vols. in 1880 (2nd ed., 1884) ; he has also, in recent years, published many volumes of collected essays and criticisms. ”

“ The comedy Pitt und Fox (1854) , first produced on the stage in Breslau, was never surpassed by the other lighter pieces of the author, among which may be mentioned Die Welt des Schwindels and Der Spion von Rheinsberg. The tragedies, Mazeppa, Catharine Howard, Amy Robsart and Der Götze von Venedig, were very successful ”