Morgenstern's poetry still belongs to the classics of quirky literature in the German language today. His bizarre ideas and eccentric thoughts are not only an expression of a word-made counterworld, but they become a revealing weapon when the author simultaneously takes on the role of the meaning-stretching scholar Dr. phil. Jeremias Mueller, who conjures a profound interpretation from a simple play on words. This edition follows the version first published in 1941 from the estate and is enriched by a fragmentarily preserved collection of illustrations recently discovered by a descendant of Dr. Mueller.