the general assumption is that a real Aunt Betje never existed. Criticism As popular as Charivarius was among Dutch people, he was hardly taken seriously. For example, the well-known linguist Prof. Gerlach Royen (cited in Taalrhapsody, Bussum, 1953) wrote: “Language enthusiasts who think they have to medicate on sentences such as: "A multitude of people were on their feet" – there are such language doctors walking around in droves – those language buffs have no idea that the high-profile congregation without grammar has much finer shades of language, than that which schoolmasters test by grammar logic. From Charivariuses and associates deliver us, Lord!” Stage He was also very interested in the stage. In 1912 he founded the Haarlemsche Tooneel Club with boys' book writer JB Schuil ("Declared Death", "De katjangs", "De AFC-ers") who played pieces written or arranged by him. Not infrequently he also composed the matching music. The story goes that he also took on many roles himself, although he rarely stuck to his own text. That was the author's personal freedom, he would say. Bibliography Linguistic Charivari. Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1913. Charivaria. 2e bundel. s.l.: De Nieuwe Amsterdammer, 1915. Charivaria. Derde bundel. Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1916. Is dat goed Nederlands? Amsterdam, De Spieghel, 1940 (10e druk, Amsterdam: Van der Peet, 1953; facsimile-editie, Den Haag: SDU, 1998). Een ander woord. Nederlandse synoniemen en zinverwante woorden. 's-Gravenhage: Van Goor, 1945. Lyrics Ruize-rijmen. Amsterdam: De Nieuwe Amsterdammer, 1914 (dl. 2 1915, dl. 3 1916, dl. 4 1917, dl. 5 1918); eerste gezamenlijke druk 1922, vierde en laatste 1935. De roemruchte bedrijven van Ridder Don Quixote de la Mancha. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1925. Het scheepsjournaal van de Ark door Noach. Met hieroglyphen door Cham, opgegraven door I.L. Gordon en A.J. Fruen losbandig bewerkt. Amsterdam: Van Kampen, [1925]. Onze evendieren. Karakterstudies. Met ruize-rijmen van Charivarius. Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1926. Herscheppingen, vrij naar Ovidius'', Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1926. De geschiedenis des vaderlands tot den dood van Karel V. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink. 1927. De geschiedenis des vaderlands. Het voorspel van den Tachtigjarigen oorlog. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1929. Klusjes en kliekjes naar Schopenhauer. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1930. Godengesprekken naar Lucianus. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1932. Het einde van Socrates. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1934. Odysseus. Vrije bewerking van Homerus' Odyssee in berijmd proza. Haarlem: Tjeenk Willink, 1935. De slimheidskampioen. Oud-Egyptisch dievenverhaal naar Herodotus. Amsterdam: De Spieghel, [1942]. Stage Het nieuwe systeem.