 For Braun the manuscript was fortuitous . Initially the sales of Max and Moritz were slow , but sales figures improved after the 1868 second edition . Overall there were 56 editions and more than 430 @,@ 000 copies sold up to Busch 's death in 1908 . Despite at first being ignored by critics , teachers in the 1870s described Max and Moritz as frivolous and an undesirable influence on the moral development of young people . 
 For Braun the manuscript was fortuitous . Initially the sales of Max and Moritz <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> slow , but sales figures improved after the 1868 second edition . Overall <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> 56 editions and more than 430 @,@ 000 copies sold up to Busch <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>death in 1908 . Despite at first being ignored by critics , teachers in the 1870s described Max and Moritz as frivolous and an undesirable influence on the moral development of young people . 
Fa Braun the manuscript was fortuitous . Initially the sales of Max and Moritz was slow , but sales figures improved after da 1868 second edition . Overall it was 56 editions and more den 430 @,@ 000 copies sold up to Busch  death in 1908 . Despite at first bein ignored by critics , teachers in tda1870s described Max and Moritz as frivolous and an undesirable influence on the moral development of young people .