by his campaigns. By these analyses I have tried to be of service to the student of German literature, as well as to those who do not read German; and throughout it will be seen that pains have not been spared to make the readers feel at home in this foreign land. The scientific writings have been treated with what proportionately may seem great length; and this, partly because science filled a large portion of Goethe's life; partly because, even in Germany, there was nothing like a full exposition of his aims and achievements in this direction. The Priory, North Bank, Regent's Park, November, 1863. WEIMAR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY II. THE NOTABILITIES OF WEIMAR. Book the First 1749 to 1765 Vom Vater hab' ich die Statur, Des Lebens ernstes Führen; Von Mütterchen die Frohnatur, Die Lust zu fabuliren. Hätte Gott mich anders gewollt, So hätt' er mich anders gebaut. |