:

OF

GOETHE:

WITH

SKETCHES OF HIS AGE AND CONTEMPORARIES,

FROM

PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED SOURCES.

BY

G. H. LEWES,

AUTHOR OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY,' etc.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

Goethe's heart, which few knew, was as great as his intellect,
which all knew.'- JUNG STILLING.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

M DCCC LVI.