not be forgotten when he recovered. He sent every one to bed that night, except his copyist. He would not even allow his old servant to sit up with him, but insisted on his lying down to get the rest so much needed.
The following morning-it was the 22nd March 1832-he tried to walk a little up and down the room, but, after a turn, he found himself too feeble to continue. Reseating himself in the easy chair, he chatted cheerfully with Ottilie on the approaching Spring, which would be sure to restore him. He had no idea of his end being so
The name of Ottilie was frequently on his lips. She sat beside him, holding his hand in both of hers. It was now observed that his thoughts began to wander incoherently. "Sec," he exclaimed, "the lovely woman's head—with black curls-in splendid colours— a dark background!" Presently he saw a piece of paper on the floor, and asked them how they could leave Schiller's letters so carelessly lying about. Then he slept softly, and on awakening, asked for the sketches he had just seen. These were the sketches seen in a dream. In silent anguish the close now so surely approaching was awaited. His speech was becoming less and less distinct. The last words audible were: More light! The final darkness grew apace, and he whose eternal longings had been for more Light, gave a parting cry for it, as he was passing under the shadow of death.
He continued to express himself by signs, drawing letters with his forefinger in the air, while he had strength, and finally, as life ebbed, drawing figures slowly on the shawl which covered his legs. At half-past twelve he composed himself in the corner of the chair. The watcher placed a finger on her lip to intimate that he was asleep. If sleep it was, it was a sleep in which a great life glided from the world.
ÆSCHYLUS, his Prometheus compared |
with the fragment of Goethe's Pro-
metheus, 175
Age, old, relative character of, 522; vi-
tality of Goethe's, 535
Ahasuerus the shoemaker, legend of, 173
Alchemy, Goethe's studies in, 63, 66, 196;
valuable as preparations for Faust, 64
Amalia, the Dowager Duchess, her cha-
racter, 202; her death, 494
Amor der Schalk, one of the Roman
Elegies, 319
Analysis of Clavigo, 162; of the Iphi-
genia, 265; of Egmont, 303; of Wil-
helm Meister, 396; of Hermann und
Dorothea, 409; of Faust, 449; of Cal-
deron's El Magico Prodigioso, 471; of
the Bride of Corinth, 481; of Wahl-
verwandtschaften, 505; of the second
part of Faust, 544
Anatomy, Goethe's discovery of the in-
termaxillary bone, 286, 342; the com-
parative method which led to the dis-
covery, 344; first principles of mor-
phology, 347; the notion of metamor-
phoses replaced by the notion of
differentiation, 347; Goethe's efforts
to create the science of philosophic
anatomy, 354; his Introduction to com-
parative anatomy, 356; Goethe's claim
to the discovery of the vertebral theory
discussed, 360; intemperate and equi-
vocal character of Oken's accusation,
362; Goethe the originator of the
vertebral theory, but Oken the dis-
coverer, 364
Annchen. See Schönkopf
Apolda, effect on Goethe of the famine
at, 245
Apples, rotten, their scent beneficial to
Schiller, 381
Architecture, Gothic, Goethe's apprecia-
tion of, 94; studies in, 247; his Italian
studies, 293
Aristophanes' Birds, representation of,
in the private theatre at Ettersburg,
Aristotle, real or objective character of
his philosophy as opposed to the ideal
or subjective philosophy of Plato, 51, 52
Art, Goethe's studies in, 127; Christian
and Greek compared, 154; necessity
for the co-operation of a nation with
individual genius, 200; its effect upon
a nation, 201; universal appreciation
of art in Greece and Rome, ib.; dif-
ference between ancient and modern
art, 273; objective tendency in ancient
art recognised by Goethe, 299; Goethe's
earnestness in art, 383, 402, 513, 515;
style of German criticism on, 393;
examination of the charge that Goethe
"looked on life as an artist," 515; his
enthusiasm for Greek art, 525
Artern, town of, 3
Atheism, artistic, in Wilhelm Meister, 398
Athens, cooperation of the nation with
individual genius, 200
Aufgeregten, Goethe's comedy, 378
Augereau, Marshal, quartered in Goethe's
house at Weimar, 487
Authors, instance of what the public
requires from them, 131
BACH, family, annual meeting of, at the
Wartburg, 192
Basedow, the educational reformer, his
character, 167; his acquaintance with
Goethe, ib.; his wild and genius-like
demeanour, 168
Bathing, Goethe's fondness for, 228
Bayle's criticism on Bruno, Goethe's
notes on, 70
Beaumarchais, mémoire of, turned by
Goethe into the play of Clavigo, 162
Beethoven, his ostentatious independence
compared with Goethe's supposed ser-
vility, 502; his acquaintance with
Goethe, 512; indignant at Goethe's
supposed neglect, ib.
Behrisch, his pranks and extravagances
with Goethe, 49
Beiträge zur Optik, publication of, 332
Berlin, Goethe's visit to, 246; his con-
tempt for the court of, ib.
Bertuch, 206; his Gartenhaus given to
Goethe, 226
Bettina, her visit to Goethe at Weimar,
494; unauthenticity of her correspon-
dence, 495, 496; true nature of her in-
tercourse with Goethe, 496; forbidden
Goethe's house, ib.
Bible studies of Goethe, 28, 58; his belief
in the New Testament, 519
Biology, Goethe grasps the laws of, 355
Blinde Kuh, Goethe's love poem, 74
Blumenbach, disbelieved in the existence
of the intermaxillary bone in man, 343
Bode, one of the Weimar notabilities, 206
Böhme, Hofrath, the Leipsic professor,
38; his coolness towards Goethe, 55
Böhme, Frau, her influence on Goethe,
39; her death, 55
Boerhaave, an example of the instability
of an author's reputation, 64
Boisserée, Sulpiz, 94
Borkenhaus, Karl August's retreat, 194
Bossuet, his study of anatomy, 287
Botany, Goethe's studies in 287; his
metamorphoses of plants, 328; German
scientific opinion of Goethe's studies
in, 329; Goethe's history of his botanical
studies, ib.; first principles of mor-
phology, 347; Goethe's hypothesis of
elaborated sap opposed to Wolff's hy-
pothesis of deficient sap, 352; law of
vegetation and law of reproduction
clearly perceived by Goethe, ib. See
Morphology and Metamorphoses
Breitkopf family, Goethe's acquaintance
with, 56
Branconi, Countess, her sentimental ad-
dress to Lavater, 165
Brentano, his marriage with Maximiliane
Laroche, 138
Brentano, Bettina. See Bettina
Bride of Corinth, 481; analysis of, ib.
Briefe aus der Schweitz, 276
Brion, Frederika, Goethe introduced to
her family in disguise, 82; Goethe falls
in love with her, 83; his letter to her,
85; her visit to Strasburg, 88; parting
with Goethe, 95; his anguish, 98; rea-
son why he did not marry her, 99; her
love for the poet Lenz, 100; Goethe's
interview with her in 1779, 275
Brocken, Goethe's journey to, 240
Bruno, Giordano, Goethe's defence of, 69;
account of, ib.; Goethe's notes on
Bayle's criticism, 70
Buff, Charlotte, betrothed to Kestner,
119; Goethe falls in love with her, 120;
sudden departure of Goethe from
Wetzlar, 123; his farewell note to her,
125; letters to, 133; her marriage
with Kestner, 136; birth of a son, 142;
receives a copy of Werther, 143; her
indignation, 155; Goethe obtains her
forgiveness, 156; her visit to Goethe in
her old age, 526. See Kestner
Buonaparte, Napoleon, his entry into
Weimar, 486; his reception by the
Duchess Luise, 487; his intemperate
rage against Karl August, 488; cor-
gress of Erfurt, 498; his friendly re
ception of Karl August, Goethe, and
Wieland, 499; his criticism on Wer-
ther, 499, 501; his presence at Weimar,
500; his opinion of Shakspeare, ib.
Bürger, Goethe opens a subscription for
his translation of Homer, 216; anec-
dote of his visit to Goethe, 436
Bürgergeneral, Goethe's comedy of, 378
Byron's Manfred, Goethe's review of, 531
CAGLIOSTRO, Lavater's belief in, 290;
Goethe visits his parents at Palermo,
297
Calderon's El Magico Prodigioso, analysis
of, 471
Camel, the story of, 392
Campaign in France, Goethe's diary of,
370
Camper, his theory concerning the inter-
maxillary bone, 343
Canning, his caricature of Goethe's
Stella, 186
Capua, Goethe's visit to, 296
Carlyle, his criticism on Werther, 152;
his definition of poetry, 220; his de-
nunciation of Goethe's calumniators,
256; his sarcasm against the pietists
who lamented Goethe's want of reli-
gion, 521 (note); his translation of
Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre, 533;
his review of Helena, 547; originates
the tribute of fifteen Englishmen, 552
Carus, his testimony as to Goethe's ana-
tomical discoveries, 353
Catholicism, tendency of the Romanti-
cists to, 405
Character, how far formed by circum-
stances, 20. See Circumstance
Charlotte. See Buff
Christiane Vulpius. See Vulpius
Christianity, the Neoplatonic of Goethe,
64
Circumstance, its modification of cha-
racter, 20; its inability to create a
faculty, 21
Clavigo, history of its composition, 160;
its construction, 162; specimens of, ib.;
Merck's criticism on, 163
Cohn, Ferdinand, his remark on Lin-
næus, 348
Coleridge, his hesitation to turn Goethe's
Prologue in Heaven into English, 451;
his inability to recognise any unity in
Faust, 464; his criticisms on Faust
DANCING-LESSONS, Goethe's, 75; story of
Lucinda and Emilia, ib.
Delf, Demoiselle, overcomes the objec-
tions to Goethe's marriage with Lili,
184
Derones, introduces the boy Goethe be-
hind the scenes at the Frankfort the-
atre, 26; mock duel with Goethe, ib.;
condemns Goethe's play, 27
Development, principle of, grasped and
applied by Goethe, 355
Devrient, his description of Goethe as
theatrical manager, 422; his account
of the actors' salaries at Weimar, 424;
his observations on the Weimar school,
Dialogues, Goethe's early compositions,
Diamond necklace, story of, dramatised
by Goethe, 366
Diary, Goethe's, of the campaign in
France, 370.
Döbereiner, story of Goethe's keeping
his bar of platinum, 530.
Dodd's "Beauties of Shakspeare," its
influence in Germany, 55
Dogs, performing, refused admittance on
the Weimar stage, 432
Drama, Greek, traditional errors concern-
ing, 262; necessary calmness of evolu-
tion mistaken for calmness of life, 263
Dramatists, Unacted, error of, 420
Drawing, Goethe's efforts to attain facility
in, 295, 298
Dresden, Goethe's visits to, 57, 388
Drusenheim, 82
ECKERMANN, Goethe's letter to, from
Weimar, 221; his account of the ex-
tension of Wilhelm Meister's Wan-
derjahre, 533
Egmont, Herder's criticism of, 298; cha-
racter of the work, 301; a universal
favourite but not a masterpiece, ib.;
a novel in dialogue, not a drama, 302;
character of Egmont a type of huma-
nity, ib.; analysis of the play, 303;
Schiller's and Gervinus's opinion of, 307
Einsiedel, character of, 205
Elective affinities, the, 504
Electricity, Goethe's studies in, 66
Elgin Marbles, effect of their discovery
on Goethe, 525
Emilia and Lucinda, story of, 75
Engravings by Goethe, 57
Enthusiasm, Goethe's, character of, 35
Erfurt, congress of, 498; magnificent
theatricals, 499; reception of Karl
August, Goethe and Wieland by Na-
poleon, ib.
Erl-King, the, 483; supposed to be sug-
gested by a Danish ballad, ib.
Erwin und Elmire, composition of, 183;
set to music by the Duchess Amalia,
202
Esenbeck, Nees von, recognises Goethe's
discovery respecting the metamophoses
of plants, 329
Euripides, parallel between his Iphigenia
and that of Goethe, 265
FABRICIUS, Goethe's comment on a chap-
ter in, 70
Faith, general want of, in the eighteenth
century, 132; Goethe's idea of, in con-
nection with knowledge, 167
Farbenlehre, Goethe's work on colour,
332, 333, 336
Faust, Goethe's studies in alchemy a pre-
paration for, 64; gradual development
and progress, 446; the problem of our
intellectual existence and picture of
our social existence, 447; resemblance
between Faust and Hamlet, 448; popu-
larity and prodigality of Faust, 449;
the Idea, ib.; analysis of the first part,
ib.; the Theatre Prologue, ib.; the Pro-
logue in Heaven, 451; necessity for
the two prologues, 454; first scene of
Faust in his study, ib.; the scene be-
fore the gate, 456; Faust's study, 458;
Auerbach's cellar, 459; the witches'
kitchen, ib.; meeting with Margaret,
ib.; wood and cavern, 460; the Wal-
purgisnacht, 462; causes of the early
disappointment and after fascination of
the readers of Faust, 464; Coleridge's
criticisms compared with Goethe's own
observations, 477; compared with the
second part, 544
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