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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