THE

LIFE OF GOETHE.

VOL. I.

THE

LIFE OF GOETHE

BY

GEORGE HENRY LEWES.

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

COPYRIGHT EDITION.

THIRD EDITION

REVISED ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DOCUMENTS.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

FAB

1905.

LEIPZIG:

F. A. BROCKHAUS.

1882.

ΤΟ

THOMAS CARLYLE,

WHO FIRST TAUGHT ENGLAND TO APPRECIATE GOETHE

THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED

AS A MEMORIAL

OF ESTEEM FOR RARE AND NOBLE QUALITIES.