Iphigenia, 9; official duties, 27;
made Geheimrath, 28; journey with
Karl August to Frankfurt and Stras-
burg, ib.; interviews with Frederika
and Lili, 29; changes in his mode
of life, 31; feels authorship to be
his true mission, 37; poem of Ilme.
nau, 40; journey in the Hartz with
Fritz von Stein, 42; prepares the
planet dance, 43; oration on the re-
opening of the Ilmenau mines, ib.;
discovers the intermaxillary bone in
man, ib.; studies in natural history,
ib.; charities, 44; changes in Wei-
mar society, 47; secret departure for
Italy, 50; his residence in Italy, 52;
return to Weimar, 76; relieved from
his official duties, 78; first acquaint-
ance with Schiller, 80; connexion
with Christiane Vulpius, 85; review
of Tasso, 100; character of Goethe
as a man of science, 113; second visit
to Italy, 161; campaign in France,
163; description of his house in the
Frauenplan, 177; the Burgergene-
ral, 180; the Aufgeregten, ib.; Rei-
necke Fuchs, 181; history and cha-
racter of his friendship with Schil-
ler, 185; review of Wilhelm Meister,
201; review of Hermann und Doro-
thea, 224; history of his manage-
ment of the Weimar theatre, 240;
his mode of life at Weimar, 263;
last years of Schiller, 267; review
of Faust, 278; review of the Lyrical
Poems, 341; battle of Jena, 351;
outburst against Napoleon, 355;
marriage with Christiane, 356; na-
ture of his acquaintance with Bet-
tina, 360; interview with Napoleon,
366; supposed servility, 370; pas-
sion for Minna Herzlieb, 372; re
view of the Wahlverwandtschaften,
373; acquaintance with Beethoven,
382; indifference to politics, but
earnestness in art, 384; not true
that he "looked on life as an
artist", 390; character of his re-
ligion, ib.; his morals, 395; cha-
racter of his old age, 397; his
oriental studies, 398; the West-
östliche Divan, 399; oration at
Frankfurt, 400; publication of the
Kunst und Alterthum, 401; grow-
ing tendency towards mysticism,
402; visit of Werther's Charlotte to
Weimar, ib.; death of Christiane,
403; anecdote of his enlargement
of the Jena library, 404; quarrel
with the Landtag, 406; charged with

stealing an ingot of gold, 408; story
of the hundred engravings borrowed
from Knebel, 409; review of Wil-
helm Meister's Wanderjahre, 410;
spread of his fame, 415; vitality of
his old age, ib.; passion for Fräu-
lein von Lewezow, 416; celebration
of his jubilee at Weimar, 417; pro-
tection of his copyright throughout
Germany, 419; death of Karl Au-
gust, 420; review of the second
part of Faust, 423; his eighty-first
year, 436; indifference to the revo-
lution of 1830 in comparison with
the scientific contest between Cuvier
and St. Hilaire, 437; death of his
only son, 439; tribute from fifteen
Englishmen, 440; interview with
Thackeray, 442; activity in old age,
446; signs of decay, 447; his death,
448

Goethe family, genealogical table of,
i, 10
Goethe, Johann Caspar, father of the
poet, i, 8; his character, 12; dis-
satisfied with his son's progress at
Leipsic, 84; his harshness to Cor-
nelia, 90; his pride in his son, but
distress at his manners, 139, 141;
his death, ii, 32

Goethe, Katharina Elizabeth, mother
of Goethe, i, 9; her character, 12;
her stories to her children, 21; her
death, ii, 381

Goethe, Cornelia, sister of the poet,
his love for her, i, 21, 81; her father's
harshness, 90; her marriage, 202;
her death, 382
Goethe, Frederick, i, 8
Goethe, Hans Christian, i, 8
Goethe, Jacob, early death of, i, 36
Goethe, Ottilie von, her marriage, ii,

403; death of her husband, ii, 439
Gold, ingot of, report that Goethe had
stolen one, ii, 408
Goldsmith's Deserted Village, trans-
lated by Goethe and Gotter, i, 173
Göchhausen, Mlle., her character, i,
332

Gott und die Bajadere, ii, 343
Gotter, i, 170; Goethe's acquaintance
with him, 172

Gottfried of the Iron Hand, history
of, i, 153

Götter, Helden, and Wieland, i, 206;
reviewed by Wieland, 207
Göttling, his discovery respecting
phosphorus, ii, 196

Götz von Berlichingen, three versions

of, i, 151; Goethe's own account of

JACOBI, his acquaintance with Goethe,

i, 279, 281; his tone and opinions
disliked by Goethe, ii, 48; his ani-
madversions on Wilhelm Meister,
211; his visit to Goethe at Weimar,
351

Jena students, their appearance at the
Weimar theatre, ii, 244
Jena, battle of, ii, 351

Jena library, anecdote of Goethe's en-
largement of it, ii, 404
Jerusalem, his unhappy passion, i,
180; his suicide, 198; abridgment
of Kestner's account of, 212
Jery und Bätely, ii, 30
Joseph and his Brethren, Goethe's

early poem on, i, 41
Jubilee, Goethe's, celebration of, at
Weimar, ii, 417

KANT, Goethe's studies in, ii, 113
Karl August, his flattering kindness
to Goethe, i, 209; invites Goethe to
Weimar, 306; his trick on Mlle.
Göchhausen, 332; his character,
335; his close intimacy with Goethe,
343; elects Goethe to the post of
Geheime Legations Rath, 345; si-
lences the protest of the court, 346;
presents him with the Gartenhaus,
364; his journey with Goethe to
Frankfurt and Strasburg, ii, 28;
Goethe's occasional discords with
him, 35; releases him from the
more onerous duties of office, 78;
commands a Prussian regiment
during the campaign in France, 163;
dismisses Goethe from the manage-
ment of the Weimar stage, 261;
Napoleon's intemperate rage, 355;
Goethe's outburst, ib.; Napoleon's
friendly reception of him at Erfurt,
366; regular visits to Goethe in
his old age, 410; his death, 420
Karsten and his performing dogs, ii, 260
Käthchen. See Schönkopf

Kestner, his description of Goethe at
Wetzlar, i, 169; betrothed to Char-
lotte Buff, 176; his account of Char-
lotte and Goethe, 177; his marriage
with Charlotte, 200; Goethe's let-
ters, ib.; his account of Jerusalem's
suicide, 212; his indignation at
Werther, 227; forgives Goethe, 229
Kieser, recognizes Goethe's discovery
respecting the Metamorphoses of
Plants, ii, 117

Klettenberg, Fräulein von, her influ-
ence on Goethe, i, 42, 91, 95, 148,
274; attracted him towards the
Moravians, 283

Klopstock, made skating illustrious, i,
150; the representative of German
idealism, 249; survey of his works,
ib.; his acquaintance with Goethe,
271; his letter of remonstrance
about the Duke, 348; breach with
Goethe, 349

Knebel, Major von, i, 338; story of
his engravings kept by Goethe, ii,409
Knowledge, Goethe's idea of, in con-
nexion with Faith, i, 276

Kotzebue, his enthusiastic admiration
of Werther, i, 226; his unsuccessful
effort to create a coolness between
Goethe and Schiller, ii, 268

Kraft, Goethe's benevolence to, i, 398;
his letters to, ib.

Kräuter, his account of Goethe's ac-
tivity in old age, ii, 446
Kunst und Alterthum, its publication,
ii, 401; its tendency towards the
Romantic School, ib.

Kuntspoesie, or poetic art, contrasted
with Volkspoesie, or national song,
i, 244

LAMB, Charles, his mean opinion of
Faust, ii, 315

Landtag, Goethe's quarrel with, con-

cerning the accounts of the com-
mission of art and science, ii, 406
Langer, i, 82

Laokoon, Lessing's, i, 80
Laroche, Frau, von, Goethe's visit to
i, 187
Laroche, Maximiliane, her marriage
with Brentano, i, 204; dangerous
intimacy with Goethe, 205
Lassberg, Fräulein von, suicide of, i,

389

Laune des Verliebten, die, Goethe's
drama of, i, 65

Lauth, the two ladies, at Strasburg,
i, 94

Lavater, his acquaintance with Goethe,

Lerse, Franz, Goethe's first acquaint-
ance with, i, 105

Lessing, his Laokoon, i, 80; Goethe's
admiration for him, 80, 82; his
friendship with Jerusalem, 180; his
objections to Werther, 224; the real
revolutionary leader of the German
mind, 254; survey of his works, ib.;
his death, ii, 31
Lewezow, Fräulein von, Goethe's pas-
sion for, ii, 416

Library, Jena, anecdote of Goethe's
enlargement of it, ii, 404

Lili, Goethe's affection for her, i, 294;
her position and character, 296; his
verses to her, 297; objections to the
marriage, 299; the betrothal, 300;
cancelling of the betrothal, 305;
Goethe's subsequent interview with
her, ii, 29

Lili's Menagerie, Goethe's poem of, i,

305

Linnæus, threw out a phrase contain-

ing the doctrine of the metamor-
phoses of plants, ii, 116
Lisbon earthquake, awakens religious
doubts in Goethe, i, 31

Literature, German, survey of, i, 233
Loder's lectures on anatomy, ii, 196
Lotte. See Buff.

Lotteries, marriage, i, 262

Louis XVI, invasion of France for his
restoration, ii, 163

Love dreams, loss of, a sign of the last
sleep, ii, 416

Love songs, Goethe's, i, 79

Lucinda and Emilia, story of, i, 109
Luden, his testimony to Goethe's
patriotism, ii, 385; his account of
Goethe's quarrel with the Landtag,
ii, 406

Ludwig, Hofrath, i, 56

Luise, the duchess, her character, i,
335; her courage on Napoleon's en-
try of Weimar, ii, 354
Lutz, Sebastian, i, 8
Lyrics, Goethe's, witchery of, ii, 342;
sincerity of their style, ib.; story of
the Bride of Corinth, 343; Gott und
die Bajadere, 345; the Erl king, ib.

MAHOMET, drama on, projected by
Goethe, i, 202

Manners of the Germans in the eigh-
teenth century, i, 321

Manzoni, Goethe's appreciation of, ii,
415

Marie Antoinette, her visit to Stras-
burg, i, 96; ominous pictures fore-
shadowing her destiny, 97
Marlowe's Faustus, analysis of, ii, 319
Marriage, Goethe's dread of, i, 145;
its causes, 147

Marriage lotteries, i, 262
Mars, difference between the Greek
and Roman conceptions of, ii, 188
Masterpieces create disappointment,
ii, 315
Mathematics, Goethe's want of train-
ing in, the cause of his mistaken
notions respecting refraction, ii, 128
Meixner, Charity, i, 92
Menzel, his attacks on Goethe, i,
408

Merck, account of, i, 148; introduced
by Goethe to Charlotte Buff, 182;
excursion with Goethe down the
Rhine, 188; his approval of Goe-
the's position at Weimar, 356
Metamorphoses of Plants, publication
of, by Goethe, ii, 115; its cold re-
ception, ib.; theory of, previously
announced by Wolff, 116; recogni-
tion of the theory by St. Hilaire,
Kieser, Voigt, Esenbeck, and Spren-
gel, 117; first principles of morpho-
logy, 139; Goethe's hypothesis of
elaborated sap opposed to Wolff's
hypothesis of deficient sap, 143;
law of vegetation and law of repro-
duction clearly perceived by Goethe,
144; objection to the theory of the
metamorphoses, 145; the notion
replaced by the notion of substitu-
tion, 146

Metaphysical studies of Goethe, i, 100
Method, the à priori, employed by

Goethe, ii, 135; clearness of Goe-
the's ideas on method, 149
Minerva's birth, life, and deeds, re-
presentation of, at Weimar, i, 372
Minna Herzlieb, see Herzlieb
Minnesingers, character and influence
of their lays, i, 243; banqueting-
hall at the Wartburg, 313
Miracle plays, their coarse buffoonery
and blasphemy, ii, 287
Mitschuldigen, die, Goethe's drama
of, i, 69; represented in the private
theatre at Weimar, 375

Moors, his remonstrance with Goethe,
i, 62

Moral toleration of Goethe, i, 77; his
system of morals, ii, 395
Morals, German, laxity of in 18th
century, i, 341; based on senti-
mentalism, ib.
Moravians, their history and doctrines
studied by Goethe, i, 283
Morphology, theory of, ii, 139; objec-

tion to it, 145; the notion of meta-
morphosis replaced by the notion of
substitution, 146

Müller, F. von, his observations on the
combination in Goethe of a bound.
less productiveness of fancy and in-
destructible love of nature, ii, 4
Müller, Maler, analysis of his play of
Faust, ii, 334

Müller, Chancellor von, his description

of the relation between Goethe and
the Weimar actors, ii, 246
Münch, Anna Sybilla, i, 200; partner

of Goethe in the marriage lotteries,
262; induces him to write Clavigo,
ib.; their separation, 271
Musæus, i, 335

Mystical studies of Goethe, i, 100
Mysticism, prized by the Romantic
school, ii, 218

Mythology, efforts of the Romantic
school to create one, ii, 218

NAPLES, Goethe's residence at, ii, 58
Napoleon. See Buonaparte
National co-operation with individual
genius, necessity of, in art, i, 326;
ii, 241

Nature, early tendency of Goethe to
nature-worship, i, 100; nature dei-
fied by the Pagan, but diabolized
by the Christian, 237
Natürliche Tochter, ii, 272
Nausikäa, Goethe's projected drama
of, ii, 59
Newton's theory of light misunder-
stood by Goethe, ii, 120; abstract
of his theory of colour, and New-
ton's theory, 124; source of Goethe's
error in his rejection of every ma-
thematical explanation, 128
Nibelungen Lied, strong manifestation
of realism in it, 243; a national pro-
duct, 244

Nicolai, his parody of Werther, i, 225;
Goethe's answer, 226

Nobility, their exclusiveness at Wei-
mar, i, 324

velations of Goethe's mystical stu-
dies in it, 100

OBJECTIVE intellect, its tendency, i, 72;
the characteristic of Goethe's ge-
nius, 740

Oeser, the drawing master, his influ-
ence on Goethe, i, 80

Oken, his charge against Goethe re-
specting Goethe's claim to the dis-
covery of the vertebral theory, ii,
156; Goethe the originator of the
idea, but Oken the discoverer, 158;
intemperate and equivocal character
of Oken's accusation, 159

Old age, relative character of, ii, 397;
vitality of Goethe's, 416

Optics, Goethe's unfortunate studies
in, ii, 119; misunderstands New-
ton's theory of light, 121; publica-
tion of the Beiträge zur Optik, 123;
Goethe's obstinacy and irritability
concerning, ib.; abstract of the
Newtonian theory of colours, and
of Goethe's theory, 124; Goethe's
explanation of the phenomena of
refraction, 127; source of his error
in his rejection of every mathema-
tical explanation, 128

Oration on Shakspeare, Goethe's, i,
129

Oriental studies, Goethe's, ii, 398
Owen, his testimony in favour of
Goethe's labours in organic science,
ii, 134

PESTUM, Goethe's visit to, ii, 59
Palermo, Goethe's visit to, ii, 59
Palladio, Goethe's enthusiasm for,
ii, 54
Paoli, i, 92

Patriotism, Goethe's, ii, 385
Pfeiffer, his unauthentic volume, Goe-
the's Frederika, i, 99
Philosophy, its injurious effect in Ger-
many, ii, 201, 216

Phrenology, Goethe's ideas concern-
ing, ii, 352

Phryne, legend of, i, 236
Planet dance, a masked procession
prepared by Goethe, ii, 43
Plant metamorphosis, theory of, ii, 140
Platinum, bar of, story of Goethe's

keeping it from Döbereiner, ii, 408
Plato, ideal or subjective character of
his philosophy, as opposed to the
real or objective philosophy of Aris-
totle, i, 72

Plessing the misanthrope, Goethe's