Rhythm, difficulties in restoring it to
the stage, ii, 251

Richter, Jean Paul, his impressions of
Goethe, ii, 265; his impression of
Schiller, 266

Riemer, his charges against Bettina,
ii, 362, 364

Riese, Goethe's letter to, from Leipsic,
i, 57

Roman elegies, composition of, ii, 89
Romantic school in Germany, charac-
ter of, ii, 216; tendency to Catho-
licism, 218; enthusiasm for mystic-
ism, ib.; its services, 220; Goethe's
later tendency towards it, 401
Rome, Goethe's residence at, ii, 55
Romeo and Juliet, Goethe's attempt
to recast it, ii, 255; character of
Shakspeare's play, ib.; Goethe's
injurious alteration, 257

Rosenkranz, his criticism on Wer-
ther, i, 222; on Hermann und Do-
rothea, ii, 239

Round table and knights at Wetzlar,
i, 168

414

RAPHAEL'S Cartoons, seen with enthu-

siasm by Goethe, i, 96
Real or objective intellects contrasted
with ideal or subjective intellects, i,
72; Goethe, a realist, 74; realism
the characteristic of Greek art, 235;
perpetual struggle between realism
and idealism, 242; especial mani
festation of realism in the Nibelun-
gen Lied, 243; realistic reaction
brought about by the crusades, 246;
Wieland, the representative of Ger-
man realism, 252; Goethe, the real-
ist, 259

Reflection, its false tendency, ii, 216;
its ill effect on Goethe, 267; a sign
of decay, 425

Reformation, its effect on literature, i,
248

Refraction, phenomena of, Goethe's

explanation of, ii, 127; source of
his error in his rejection of every
mathemattcal explanation, 128
Reinecke Fuchs, ii, 180
Religion, Goethe's, i, 91; ii, 390
Republican principles, absurdities of,
in the eyes of Goethe, ii, 166
Reuss, prince, ii, 170

Revolution, French, Goethe's opposi-
tion to, ii, 164; his indifference to
the revolution of 1830, 436

scientific labours of Goethe in re-
ference to the theory of the meta-
morphoses of plants, ii, 116

St. Hilaire, Geoffroy, his testimony to
Goethe's labours in organic science,
ii, 133; his contest with Cuvier con-
cerning the unity of composition in
the animal kingdom, 436
Saltzmann, Dr., i, 94, 103
Sand, George, her letter to Geoffroy
St. Hilaire concerning the unity of
composition in the animal kingdom,
ii, 438

Saxe-Weimar, see Weimar
Schellhorn, Frau Cornelia, i, 8
Schelling, a convert to Goethe's erro-

neous theory of refraction, ii, 130
Schiller, the true poetic idealist, i,
260; ennobled against his wish,
324; his remarks on the difference
between prose and poetic writing,
ii, 7; his criticism on Goethe's Iphi-
genia, 12; first sight of Goethe,
30; his description of Goethe to
Körner,80; Goethe holds aloof from
him, 81; his difficult circumstances,
83; unrecognized at Weimar, 84;
his remarks upon how far a poet is
justified in disregarding the con-
ventional proprieties of his age, ii,
91; his friendship with Goethe, 185;
their profound dissimilarity, ib.;
Schiller's unhealthy practice of lite-

rature, 186; the representative of
idealism, 187; his earnestness in
art, 188; phases of his development,
189; his influence on Goethe, 190,
215; receives the diploma of French
citizenship, 192; publication of Die
Horen, 193; his opinion of Goethe's
theory of Metamorphoses, 194; pub-
lication of Xenien, 198; his opi-
nion of Wilhelm Meister, 205; his
reply to Jacobi's animadversions,
211; extract from his criticism, 213;
obtains from Goethe a plan of Wil-
liam Tell, 222; attempts to create
an ideal drama for the cultivated
few, 241; his last years, 263; Jean
Paul Richter's impression of him,
266; partizanship of the admirers
of Goethe and Schiller, 268; Kot-
zebue's unsuccessful effort to create
a coolness, ib.; Herder's jealousy
of Schiller, 271; last illness and
death, 276

Schlegel and Tieck's translation of
Shakspeare, ii, 217

Schleiermacher, his essay on the Irony
of Sophocles, ii, 217

Schlosser, his influence on Goethe at
Leipsic, i, 58

Schöll, his publication of Goethe's
note-book, i, 95

Schönemann,Anna Elizabeth, Goethe's
affection for her under the name of
Lili, i, 596. See Lili
Schönkopf, Herr, literary society at
his table d'hôte, i, 59
Schönkopf, Anna Katharina, Goethe's

love for her, i, 60, 63; lovers' quar-
rels, 65; continuation of a friendly
intercourse, 79; Goethe's letters to
her from Frankfurt, 85; her en-
gagement to Dr. Kanne, 87; final
separation from Goethe, 90
School life of Goethe, i, 27; its effect, 30
Schröter, Corona, the Hofsängerin,
account of, i, 333

Science, Goethe's passionate studies

in, ii, 31, 44, 114. See Botany, Op-
tics, Mathematics, Anatomy
Scott, Walter, translates Götz von
Berlichingen, ii, 223; Goethe's ap-
preciation of his works, 409; his
letter to Goethe, 419
Scripture, Goethe's belief in, ii, 392
Seckendorf, i, 334
Sesenheim, i, 117

Seven Years' War, its effect on Goethe,
i, 34

Shakspeare, difference between him
and Goethe, i, 75; influence of

Dodd's Beauties of Shakspeare and
Wieland's translations, 79; Shak-
speare bigots, 128; Goethe's oration
on Shakspeare, 129; comparison of
Shakspeare's style with that of
Goethe, ii, 73; composed no eulo-
gies on his friends, 190; Wilhelm
Meister's criticism on Hamlet, 213;
translated by Tieck and Schlegel,
217; Goethe's attempt to recast
Romeo and Juliet, 255; character
of Shakspeare's play, ib.; Goethe's
injurious alterations, 257
Shelley, his idea of Prometheus com-
pared with Goethe's, i, 291
Skating made illustrious by Klop-
stock, i, 150; Goethe's fondness for
it, ib.; his exhibition before Maxi-
miliane, 205; introduces it at Wei-
mar, 343

Sleep, Goethe's talent for, ii, 263
Spinoza, i, 103; Goethe's studies of,
i, 275, 280; their effect upon him,
281; ii, 48

Sprengel, recognizes Goethe's disco-
very respecting the Metamorphoses
of Plants, ii, 117

Stael, Madame de, her visit to Weimar,
ii, 273; reason of Goethe's coldness
towards her, 274

Stein, Fritz von, accompanies Goethe
to the Hartz, ii, 42

Stein, Frau von, i, 338; account of
her position and character, 357;
Goethe falls in love with her, 358;
his letters to her, 360; her influence
on him, 380; her coquetry, 381; his
letter to her relating his interviews
with Frederika and Lili, ii, 28; his
increased devotion, 34; his departure
for Italy, 50; his coolness, 79; her
reproaches, ib; her indignation at
his liaison with Christiane, 93; his
answers to her reproaches, ib.;
the final rupture, 95; her letter
concerning him twelve years after-
wards, 97; her death, 420
Stella, composition of, i, 300; Canning's
caricature, 302

Stilling, Jung, Goethe's first acquaint-
ance with, i, 105

Stirbt der Fuchs so gilt der Balg, i, 107
Stoch, the engraver, his acquaintance
with Goethe, i, 81

Stolberg, the two counts, their tour
in Switzerland with Goethe, i, 303
Storm and Stress period, approach of,
i, 140
Strasburg, Goethe's residence at, i, 93;
the cathedral, 94; visit of Marie An-

ii, 315

Travelling, German, in the eighteenth
century, i, 319

Triumph der Empfindsamkeit, Goe-
the's extravaganza of, i, 382; its re-
presentation, 390

Symbolical interpretation, extensive
application of, ii, 272
Symbolism, Goethe's later tendencies
towards it, ii, 402; symbolism in
the second part of Faust, 425
Système de la Nature, Goethe's dis-
gust at it, i, 96

Szymanowska, Madame, her enthusi-
astic love for Goethe, ii, 417

TANNHAUSER legend, i, 235
Tasso, a series of faultless lines, but
no drama, ii, 100; Miss Swanwick's
translation of, 101; analysis of, 102;
criticisms on, 112

Teutsche Haus at Wetzlar, i, 167
Textor, alderman, death of, ii, 174
Textor family, genealogical table of,i,11
Textor, the grandmother and grand-
father of Goethe, i, 22

Textor, Katharina Elizabeth, mother

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

Thackeray, W. M., his letter to the
author concerning Weimar and
Goethe, ii, 442

Theatre, court, at Weimar, manage-
ment of, undertaken by Goethe, ii,
162; its confined and pernicious in-
fluence, 240; error of Goethe and
Schiller, 241; Goethe's contempt of
public opinion, 243; influence of
the Jena students, 244; Goethe's
despotism over the public and ac-
tors, 245; difficulties in the manage-
ment, 247; performance of Wallen-
stein, ib.; Devrient's critical obser
vations on the Weimar stage, 248;
Goethe's refusal to admit perform-
ing dogs, 260; dismissal of Goethe
by Karl August, 261
Theatricals, private, at Weimar, i, 369;
their excessive popularity, 370; open
air performances, 371

Tieck and Schlegel's translation of
Shakspeare, ii, 217
Toleration, moral, i, 77

Troost, Herr, i, 105

Type, importance of a creation of, in
biological speculation, ii, 141; con-
ception of, 154
Tyranny of ideas, i, 146

UNACTED dramatists, error of, ii, 242
Unities, erroneously supposed to be in-

separable from the Greek drama, ii, 9
Unity of composition in the animal

kingdom, great philosophical con-
test between Cuvier and St. Hilaire
concerning, ii, 436; importance of
the doctrine recognized by Goethe
and George Sand, 437

VALMY, defeat at, ii, 173
Venetian epigrams, ii, 161
Venice, Goethe's visit to, ii, 55
Venus, German idea of, compared with

the Greek Aphrodite, i, 235
Verdun, bombardment of, ii, 170
Vertebral theory, ii, 140; Goethe's
claim to its discovery discussed,
156; Goethe the originator of the
idea, but Oken the discoverer, 158;
intemperate and equivocal character
of Oken's accusation, 159
Vesalius, attacks Galen for indicating
an intermaxillary bone, ii, 135
Vesuvius, Goethe's visit to, ii, 58
Voigt recognizes Goethe's discovery
respecting the metamorphoses of
plants, ii, 117
Volkspoesie, or national song, con-
trasted with Kuntspoesie, or poetic
art, i, 244

Von, influence of the title, at Weimar,
i, 324

Voss, his "Luise" compared with

"Hermann und Dorothea", ii. 238
Vulpius, Christiane, her petition to
Goethe in behalf of her brother, ii,
85; her position, education, and
character, ib.; her subsequent con-
nection with Goethe, 88; Goethe's
love for her, 89; indignation of Wei-
mar and the Frau von Stein, 93; her
serious faults, 356; marriage with
Goethe, 358; her death, 403

WAHLVERWANDTSCHAFTEN, the plot and
character of, ii, 373