[57.] Eckermann, II, p. 19; Biedermann, VII, p. 184. This quotation is given in the Anhang to the “Wanderjahre.” Loeper says (Hempel, XIX, p. 115) that he has been unable to find it anywhere in Sterne; see p. 105.
[58.] See “Briefwechsel zwischen Goethe und Zelter.” Zelter’s replies contain also reference to Sterne. VI, p. 33 he speaks of the Sentimental Journey as “ein balsamischer Frühlingsthau.” See also II, p. 51; VI, p. 207. Goethe is reported as having spoken of the Sentimental Journey: “Man könne durchaus nicht besser ausdrücken, wie des Menschen Herz ein trotzig und verzagt Ding sei.”
[59.] “Mittheilungen über Goethe,” von F. W. Riemer, Berlin, 1841, II, p. 658. Also, Biedermann, VII, p. 332.
[60.] See Hempel, XXIX, p. 240.
[61.] Kürschner, XVI, p. 372.
[62.] IX, p. 438.
[63.] See “Briefe von Goethe an Johanna Fahlmer,” edited by L. Ulrichs, Leipzig, 1875, p. 91, and Shandy, II, pp. 70 and 48.
[64.] “Goethe’s Briefe an Frau von Stein,” hrsg. von Adolf Schöll; 2te Aufl, bearbeitet von W. Fielitz, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1883, Vol. I, p. 276.
[65.] References to the Tagebücher are as follows: Robert Keil’s Leipzig, 1875, p. 107, and Düntzer’s, Leipzig, 1889, p. 73.
[66.] See also the same author’s “Goethe, sa vie et ses oeuvres,” Paris, 1866; Appendice pp. 291–298. Further literature is found: “Vergleichende Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung,” 1863, No. 36, and 1869, Nos. 10 and 14. Morgenblatt, 1863, Nr. 39, article by Alex. Büchner, Sterne’s “Coran und Makariens Archiv, Goethe ein Plagiator?” and Deutsches Museum, 1867, No. 690.