TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY
CHAPMAN COLEMAN

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1899


COPYRIGHT, 1867,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.


CONTENTS.


BOOK I.
CHAPTER PAGE
[I.] Introduction, [1]
[II.] The Trials of Life, [10]
[III.] Henrietta von Wolzogen, [22]
[IV.] Joy and Sorrow, [33]
[V.] Charlotte von Kalb, [41]
[VI.] The Title, [59]
[VII.] Adieu to Mannheim! [68]
[VIII.] Plans for the Future, [73]
[IX.] The Last Ride, [85]

BOOK II.
[I.] After the King’s Death, [111]
[II.] “Le Roi est Mort! Vive le Roi!” [120]
[III.] The Favorites, [129]
[IV.] The Maid of Honor, [138]
[V.] Figaro, [143]
[VI.] The Alliance, [157]
[VII.] The Conditions, [173]
[VIII.] New Love, [180]
[IX.] The Decision, [189]
[X.] The Invocation, [198]
[XI.] The Will, [214]
[XII.] Leuchsenring, [226]

BOOK III.
[I.] Schiller in Dresden, [236]
[II.] Gilded Poverty, [245]
[III.] Marie von Arnim, [252]
[IV.] Souls in Purgatory, [268]
[V.] Separation, [283]
[VI.] The Song “To Joy,” [293]
[VII.] Together once more, [299]
[VIII.] Goethe and Moritz, [314]
[IX.] Leonora, [326]
[X.] A Dream of Love, [340]
[XI.] Adieu to Italy, [355]

BOOK IV.
[I.] The Return, [360]
[II.] Reconciliation, [377]
[III.] Grim Death, [385]
[IV.] Goethe’s Return from Rome, [394]
[V.] Estrangement, [404]
[VI.] The Two Poets, [421]
[VII.] The First Meeting, [431]
[VIII.] Wilhelmine Rietz, [443]
[IX.] Husband and Wife, [450]
[X.] The Attack, [460]
[XI.] Youth Victorious, [470]
[XII.] Schiller’s Marriage, [482]