| FRIENDSHIP WITH MERCK | [133] |
| CHARACTER OF MERCK | [133] |
| HIS INFLUENCE ON GOETHE | [135] |
| THE DARMSTADT CIRCLE | [136] |
| ITS INFLUENCE ON GOETHE | [136] |
| CAROLINE FLACHSLAND AND GOETHE | [137] |
| POEMS OF GOETHE INSPIRED BY THE DARMSTADT CIRCLE | [138] |
| WANDERERS STURMLIED | [139] |
| DER WANDERER | [141] |
[CHAPTER VII]
WETZLAR AND CHARLOTTE BUFF
MAY—SEPTEMBER, 1772
| DEPARTURE FROM WETZLAR | [143] |
| WETZLAR AND ITS SOCIETY | [144] |
| LOTTE BUFF | [147] |
| GOETHE'S RELATIONS TO HER | [147] |
| KESTNER, LOTTE'S BETROTHED | [148] |
| GOETHE, KESTNER, AND LOTTE | [149] |
| DEPARTURE FROM WETZLAR | [150] |
| KESTNER'S CHARACTERISATION OF GOETHE | [151] |
[CHAPTER VIII]
AFTER WETZLAR
1772—1773
| SUICIDE OF JERUSALEM | [154] |
| GOETHE VISITS THE FAMILY VON LA ROCHE | [155] |
| FRAU VON LA ROCHE | [155] |
| MAXIMILIANE VON LA ROCHE | [157] |
| UNREST | [158] |
| LETTERS TO KESTNER | [159] |
| ESTRANGEMENT FROM HIS FATHER | [161] |
| SOLITUDE | [162] |