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THE YOUTH OF GOETHE
BY P. HUME BROWN, LL.D., F.B.A.
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1913


TO
THE VISCOUNT HALDANE OF CLOAN, LORD CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN.
MY DEAR CHANCELLOR,--AS THE "ONLY BEGETTER" OF THIS BOOK, IT SEEMS
ALMOST OBLIGATORY THAT IT SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR NAME.
THE AUTHOR.


_GOETHE'S BIOGRAPHIE._
"Anfangs ist es ein Punkt der leise zum Kreise sich oeffnet,
Aber, wachsend, umfasst dieser am Ende die Welt."
FRIEDRICH HEBBEL.
"In the beginning a point that soft to the circle expandeth,
But the circle at length, growing, enclaspeth the world."


CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
EARLY YEARS IN FRANKFORT
1749--1765
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GOETHE'S BIRTHPLACE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HIM 1
PERIOD OF HIS BIRTH 4
HIS FATHER 6
HIS MOTHER 8
HIS SISTER 10
FAMILY FRIENDS 11
HIS EDUCATION 12
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES 14
THE _SEVEN YEARS' WAR_ 18
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF FRANKFORT 19
GOETHE'S FIRST LOVE 21
DESTINED FOR THE STUDY OF LAW 23
THE BOY THE FATHER OF THE MAN 25
HIS CHARACTER AND EARLY TASTES 27

CHAPTER II
STUDENT IN LEIPZIG
OCTOBER, 1765--SEPTEMBER, 1768
GOES TO LEIPZIG 29
HIS WILD LIFE THERE 29
SOCIETY OF LEIPZIG 31
HIS IRREGULAR STUDIES 33
ADOPTS LEIPZIG FASHIONS 35
FEMININE INFLUENCES 36
DANDYISM 37
FALLS IN LOVE WITH KAeTHCHEN SCHOeNKOPF 38
FRIENDSHIP WITH BEHRISCH 39
HIS RELATIONS TO KAeTHCHEN 40
MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTS 44
FRIENDSHIP WITH OESER 46
STATE OF GERMAN LITERATURE 48
POEMS OF THE PERIOD 49
_DIE LAUNE DES VERLIEBTEN_ 51
_DIE MITSCHULDIGEN_ 52
INSPIRATION 54

CHAPTER III
AT HOME IN FRANKFORT
SEPTEMBER, 1768--APRIL, 1770
RETURNS TO FRANKFORT 57
HIS BROKEN HEALTH 58
RELATIONS TO HIS FATHER 58
HIS SISTER 60
INTEREST IN RELIGION 61
FRIENDSHIP WITH FRAeULEIN VON KLETTENBERG 62
A MYSTERIOUS MEDICINE 63
EVOLVES A RELIGIOUS CREED 65
INFLUENCE OF FRAeULEIN VON KLETTENBERG 66
INTEREST IN LITERATURE AND ART 67
LESSING AND WIELAND 70
RIPENING POWERS 71

CHAPTER IV
GOETHE IN STRASSBURG
APRIL, 1770--AUGUST, 1771
SETTLEMENT IN STRASSBURG 75
INFLUENCES OF STRASSBURG 75
CHANGE IN HIS RELIGIOUS FEELINGS 76
MANNER OF LIFE IN STRASSBURG 78
FRIENDSHIP WITH DR.
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