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 SEEMSALMOST OBLIGATORY THAT IT SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR NAME.
THE AUTHOR.
GOETHE'S BIOGRAPHIE.
| "Anfangs ist es ein Punkt der leise zum Kreise sich öffnet, 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
| PAGE | |
| 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
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