Chapter I: Front Matter

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This e-text is based on the 1899 edition of the book. Minor punctuation errors have been tacitly corrected. Inconsistent and uncommon spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Words obviously missing a single letter have been tacitly corrected.

Italic text in the original book has been placed between underscores (_italic_); passages in small caps have been characterised by forward slashes (/small caps/). [oe] symbolises the corresponding ligature.

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# p. 61: "court-marshal": literal translation for "Hofmarschall"
(lord stewart)
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# p. 119: "may taken" --> "may be taken"
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# p. 296: "after along" --> "after a long"
# p. 308: "and taken up" --> "had taken up"
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# p. 321: "countenanec" --> "countenance"; "opposite Schiller's
bed" --> "opposite Goethe's bed"
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# p. 350: "Signore" --> "Signora"
# p. 458: "than no soirée" --> "that no soirée"
# p. 491: "Charlotte's" --> "Caroline's"
# p. 493: "Weningenjena" --> "Wenigenjena"
# Footnote 42: "Dante Alighiere's" --> "Dante Alighieri's"
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the original book --> 4th and 5th page deleted.

GOETHE AND SCHILLER

An Historical Romance

BY
L. MÜHLBACH

AUTHOR OF JOSEPH II. AND HIS COURT, FREDERICK THE GREAT AND
HIS COURT, THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE, ANDREAS HOFER, ETC.

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