A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, X.

A.
“Alexis und Dora,” 146
Anson, Lord, his “Voyage Round the World,” 16
Arnim, Bettina von, 159
“Aufgeregten, Die,” 132
B.
Ballads, by Goethe, 147;
by Schiller, 147
Basedow, 80
Beaumarchais, Memoirs of, 68
“Belinden, An,” 84
Behrisch, 27
BÖhme, Professor, 25
Bologna, 107, 111
Boswell, 34, 175
Breitkopf, 27, 34
Brentano, Maximiliane, 59
Brion, Frederika, Goethe’s love for, 41;
his parting from, 43;
her influence on Goethe, 45;
her relation to Maria in “Goetz,” 57;
to Maria in “Clavigo,” 69;
to Gretchen in “Faust,” 75;
Goethe visits, in 1779, 99;
in “Dichtung und Wahrheit,” 42, 167
Buff, Charlotte, 51, 58, 60, 66
C.
Carlyle, 176, 178, 185
Cellini, Benvenuto, 148
“Claudine von Villa Bella,” 69, 114
“Clavigo,” 68
Clodius, 31
Cuvier, 177
D.
“Dichtung und Wahrheit,” 167
Dresden, Goethe studies the picture gallery at, 28
E.
Eckermann, 130, 174, 175, 176, 180
“Egmont,” 114, 120
Emmendingen, 59, 83, 99
Ernesti, 24
“Erwin und Elmire,” 69, 114
F.
Fahlmer, Johanna, 80, 99
“Faust,” in its earliest form, 72-78;
Goethe works at, in Rome, 114;
“Faust: A Fragment,” published in 1790, 127;
continued, 153;
the First Part, published in 1808, 161-166;
the Second Part, 180
Fichte, 150
Frankfort, Goethe’s knowledge of, 14
“Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen,” the, 49
G.
“Geheimnisse, Die,” 103
Gellert, 24
Goethe, Catharine Elizabeth, Goethe’s mother, 12, 16, 18, 33, 160
Goethe, Christiane, Goethe’s wife, 117, 131, 154, 156, 157, 160, 169
Goethe, Cornelia, Goethe’s sister, 13, 17, 32, 48, 59, 83, 99
Goethe, Frederick George, Goethe’s grandfather, 11
Goethe, Johann Kaspar, Goethe’s father, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 90, 99
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, his birth, 11;
childhood and boyhood, 11-23;
at Leipsic, 24-32;
returns, as an invalid, from Leipsic to Frankfort, 32;
spends a year and a half at Frankfort, 32-34;
at Strasburg, 34-46;
influenced by Herder, 37;
his love for Frederika Brion, 41;
becomes an advocate at Frankfort, 47;
gives dramatic form to the history of Goetz von Berlichingen, 48, 54;
goes to Wetzlar, 50;
his love for Charlotte Buff, 51-52;
returns to Frankfort from Wetzlar, 53;
“Die Leiden des jungen Werthers,” 60;
“Clavigo,” 68;
“Stella,” 69;
poetic fragments, 70;
“Faust” in its earliest form, 72;
studies Spinoza, 78;
his friendship with Lavater, Basedow, Johanna Fahlmer, Frederick Jacobi, and the Counts Stolberg, 80-82;
his love for Lili SchÖnemann, 82-84;
quits Frankfort for Weimar, 85;
the first eleven years of his life at Weimar, 86-105;
his friendship with Charlotte von Stein, 91;
development of his character at Weimar, 93;
his official duties, 95-97;
his scientific discoveries, 100, 101, 128, 129, 183;
his visit to Italy, 106-115;
informal marriage, 118;
“Egmont,” 120;
“Iphigenie,” 122;
“Torquato Tasso,” 123;
“Faust: A Fragment,” 127;
becomes director of the Weimar Theatre, 131;
his feeling about the French Revolution, 132;
at Valmy, 133;
his friendship with Schiller, 134-155;
the “Xenien,” 138;
“Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre,” 138;
“Hermann und Dorothea,” 143;
ballads, 147;
lyrics, 147;
“Winckelmann und sein Jahrhundert,” 148;
“Die NatÜrliche Tochter,” 152;
his formal marriage, 157;
his relation to Bettina von Arnim, 159;
his mother’s death, 160;
his interviews with Napoleon, 161;
the First Part of “Faust,” 161;
“Die Wahlverwandtschaften,” 166;
“Dichtung und Wahrheit,” 167;
the “West-Oestlicher Divan,” 168;
his feeling about the War of Liberation, 168;
becomes First Minister of State, 169;
death of his wife, 169;
marriage of his son August, 170;
his relation to Wilhelmine Herzlieb and Marianne von Willemer, 171, 172;
his love for Ulrica von Levezow, 172;
the fiftieth anniversary of his arrival at Weimar, 173;
death of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Weimar, and of Goethe’s son, 174;
Eckermann’s “Conversations with Goethe,” 175;
visited by Heine, 175;
gift from his English admirers, 176;
ideas about the State and society, 176-178;
“Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre,” 178;
“Kunst und Alterthum,” 179;
his letters, 180;
the Second Part of “Faust,” 180;
his death, 182;
general view of his work, 183
Goethe, Julius August Walther, Goethe’s son, 129, 158, 170, 174
Goetz von Berlichingen, his autobiography, 48;
his history dramatized, 49;
the drama in its second form, 54;
reception of the play, 57
Goldsmith, his “Vicar of Wakefield,” 40, 41
“GÖtter, Helden, and Wieland,” 70
Gottsched, 31
Gretchen, Goethe’s first love, 21, 42, 167
Gretchen, in “Faust,” 75, 163
“Gross-Cophta,” 132
GÖschen, 105
H.
“Harzreise im Winter,” 103
Heine, Heinrich, 175
Herder, Goethe meets, 37;
his character, 37;
his influence on Goethe, 39;
his criticism of the “Geschichte Gottfriedens von Berlichingen,” 54;
settles at Weimar, 89;
Goethe’s relations with, 90, 150
“Hermann und Dorothea,” 143-146
Herzlieb, Wilhelmine, 171, 172
“HexenkÜche, Die,” written at Rome, 115
Homer, 40, 43, 184
Horn, Goethe’s friend, 25
Hubertusburg, Treaty of, 19
I.
Ilmenau, mines at, 96, 100, 117
“Ilmenau,” poem, 103
Intermaxi lliary bone, Goethe’s discovery of, in human jaw, 101
“Iphigenie,” in its prose form, 102;
transformed to a poetical drama, 111;
criticism of, 122
“Italienische Reise,” the, 106
Italy, Goethe’s visit to, 106-115
J.
Jacobi, Frederick, 81, 104
Jena, Battle of, 156
Jerusalem, suicide of, 60
Joseph II., his coronation, 21
K.
Kanne, 31, 34
Kant, 135, 138, 150
Kestner, 52, 58, 66
Klettenberg, FrÄulein von, her influence on Goethe, 33;
her death, 84;
the original of the “fair soul” in “Wilhelm Meister,” 143
Klopstock, his “Messiah,” 16;
writes to Goethe, 86
“Kunst und Alterthum,” 179
L.
Laroche, Frau von, 53, 59;
Maximiliane, 53
“Laune des Verliebten, Die,” 30
Lavater, 80
Leipsic, Goethe goes to, 22;
his life at, 24-32
Lessing, 29, 30, 138
Letters, Goethe’s, 180
Levezow, Ulrica von, 172
Liberation, War of, 168
“Lili’s Park,” 84
Loder, Professor, 101
Lyrics, Goethe’s, 147
M.
“Mahomet,” fragment of original drama, 70;
Voltaire’s, translated, 152
Mainz, 84, 133
Marie Antoinette, 36
Mephistopheles, in the original “Faust,” 76
Merck, 49, 53, 54, 57, 98
Metamorphosis of Plants, 128
Meyer, 110, 131, 154
Michael Angelo, 109
Mignon, 142
Mineralogy, Goethe’s study of, 100
“Mitschuldigen, Die,” 30
N.
Naples, 112
Napoleon, Goethe’s interviews with, 103;
“Lehrjahre,” completed, 138;
“Wanderjahre,” 178
Winckelmann, his death, 30;
at Rome Goethe is helped by his writings, 108, 120, 184;
Goethe’s book about, 148
Wordsworth, 176
X.
“Xenien,” 138