, 1873-12-14
REC0LLECTI0NS OF WElMkR.
Tho Raomes or Goethe, Schiller, 1yin-
1And, and l1orlcr-~IllG Two Courts
nf II (znrnn II i, - ri ri h,yc1ty.

| lands Anu 120F4cr.~1hG Two EOurtH
OF II Garmnn <srnMd Duclly.
Feimar tSoe 1o.} corrcspondeaee u the Ns,o Iors
| Ete'1iAR Post.
You have little idoa ilow insignificant Weimar
is to look at: You may try to face down tho
first impression BY repeating oyor to yourself,
aH sort Of shibboloth, tic names Of Gootslo,
Schiller. Wiela1ld, u1t uerser, but 1t ia of little
use. Your ideals will shrink away before tho
microscopic reality al wild-cat ralroal bonds
sinh. in q Wall street panic. But you may ask.
"Why come to Woimor with such preeoncoiyoi
theories OF Its material greatness 7" There iB no
authority for It. Has not Goethe himself sung:
Petty among tho German Princes is csriainly my
short md narrow hia 1and, etc.
But can only urge. In justification Of my first
| Impressions, thnt, IN an ngo with such q strong
drift toward matorialism as tho present ono, tue
human mind will throw overheard sentiment aud
| in the outskirts or Weimar one or two prosonta-
bio stroets, and tho Grand Duca1 Pa1ace, the
Alnseun building, and ono Or two villas attract
attention; but tho ceutro. the nucleus, wl!ut was
| oil OF .Weimar o century ago, il crooked ittlo
| village Of thu lumblest protenBions.
OH how Rolo-tortnring III its pavementf That
| of Rome, somewhat famous III the aan1o line,
is soft. as buttored biscuit in comparison. At
llrst I consoled nysolf that 1t had alao tor
turod tho solo Of gonius, but I WIS dragged
back from my excursion into tho ideal in loaru-
| ing that century ago gonius Walked about here
! in tho mud, without any pavement at all With
| pavement Of Wcinlar ~ modern improvement.
! Stumbling along, ono cornes to humble abotles
| over whoHe doors are TO- be read tue simple iu
| acriptionB,. "Here lived scAiller," or "Hors
| lived uerder," or "Wieland."
THE CHANGES OF CENTURY.
| On tue bordor of the park stands G0ethe's
| country house where ho passed. seven happy
years a house which would now suit worry vol
Gootho, whose mind was his kingdom, might
| woll be contont, especially II tho Grand
| DuoheaBea who ca,no would now. as thcn, bo
! merry over beer and cold lnoat, and 60 away re-
| the fresh manuscript. Smallest and Aumblest
Of oil is the little buck hut in tho park, which
| Goethe had hnd built il three days as part Of
| tie mise en- sceno Of d birthday frolic, but
| for summer abode. From this little hut,
where tho gardeners now keep tluir hoes
| and whaelbarrows, the Duke wrote enthusiastic
| lettessa about solitude and the, charms Of
bat bato by moonlight a!h IL IL the s. 1l' would
| readng Of theAe letters aud walk directly
down to the llm If la docs, lie risks oubitter~
| ing his existence by tho SHOCK Of disonehaut-
ablo brew, but III tho interest Of sontinlont aud
all that ia true aul beautiful, hopo 1t il tho
dams and tho mills that have dono It, aud TINT,
| as in the cass Of tho street pavement, things
were bottor century ago.
Fortunately, aa ~ that wonderful fairy talo
where, just III you begin to feel uncomfortable
from eating tie deadliest poison, the antidoA
is found growing OIL the next tree. so here Tue
beauty Of tho park lghtons the disappo!nt-
1nens caused by the tiltliuess Of tie river. Tile
park ia 90 very lovely, A1ld SO much moro inl-
portant 3 featura here than tho town, that Que
sees at once the business Of that description Of
Womar, which called it 3 "park with n town in
it." Thoro il the turtlor charm abont the park,
that it WIS entirely roiaid out by tho Duke aud
Goethe, aud in its present beauty is worthy to
bo claased, as Nioland suggested, among
Goethe's pooms. Landscape gardening waa ono
Of Gooths's passions; he troats Of it largely in
hib botanical writings, and in tho novel, Eloc-
tive Atll4ities,' loye-maAing aud laying out
parks 60 hand in hnul.
THE sTATUAnY,
Bronze statues Of the four greater lights of
Weinar's 1ilmamont grace isa etroalB. Herlor's
stands u front Of tho church Of which he Was 10
long pastor. Wielanl'a adorna Ill open square
which bears ls namo.i Tip Goethe-sclilor
direction tloy laborcl 30 many years III common.
Tho group is by Riotaclol, Of Dresden. Goothe
stands firmly eroct with one hand OIL Sqhil1sr's
shoulder, mud with tho other offers to Schiller
uscript to which he has juBt eontlded hia
thoughts, and gazing upward, with heal slightly
thrown baek Rs II the ct were still OH him. lie with
the dsengaged hand coqnots with tue offered
wroatl Modeaty sayano, merit says yes, aud 80 le
pushes away and yet accepta the protfored honor.
Goethe is represented ut about tho age OF 80,
Schiller at 40. Tho group Ia interesting and the
conception poetic, Schiiler IL tie most saccoss.
fully deneatod, mud was natural, for his char
acter lends itself moro readily to outward ex-
preston than the sefoAe and tranquil wisdom of
Goethe.
0oETnE'B HOME.
Goethe's town house-tho house presented to
him Oh his return from Italy by the Granl Duke
forms III exception amoug tho humble abodes
OF WeiMar's poets, and risoB oonspouously
above the lowly roofs by wllioh IT IL Hllr-
rounded. The upper rooms, which Goethe
used as drawing aud reception rooms, are lot,
and tho lower door Ia occupied by ita ownorS,
Qoetho's two unmarried grandsoug, who loep
their erandfather's bodloom aud study un-
changed and carefully guarded from the public
eys. am not fond Of going to poets lo4Ho
to eco hs old clothes arll locks Of hair, which
are usually what hIB descendants havo to showi
but in the case Of Qoathe, Aia house Ia 40 fa-
mliar to us from hiB letters and from tho hun
dretls OF books which llave been wrtton aboMt
| him aud his surroundings, that I join iu the
regret tl,at iA everywhere expreasod In Wa-
mar vt its tnscceaslbllity, Tile owners look
| upon theBe rooms with 80 exaggerated u row
orouce that thoy treat tilo1n al u sanctuary;
but this Wow Is not ut oil III cousonauco with
| uoatllo's own ideas, Tor his wAolo writings arc
full OF himself, his thoughts, feelings, emotions
aud 1notfVGa: and NoY0r having III nf1Y }KhY Du.