, 1873-12-13

- ~ ,1n;"a ~ In 49, - ill., M '"' i4''1' @"s""ay "ho 1eAt
in Wiolnld'a md 1Eorlor's houses .lore nrs
not oven old clothes OF locks Of n,r to he seo,,.
l1nt III sclller'a house. his study, tn which lie
0' Geoa p paeoaeea Ss Ssa te Fo Town nous, .,
Woimar, This room Is opon to all visitors.
sohl!lor mentions in q lotlor that tito room lad
pale groon wallpaper, and scrap Of IL having
boom found Rtlll clingiug to tho wall tho papor-
hanger Inns carefully copied 1t, 90 flint wo feel
assured that ut loast tho "local color u Is cor
rect.
necd not 90 into MI inventory Of tho farni.
poets manuaorip. aud lottors, aud especially
his drift Of tho pssignWvont Of Earts for tho
newton the writing-tablo, beeanao 1t is tho ono
of which ono drawer was always kopt full ur
decayinB apples. wlloHe odor waa Agreeable Ia
tho poet II any ono wore to mako ont a list of
tho various Htlmilla,lts to Thought w1icl, gonita
las n.ade ,so Of, tlliH ono would certainly nguro
| among Tho odt.cst. Goethe, sitting down by
chanco ono day at this tablo, was overcome by
This odor nearly to faintiny. This trl1ing cir4
cu,nstapco rominds us Of tho great contrast bo-
twoeu tho two friends In physical constitution.
| Hoetho, as oyery ono knows, was MI Apollo Ii
lnnnly beauty. lie had a love Of pllro air which
s,ia contemporaries thought fannticlsnn. Bchillol
this odor Of vegetable docay, and was hurried hJ
consumption to tho grave at the carly age OF 46.
sCll1ftEn's n0SEH.
Twenty yoars after SchiLlef's death 4 cortain
! btrGomaatcr Schwabe, took 1t into Its head to
| gotSellllot'H bend an q precious relic. Uo hnd
tto Vault opened, whole the remains lad boon
lalA %stl. those Of ton other mortn1s, but 10 his
,i'nmay t,lo collins @ were all toeayed away aud
there was nothing but confused nlass Of bones
at tho bottom OF tho vault lie took homo tho
| eloyon akults, numbered them, ranged them III
row md invited ovoryono in Woit1ar who Ind
been personally acquainted with Schiller 10 eoms
and see tlson1. Tho visitors wors taken ono by
one iuto tho room. md invited to wrlto dowi,
tloir opinions as to which was Schillar'a skull
without the opportunity Of consultation. All
Prof, sehrotor, of Jena, aftnr. much dib.
| Guilty, sorted out tho bones OF tue skeleton from
tho hoap. mud tho wliolo WAS pnoel Ill tho
library ut Wemar It is evident that tho idcea
tho gravo wore not thon prevslout.. Goethe
wrote aotno boautifu linoB to tho skull, mud
everything WA pretty and pleasant, and recalls
to W Hamlet and tho gravo.diEgorH. -
came to Wcinanr. Ho wns n man Of what, ID
ordinary people, would bo called great rudeness
Of npeccl. bnt, boing King, It was only blunt.
nehs. King Lo'is was worry much aatouishou to
lind Sclilor'a romninB treated NJ 4 curiosity. |
do not know how it was that he camo to
dlffor from tho contemporary sentiment; 1t
might have beo1 tlInt, hoing a Roman Catho-
lic,, ho thought human bones had bottoz
library drawers. However, tho King wasgod
hiH rough tongne to Hllctl effect that rs soon "a
ho had Eono tito Grand Duke wrote to Goethe
TINT to avoid further REMARKS lle desired him tc
have q proper collin prepared for Bohller's
bonos. and to have tlom loidin tho Grand-Ducal
vault. Gootho had 4 simpe oai;on boz made
and On It had placed tho efnglo word t. Schiller" !"
| in bronze letters.
TIE nuR1AL-ptAcE or GOETHE AND SCHILLER.
Whom Goethe aicd q siimllar ooilin WIS pro-
pared for lin, and they now lie sdo by sido iu
tho Grantl-Ducal var.lt, surrounded by tht
tombs Of tho Grand-Ducal family. Goethe"
"Schillor, these their opitaphB not a
word Of their titles counsollors, Of of tho no.
bility which Charles Augustus waB finally driven
to confor upon them by tho murmurs Of lila cour.
tinrs at having to associate with tlleso ploboians
word " Schiller" OH the coffin that postority
would demand no more, nnd they who directed
Gootho's internent did vol to follow tho prece.
dent ho had n,ado.
THE aEASD-DUoAI LIBRARY.
Tho most interesting place In Weimar is the
Grand Dugal Library. Mn not going, to call II
abont it, for the Walhalln was only . heaven Of
| sayages, and tho naue has boon made lu1icroua
by King Louia' Daynrien-Grcets folly ut Rats.
bon, II III d charming idea to decorate q library
with tho elilyics ot those who, by word
or decd, have enlarged tue domain Of
llore with a simplicity md an absonce OF
protel>uion in thorough harmony with the spirit
Of Weitnars most brilliant epoch. On entering
J find myaef directly opposite fuli.length por-
)
tho portraits Of tic GRAND DuehoHses Amelia,
lli5 mother, and Lousia, Ills wifa. Tho Grand
Dute. whose most distinguished title ia that lo
was "Goetho'a Grand DaAo," waH not simply a
pe;lIce who could coufer fLyors and gather about
linn celebrated mon, which any priueo could do !;
but BY tho singular force aud beauty of his char
actor lie held them bore, and retained tlor
} esteem and affection through long years OF
could SO love must havo been moro
than nero psincely Mpcanas, nor to q
weak prince would GoetLo hayo addressed
those attributes of affection which, how
spare his faults. 4 few words from Goethe viii
suffice to characterize tue Grand Duchess
!; Amelia. "Yhatever eau give grace or charm to
liie,' ho says, "allo sought, with wise netcr. Z h
ation, to collect around hor." " She
delighted in tho conversation of persons Of
talent, mud sought occasions Of forming connec-
tionB Of tnis kind, Of maintaining thom, aud OF
turning them to account; indeed. there is NJ
ono Of any note connected with Wei,nar whoso
powers were not, aoouor or later. called forth in
her circlo." Tho Grand Duchess Louisa WIS OF
ahjgh-Houled, aelf-containcd nnturc. She WaH
tho sort Of person to say tho right thing at tho
midst OF tho sackng of Weimar, she received
NAPOLEON with bearing so noble MS to e1tort
from him the exclamation, ''Voila uno fcmma
qn'ayec nos doux cent canons nous n'ayons l. =
r)u faire trembler!'
These throo form tho central group around
which the Bocioty OF Weimar royolvod a century
ago. Tho two courts Of Womar, as Goethe jest
ingiy callod thonl. tie princely ono aud the i'll
tolleotual enc, groot us in tho library from bust
and portrait. / spare you o list Of names. but,
to SHOW the richness Of the collection, ! may
mention that there arc of Goethe tlroe buHts,
three. or four portralts aud dozen or moro dif.
ferent copperplatos; Of Hordor thrao busts !; ol
Schiller, two; Of Wio1apd, 4 bust mud two por-
traits; OF Charles Augustus, three or four por-
traits mud bust. I will not dwell upon the stara
Of tie second magnitude; suflolont 10 aay that
J in tho whole assemblage, there, are about forty
busts md fifty portraits, not including tho
largo collection OF coppcrplnto lilsenosReB.
Among TIM many curiositos is the diploma 0!
oitlzenulip Bont to Schiller by tho French 10.
public in 1888, and sgnol by Roland aud Dsta-
ton. Similar onos woro forwarded ut the saMo
! tin1o to Washington, Franklin, Thomas Paine.
aud Anac,arHis Cloots. schilicr's diploma wat
given to Tho COMMUNICATIVE Chief, Cuatine, to
10 sent across the lineB, and. with tile delightful
Froucll inaccnraoy in regard to this side Of the
1lhino, was addressed to IN. Gille, publicistt
aNeatand." For Elk years nothing waa heard oi
il Until It arcu1R To hnYa fnnn into sO1na oua's