, 1873-12-13
RECOLLECTi0NS or WEtMAR.
Tho Ilom CT Of <acctiic, Schiller, Vic.
lnni. and 12ertler-- Tho Two Courts
of u German tsr:lslu Wuchy.

Tho Ilomcz Of Saoctiic, Schiller, Vic.
land, and 12ertler-- Tho Two Court.
Of II German t:rsls,d Ut,chy.
tra'mar tXos 15> tortsspo"4enes er The New l'ore
You have little idea how insignificant Wcimar
is to look nj. You may try to faco down the
first impression by repeating over to yourself,
Schiller. Wieland, aud Hortor, but 1t is OF little
uao. Your ideals will Blrinl away boforo tho
microscopic reality US wildcat railroad bonds
SHRINK III y Wall Btroot panic. But you may ask,
theories OF its matorial grcatnoss p There In no
authority for it. Haa not uootlo liusolf sung:
Petty among the German Princes is certainly my
Hhost anu narrow hia land, etc.
But can only urge, In justification Of my first
Impressions, that IN MI ago with such q strong
drift townrd mntorlallsm as the present ono, tho
human mind will throw overheard sentiment aud
cling to the material point Ut view. Thoro nro
in tue outskirts Of Wonlar ono Or two presenta-
hlo streets, and tho Grand Ducal palace. tho
hfuBoutn building, and ono or two Wins attract
attention; but tho contro, tho nuclcua. what was
NIL OF WeiMnr century nT0. in q crooked little
village Of tho hun,blost pretensionH.
Oil how solo"torturng ID itH payemontl That
OF Home, somewhat famous III the snmo liue,
is soft ID bntterod biscuit in comparison. At
lurol the sole Of genius, but I was dragged
back from my excursion into the ideal in loarn~
ing that century ago genius walked about hers
in tho mud, without any pavement at NIL With
all TINT. cannot bring myself to look upon Tho
pavement Of Weimar as = modorn improvement.
Stumbling along. ono comes to humble abodes
over whoHo doors arc to bo rend tho simple ln~
acriptions. "Horo liyod Schiller" or "Hors
| lived Horucr," or IS Wicanl."
TIE CHANGES or 4 CENTURY.
| On tho border Of tho park Stands Goetle'B
| country house Nhoro he passed Heyen happy
years a house which would now suit very weil
| i. day laborer, but with which a bachelor lilo
Goethe, whoso mind was Ills kingdom, might
| well be contont, especially II tho Grand
Duohcsaas who camo would now, AZ then, bo
mercy over hccr and cold meat, aud 50 away re-
| joiong over the now poem rend to then, from
the frosh manuscript. Smallest aud llumblost
OF all is tho ltt1o back hut in tho parE, which
| QootEo Ind had built in three days rs q part of
| the misc on scono Of u birthday flollc. but
| wlliol, the Granl Duke Charles Augustus took
| for a summer abode. From this little hut,
whoro tho gardopors now keep thoir hoes
| and whcclbarrows tho Duke wrote enthusiastic
! letters about solitude and tho charms Of
bathing by moonlight in tho lin. would
not advise any QUO to rise up from tho
reading Of these letters and walk dlreotly
down to tho Tim II he doaB lo riaks embitter-
| ing Ills existence by tllo shock Of asenclant-
ment. Tho river IL at preasnt q horrible vcgct-
| able brew, but In tho Inherent Of sentiment mud
| all that ii truo and beautiful, hope 1t is tho
dams and the llls that 1nve done it, aud that,
| NJ In the case OF tho streot pavement, things
| wcro Dotter q century ago.
| uoEruE's rARK.
Fortunately, aB in Tint wonderful fairy tao
| whore, just aa you begin TO feel uncomfortable
from eating the dead!iest poison, the autidots
! ia found growing on the next trec. SO here the
beauty OF tho parls Mghtena tho diaappolnt-
| par. is 10 very lovely, aud 60 much moro i'm
| portant feature here than tho town, that ono
Acca at once TITO 1ustncss Of that description OF
| Woimar, which called it 4 'palk with town in
IL tta IT t,pr m N
| tint it was entirely rolaid out by tho Duko aud
Gootllo, mud in itB prosont beauty ID worthy to
| DO classcd, AZ Wioland suggestod among
| OF Goete's passions lie fronts Of it largely III
Ills botanical writings, aud III tho novel, " Elec-
tive Aflinitiog." loye-making aud laying out
| parks 60 hand in llnnd.
THE sTATUAnY.
| Bronze statues Of the four gr1ator ]fgtH Of
| Weimar's frmamont grace 1ts stroeta. Herdor's
stands it, trout Of The church Of which he was 70
| long pastor. Wielana'a alorAH MI open Square
which bears His name. Tho Gootho.scer
| direction they laborcd 10 1nany years III common
| Tho group is by nictscI.ol. Of Dresden. Goethe
stands firmly oroct With land Oh Sohillor's
shoulder and wtth te otlle1 & oilers IT, to % schiller
uscript to which hc has just con1lded Ills
| thoughts, and gazing upward, with ,enl slightly
thrown bacls. aS il the tit wcro still on lin, e with
| the dlsengaged hand coquots with tlle oflored
|
| pushes away and yct accepts tile profforcd honor.
| Goethe ia Represented at about tho age Of 90,
Schiller al 40. Tho group is interesting md the
conception pootic. Schiller IL tho nloBt auoeoas-
| fully doluleAiod. md was natural, for hiH CHAR
acter lel,,s itself moro readily to outward ex-
PRESTON than the scrouo aud tranquil wisdom 1t
Goethe.
| 1oET1tE'a HOME.
Goothes town hoaso--tl,e I,onao presented to
| him OH his return FROM Italy by the ulainl Duke
-furula Ill exception among tho liltnlbla abodes
Of Womar's poots, antl rsos consplcuously
aboyo tho lowly roofs by which 1t il Aur-
| rounded. The upper roomR, Which Goesho
used ~ drawing aud reception roo.ns AFRO let,
| and tito lower hopr Ia occupied by its owtlcra,
Goothos two unmarried grandsons, who keep
thoir grandfathor'a boaloom and study I'M
changed and carefully guarded from the public
oyo. i nm not fund Of going to poets houso
| to sec Ills old clOthos nlltI locks ut hair, which
| ara usi,aliv what his descendants Aaye to show;
but in the case Of donti!o, his houso III SO fa-
| milar to uB from his lettora and flom tho llun-
druds Of books which haye been writlon about
lin and his surroundings, that Join ia tho
regret that IL everywhere oxprosaon In Wot-
mar at itH i,accassibty. The owners louk
upon these rooms With 80 exaggerated raw
erenco that they trent thom III sanctuary;
but this Wow Ia not ut nll in copHoi!a0co with
uoatlso'H oau ideas, for hla whole writings arc
full OF himself, lis thoughts feelings, emotions
aud motives; aud nevor having il, my way el,-
daayoxel to ltda hiR Lie from the public kuowl,