Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-14

HAMMER than when at WofS Ai .-- LIE
sg,eetsru Krsuter, remarked that even
a. oId ACE he was the most iI'geht ~ al al
1,nderthe sun. We see these qua IIie9
;iInstTated in the diary. Even "a iboss
i-I,, % ,Ts ne had abuud2ntiy th3J ca-
aoi,v far fakirc trouble which II Lsf-
| 49, test of genius. In 1850 we nLu
Sin, Writing of his dsys being uIy oc--
a,I,li nom morning till night, ana
inv we're full of every variety OI iAtsi-
iacfueI exercise, business Interests ,,
| tietie discussions, disCouises upon norai5
81 y,f,iIssoprv, not excluding amH-e-
! -oent. a. the tbeater, on the ice, ana
-varss lions on poetry sEd the drams
con # er' dinner TDere YVES time ioE
d ant vet everything co"Ii Dc
every MD ~ De, VIII Q the poet was en-
S crossed ii with dry b, 'ail5 OF 5.,..e OF
blaming q royal thea, q n - 80
| philosophy with the duke. -, erF
| room for any amount Of firtR. 60,
even for much serious love n. -, =
Distinguished from other more eph>
erAI characters in these days were tn
poets attachments 10 the Fran Won
| Stein and Corona SChrpter, upon Als re-
Lotions with whom the diary supplies
much information. It also e.ucit-tes
! the various WORKS Of the period produced
by Goethe. and there are brief self
| revelations and reflections flli Of -igr. f.
canoe. Tue disry Of the Wejmar zee
MUS PeriOd"- closed on the fifth o.
March, 1882 and the disrie7 which 20
subsequently continued to write tii 0lA
are kept fast under lock sEf key, aI1 no
one can say when or whether sE aI ihey
will see the light The mCra vs.utu.E
ought the present diary % be to the ad-
mirers OF Goethe. TIE student Of G,e-Ee
will be surprised by nothing so mUc,1
as the frequency ana exceeding tender
ness of the references to Corona SChIg-
ter. At the time he Was writing his
most passionate letters 10 the Frau Won
Stein he was tanning with equal Ceva-
ton the passion Of and for Corona. Ar
ter the earlier months % his resi-
dehce at Weimar have passed it j. Tire
mo. frequently to be met with. He ls
always spending the hGu with CCTars,
and by December y, 1875, ne has dis
covered that Corona is very gs4ut u.-'
After that date she is never aGsgu- from
his diary for any length Of time. Some
times even the Frau Won Stein ami Cor
Ona have been listening an company
to the poets romantic o.tp 1ITilE- lE
moonlight scenes in his cha mug gar
den. He is in ecsiaey st CrrJua's -.-E-
ing IS she plays to him 70 make E Oh.
happy. In another entry We lsva
suggestive sketch in few wur.is OF Goethe
with Frau Won Stein and Corona after
dining with the duke, deysi1.i into
controversy about Raphae', while aa
moon throws its pale hgHE owe, Tie
scene. The entry "With Corona Iu the
evening" is constantly Tecurrir z. -fi-
more frequently do we find IN Gro
- and znnvE fins fr.. Cd. ...I
day in her cOmPauy-"CEO1e den ssG-
zen Tag i'm gsTtsD," o. MI-s-
zu CIonem." The Ign. thrown
on the poets relations are oayi-
Ously of q troubled descTiuU1U though
somehow the Frau Won Sen EE- .r
to tolerate them. Al ether tua- .Ea
poet writes o. his profound teasuE Of
solitude, and away from Weimar %
Helm web" urges him TO return to- his
beautiful garden, his own sheltered nest.
or at Others ne is iu!l OF mUltsutirCr-
thoughts about life and fat, ana enjoy
ment Of the pleasures OF art, not 10
mention the love-ElaEiBg Of tse.lGdsL
shelter. On the tnirty-ii--t o.. Au.usf.
l778, Goethe records the curious feelings
with which he enters o. bis thIu-tH
year, and talks Of the Conss quaut alters
ton in many Of his ''stsIjpO. rt-." Else
where, after recording & conversation
with the grand duke on politics aui
laws, he adds that while Ws are seeking
to remedy irTemediabis evils iu men and
circumstances, we are losing time. and
only make things worse instead Of sc-
cepting the evils Re "Guudst1fU ert
seeking to COunjeTtalauCe them. These
we're the GOstheau ethics through ut
the poets life, The hiehes, fslImglf
the ideal, if we keep our minds cI=sr- is
to perceive Why we Csn -Ey5s real ze De-
In April, 1850, ne tii-d t.,s poet meas
uring his growth, aud 6eclarU- himself
to be Increasing in iHsigt ard Esue.s
for practical life. "Yetr " he al ss6Iv
81 feel like a bird eut5uzIaI IN q snare.
feel that l have wings which cannot
be used" The Goethe Of tine early
WeimaT period was the Goethe Of LITER
life, and the ideGiism o mis- admirers
will not easily reconcile his position TO-.
ward Corona with any theory Of ethics
that will command general respect.