The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-27
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resurrection Of the stories concerning
,.r .oye> rl GrrnauS'> greatest literary &C.
:. .., may ;"' a lItllr uucracious, but they are
C.t, u'rlc>tlu.. II is said that they began
t.,N III H. toyn1"d. At sixteen be was
o,~r b"ll and caI> in love with a girl named
u....hru. u very humble rank 10 lile-in-
Co. J. Lvr SURROUNDING, hid tainls OF crimi.
Ia'.'t. WHir he WAS at college, both IN
L,}>ic uuj >lla>h0urg. he was engaged IN
-. ,rIl> o. wild amOurs and irolics. In the
M..cl place. be fell in love with the dauSh-
&" Of i ducng.mas!er. subsequently he
bean" acquainted with clergyman at
>,cUhrim who bad two daughters, TO
o." OF "nom Gce:he became engaged,
11I, DIcrd WAS betrothed to her.
Bat when. in Ill, he left the university ne
tore himself away from the young lady ana
speedily forgot her. After his removal 10
Na'zIAr, ana the production OF "Gotz Won
B"fchIDsvn," he fell in love with Charlotte
s'ui!, who was brtrothed to Herr hetsDer.
HIN >hc subsequently married, and Gee ne
vas i0r & time incOnsolable. A young stu
GrL; ulHed Jerusalem, with whom GCe.he
VA, intimate having committed suicide be.
cause Of 4 similar unhappy passion for the
vile. Of one OF bis fIiead>, Goctbe woYe the
"r;,hcr." Two loye.epgagements followed
Ill 4Hrn >uCccS>lon- one with Anna Syblila
AnIc1. and The Other with Anna Elizabeth
Ht'DacmAUcr-immUrtaizc in his works
u2d.r the" "i.ih.' The latter sC ems 70 have
,N1'icl tyrannic4i sway over the poet.
iA.'c H.u have read "Lilfs Mcnagcric" "
y H ;rro.i,c. hj> ludicrous confessions on
hi point. In l77,j GcG:hc went to Weimar
Z 4 f,a 4 nIt- n an
-".rri"rA1rd That charming little city was
H. ho"r. Here" says Krebel, "every-
.""E""l>birp@d bin. especially the women"
liz" !sIr, oi The heart " were literally ln-
1"rta.r, aud few Of them ended merely
wen III" Acayt. The most noted of his
''Ei"il, "rre Niih The Frau Won Stein and
'ai.>.lInr IEl ,in>. Hc had long maintain
'd intimate relations with the former, but as
~ !1l'cr hus, tm Il -on IN 1888 he married
L'i 10 oId 10 tr@i'im!Ze the child. The
EaG Non stein Was lady Of culture aud
H.'c!!"'uc-, taking position III The inquest
'icic> ~ Wcmag, tut the woman whom
''' t hc InirriCd was low and uneducited,
~LH. !nCcrh. had lived rs i domestic in bis
L'">r. t>c be never thought there was
""}'hinS "io"g in these amourS. be
Vas "!rec-IDycr in the trucst sense
tIc "oid, and, luuetd, Jusllned
zee love 10 Que of the most beautifut
hO"h> lhA he Wro'e,-the "WablverwanG-
= hh''ru {" Ei-"live Aflini,,es y in which
'Ae CHARM. and graces of his style are EN-.
I'ycc "a lhc ucsciipti, II ci The Impulse
"b'1t >p'ihg from the collision Of passion
"h' GUY ~ the relations OF marriage. BY
u!c ut." o. the book, and the whole spirit Gi
=, Ar "oult Icpfc,Cnt That sexual afiiuities
ion'" lhc same inC yi,uble law as the chem
va 'liI me-. and tina! humanity struggle.
'.Hphith'tH against the dictates Of nature
.'no me b"ok VA, not mere " "eXperimep,."
=, hlnch "l his literary work was; 1t was tht
-,>u'I OF hiH m4lurcd experience. Indeed
rsr "Hs not able 10 qucnch his amorous pro
psuS'I'r'; at!d When he was past sixty he be
% r''Ac involved in iiason with mere girl.
,,d "uch BIS friends were compelled to put 8
S'0p u by main force.