, 1876-07-08
"THE SORROWS OF WERTHER. !"

Tho Originate OF Albert anH C1tRrlotte, hnu
f4.nt1,c.x 4 tcnuntntnnce .rt,1, T1,ein
r.s,",. Dr. VIII"
II. =, 3fwnss y, nor. .,...u, . A.,
paey Of salus @ @ tho very nuS pearl % Of thu charming
y,ller If ths ia,trs. that t,or,hr met viii the
'Atss =. ~ e naNee '..a. uoe.no ne. WIN sue
originals u TIC stuFy wf1ich toltd 81 many dis
astrous copies. Beautifully Situated in the midst
of woods, fields, and ricl,pasturo lands, its rs,-
mantle srlltules wcru we'll fitted III tnsutrc
.,,a,,. -,,...i. ~, ,h. d..o,.,, ,...t.,,. - a.,
,.ns a' 1 r.. sa.s y. 'u, ,
afforded a1uple leisure for thu indulgence vi the
rro1ne, Of the tloubs thu inariunry Al frcr,pps.
gii,nt,scs of philosophy III dGep nj Il is bitter,
tho product Of tliscilsch n,ind wl,nse records
6ccqt,e unly TOO palatablo L, tastc ready to be
stimulated by wnrtlsof unnatural and ll,slicnlsby
excitement. It wis In 1779 that johann Wolf
gang Gucthe nrrfyel! at Wetznr.
Tl!e ,arrstso ,; Of M l'ts meetng With charlotte-
tra1t snya ioyis nust i; I,r o, o.av.. W. kc,,
a't s%y1 . " ~, nGen
vatcd, mt poctical; above gil, not tl,r sehtmru-
tn1 girl We fnvu III 'Werthcr,' but sgrHnc,
e,t!,, 1oy9us: Y,s;9hcsrtrd al; ucr,,a masn, s
srrnws,s!: '''''7s'S ia "''e 1'''' pase" w. '"'
wa!.ed across ttio coart 70 wei hnlit house,
aht. aseehdin9 tile night u stops In front, upetcd
LUG a"T 9hu saW psinse mG Tug thnht etafnaiig
IL 70 years o!n were f1n19nlns aiout tne il@li ain
aMftnng as% auy ~ & na.G ~ .',s sss, & wt oveiy
with pink Ribbons. she tetd 9 brow, lnat in her
foana ~ hfoposli9n 70 the!r a9e gnu af'rGtte She
lnnnnpr. Each slalm9nt awaiting hs turn WIN oH!.
trgS"eu thanS"' ''aau n'a "o'S'etouS' s''p''As "s
'"::n 1'hst ooctc should fall ,u1ovcw,tb cborlo,tu
Kcstncr, M is only In Kecpne viii, tilu Romantic:
folly whs as tho tps9 si.' hi; ot taS 'ay T. A.
fpnausS mo oosJ,.. n .lo nsIi aiuLk 1a;a!
Of soiitasdo full y Sarn, ti,at he wns aiu to
| it'd an opf,dftHnstY 0t fushRtE HeadtoHE tMtu q
pussfon wffctcoult only end IN disasier. krat-
tl,c st,,ation' iis owt, Ivnurnlle nI c"nfIt1,";r
o. ,.+':,,u - h"nn.S escnrS,na - =, -, H..
WH9&i, H. "a G "c, on n ~ 'u,tat
.nn nj a,,i !HaGm , "Mp niiGn1
say' sy' e!sser sna Hpia Tat Ito saa @ NV i t'.
tsaft y s 3" f. fslsh %l n,o st,sns It ,sse
retains an ,,'laense ss oyeF H. H. IN r,c,oa on i,
Jouth ~ YEATS VIZ, put ti ~ hnn".eusS M nhu ~
ar .rl alrcny man. =" a. d. rxrsorl"ary ssnius a,
nun oi charactcr, wns l.yro "a hls family bcllosud,
the footsteps q natats aai truth, VA e stui !
li0lncr md PIHdns. lilo had no need 10 study TOT
the saAe Of 2 naintsnsnee.
tnie, lle beea,a acquainted with Lottchen and saw
In her Ills ideal; i'B snw hcr III her oynns hssct,
but was sonn aware tlat this Wan not lIef best so
u learnt TO know ll1r Als' III her doestlc position,
| and, III W0tu, becAnlc icr aAprrr. =. .
| II could nut long. rcn,afn unknown 10 him that
sue eoilu eisn nit , naih.ns W. artG,adSn,p,
caiacenno c'n Of sustS md cIossr acapuntanee
,Sit .nn anothcr. fn4n,nI brtsrun lin, Ind inc tht
Closest Iond Of fsiendehlp. Meanwhile, aIihnHst
be was iorcud 10 roiiouuee all hppu In relation ie
Lottchrn, unl did Frnounco 1t, yet hr c!ald not,
With nli his philosophy unI natural pixie, 70 fn'
master himnelf W complSis!y to ssptcas hls lnc,i
nation ANA tc ans anaiitiea WniSh ,mlght ssant u
nm aansetaas = woh'an, @ Gsngss ~ "hs ',, !"
hi @ % -. rt r. ,,,cnr.n"c rain i,n.m NJ
WI n,atn Hin "a ainrs h"r manner toward Mn. ii
peaee Of mind suffered; tisru wcru many remark
abio scenes, in which Lottchcna behavior height
cncsi my regard for her; and hs also became nlof,
precious to mo a. n friend, but Was often In
anrdly astonlshed thht ioyo can MAKE sneh ntFanEt
ctoathEee even u me ssEo1sest na ~, % ~ ~
,,ynrd tsme"s. % n, IN fhn nm, mn hsrI
hou9gt thst mft,if nj ir In m,,sitiu tn ntak
| f.nttcSen a. hsnny M he woulI H,akc hur. but u,
The ots.sr hand | could not endure ths thought D
losing .lsr. Tho 1attor feeling conquered, and !,
Lottchcn l. hayu never once bcen able to potccly
a shadow Of the hauc coniet'
Tho summer passed away, and then Kcstne
aEuiu writes IN blu dIary:
Sent. 10. l772,-'ro.tlay Dr.. Goethe dtucd VIII
me il, tlu garden. did not know tlet 1t was y.
last time In ths evening Or. tiuetlu ea,!u to III
IsntscAe HaHf. liz. L0ttchcn. anu ! had remark
| ub)d conversation AGOnt the future AtAtcs hbDf