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LITERATURE.
aorruE AND SCHILLER.

iefsa " :. wos mnt,n at TINT ttma to veirh
nut u. ,.,m 1ttrrary spuitlcauce. Originally pre-
mea lu ,o.t,,rss for Use In Cornell Uniyers.ty,
pstea s,,tro. hava hare pa,sed Into moro DUR
taese s,', nnssvorthy form. They hpyc sold very
s"e ~ nd bara helpod to Introduce Goethe
afea!, ~. - n,anv vim had ouiv . .n.,,
md Schiller ansm ~ u'""' NJ, W. "a r4.s''
Acquaintance Will lneh'' Ing 13cteu VI 1oclne
and The commentary on Faust arc lar the most
'.....,,nt ~. narts Of the volume. Ono cannot
lnp.aus ,.a,sn hat tho essay on Schiller vas much
htlp 1eelus t',ss ~ s1 ~ 49,. =. V.as nn.a,s.
1eA 4 lspof o. love ", -lo pa.' " wv o:e0'u'
There ID less IN Schillet's lie nnd writings to
.,ou.e enthusiasm, lie vas national poet;
noI nss.h, 20, world-poct. The types OF tho
fosutf were tEau''1o'S' 'a''' - ~: A"''o' e'sA
p,I.
The method Of Tho biographor Is excellent
u. doe. not permit his regard for truth aud
,sd bv nnv nroconcrtvsd thsorv.
eauoot ~ vs. 49,, NJ ac,ounttnr for words ~ No.
Aes not oeat on aceou't'ns ioe "osos Ut ~
uous which, from the nature Of the case, cannot
mrel, b. accounted for. Ho Is content to glse
.s.sl,,tno ,e,tlmonv fairly. aud |caye the reader
"ulssae .s ss~ onn,i,.tnn thot In NAV nr,fer.
to accept any e'ne,ueio" s".s ~ .aas n.e.s.'
Prof Bo5esen has attemp.ca 70 cous1tues eoa"
,I.tent and harmonious life for Goethe; to mako
n. ,to,n and stress period Of creation prepare
~. ~, n.+nro,Iv for The anttouo Grecian ne-
Wv "5 -, ,.conc. HI. scirntitic vnuar.ca with
Hod ana 20 teeouc"e n'a sseatrS .,, "l.n
feel that this effort has been In all respects suc-
rt,.,ul. va accord to the author both siuceri.y
.s's,.i s,-'.t =. ,,.t,,u,., Is M b,, .ttar,t.a
d' ioRc1u's, ~ ns'h ~ 49, ,u..s ~ -. ..,sssss
10 SUPPRESSION; ana nas ho'"neeu "' o''osoeo
fos more ttan II ~ vas y wosIls: .,
0ne merit Of the e6loefapnyLpesnhps the one
for Which It = chlehy femafHaple-ie, lie close
aud r0nsccntlee conneetton Y estnnl'snes ~
tween real incidents ~ !,. 1ostnes % H.e anu @ ,no
xHtnge. OF paris ot Weith1gs, lounaeo upoa
whose private llto nas 9sen M more iMilJ Or ; moro
faithfully embfoideseo' ~ pug: pnonshea WolAa
than uoclhcs, nna yet tae WoFk OF eonneetIng- r..
Of siler sepaiatlnsELlne .Mo nas oe1uuni t uuen
Ntll dooe' bieE.anaete "exa "asteu LUZ aoo nasa III
tMo .oa 1fisslss is f ~ my nayS kept o,' aHS
otnet. Ihe ucfmaa oiogtapnefsG G eene!al} e Mave
illien INTO ne ior1ner effof' asla nj. LeWGs,
among LnaHsn HtHeIs, Ato tno lattes. ., Ht'
bo}ae9s sseps oosa tatGaos tunhaas ' ag.uthst,
sno sans 20 ~! nolu' l'' @s'saaou u IVY ~
double t1e. - ~, -" :. ~ ..u.. 49, :.
5l1oL Boyesen THtss Wit1 muea Iu!lness o.
uoetaeE ana scnl!lers lose-aMaiss, ano
uhap!e 70 sco u INC conAuet ot eltler any oase-
nsts; ,Go Moetnea oeeernon o. .ffisaenke ns'oa
anu Alle nas commonly oecu l1tefpIeteu as
ptst. poyesen 1uatiiles him ia both instances,
oeleSlne mat no SAW no had not INC poWct 70
make the young women happy, nor they 10
Afford him the Kind Of intellectual companion
thIp that bis nature crnved. This, Of courhe, is
plGe Fatalsm, whlcl, u perhaps a. characteristlo
q Prot Bo5esen ~ II vas Of Goethe himself.
duct Ia tho affair Of Lotto and Kcstuer, Buppos-
g tnss !te former n talen u love WIN nm
h must ho sdnittcd throTa nav llrht On ths
.1ufn sr1 ~ ,oo,sua ~ Ae" W to
ihe commentarg on Faust will, bo esteemed
b} many readers only halfway satisfactory.
Thers ts little room for dsagreemeut with what
hsatd In reference to The First Part, tho critt-
dim OK whIcb ia trt,,v admirable. hnt thn a1rnost
uuoussrd .nnrova - tha Secon psrs tt arii hs
fonmn.t ren,scrs Am, hico;, thnsr
~ p.o9 na."s tnsEsoaHnS dsm
Vii ttoi. s.. uo5essas sppfoYai ale elHose as a1na
uubrdgsbe chasm between the two parts yawns
nwiae and d.ep as bofote. Nj. boysson has
hfye 10 Tinuei .tcrds are tsft jamsntinr. M i,us'
though our suthor ,,as rot Ia sucrsrdtd r. brnr.
n4 s we at parts Int unison, hs has at least
70, sxostiag at different stages toward such widely
psryetscd 20 clearly tl,v two motions, Tic autnor
could moi have calcuinted mora accuratclY lie
resultant force and attraction. Il would he
wrong. nowryer ~ ~ no,nt ~. tba o,ror n this
stt,s;.a .t.h, ~ p9nI out ~ ol1os 10 .ns
NJ ~ aa ".t!aout notlclhK auly tne great msilt
~ " Ne commentary On The First Fart The
s1stssseftsaons s.1';s q Mephistopheles ana Mar
e.says eshibI. "' the results sit ot mue sead