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lever in Goethos views o: life, While it contain.
This is conn rmed by this essay on Faust" in
more than one respect. In many passages OF
probation OF Goethe the independence ot
thought of CARLYLE shows itself in an unms.
caFye i ,oSf IN Ts he s he G
fred" controversy. which Is treated at the end Of
this essay. is particularly interesting.
US in regar Ito Faust, which was written in Tho
fall of that year is, therefore, the frst Of long
series OF writings by him devoted wholly to
Goethe. Although II appeared without the
rje,r there can be no doubt that it was written
BY Carlyle. He mentions himself as Its author
in letter to bis brother Alexander in M,inhill
on the 18th OF January, 1922. in the following
words:
After returning from Kirkcady) set to a critt
cism Faust" which the Revietc people were want.
tnS. They have agreed to pass 1T till the next
number, and go on more leisurely. shall send 10
whenever It is printed though 1t will be poor.
beins written on a subject which have never
pressed myself about before, and hence with small
diirculty 1t will he far too sood however, for the
place IT is going to. The dogs have paid me nothing
yet-notLnS but smiles and fair words. which. being
hollow. are worse than none.
Fluge', in the appendix TO his biography Of
Carlyle makes short Cita ions from this essay,
and Streuii. ncknowlotgin the value OF this
first thorn ut Carlyles studies OF Goethe, gives
short account OF its contents.
The moving cause for the writing OF this essay
was ,rlylss ies'ro to attack encrgetically q
publication which SEEM TO him TO be dam.
aging TO ioeth.,s reputation aud e the correct
% an I'M by The % name Of Moses mad r 'p puo
lished in go twenty-sx engraytngs s;teE the
sk of M"r EessGh s5r, of, of sosnss % Om
ton, The title was, Faust: An ANALYSTS Of
S"ethe,s Tragedy Of , Faust, IN Illustration @ % Of
Moses" london lsoo)
These sold SO rapidly that the firm of poosey
I'm I-A-Fl In ba TOLL inc ynar ata
TO TO a9 Ensh PSSs new 'exsS2ok
Rodweli & Martin. ls2l., This is co or!ess
English translation OF fragments OF the, first
sought to be connected and explained by short
prose translations OF the text. All passaEes-
tho thonght to be in Conflict win II M tho lH morals or
tastes OF the sensitive English reader are, OF
GS1urse rnta!g;s.y pre- For !ns5Sn?e sta Bin In
log" are left out with the curt explanation that
10th in concrp'ion and execution they are re.
teriained in this country"
Az inst this ab, urd piece of work Carlyle took
the field. He believed that he could attack it
with more hope OF success by giving his roun:
trymen an accurate ;ccount OF the contents and
parallel lines OF tho Faust" OF Goethe and thar
OF NARROW. which naturally shows Goethe work
plagiarism. which Goethe. TO Carlyles 'cop re-
Sret had in moment % OF jealousy made os!insO
atters of Bryon's Manfred" and GoetheS
Faust"
1t is TO be regretted that the translation OF
Faust which Carlyle at different times
planned to make was never accomplished: but
his deep interest in Faust" continuing for
many years. is shown by all his later writings.
Perhaps in his later work Carlylc's views we're
ripcr and his method OF criticism more accurate.
though on that point opinions may differ. In
any case, this drst work of his on Goethe should
not be left out ot account in any careful consid-
Grafton OF Carlyle's growth and DEVELOPMENT.
RICHARD SCHR0DKR.