The sun., 1897-08-22
CARLYLE ON G0ETHE's "FAUST.n
An Overlooked Essay. Recently Discovered.
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An Overlooked Essay. Recently Discovered.
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An article bv Thomas Carlyle on Goethe's
"Faus, which "a Of value in tho first place to
those who arc interested in the tudy OF
mental devcInrrncnt md in tho second place
IN s,ndepts NJ Goe,hc has h.cn until now almost
unLnown r.nneorod arst without the name
NJ tho autbo- In the N,,y Eji,buroh R,ri,,r
Ir,nuory.rr;I 1900, aud J.snit, ,bo etrnrts
NJ Carlvle's bioyranhers baa not been nrlnted
slnce then. although comics of the magazine are
now verv rarely ~ be found. For Instance in
Germany. inquiry made last fall at ali the libra.
ri,s failed to show single copv anywhere.
The earlier biographies of CARLYLE do not men,
finn this ar,cIe nj nil and n ia rr,narlable thot
not tn bc fonnd in anv one of the editions Of
CarlvIe's rvorks bitbcrto nuhisbed Even the
othervise =. Ycellcnt editjon Of the "Crjtical and
Miscellaneous Essays in four volumes which
co,,oins al, tb. o,ber scattered es.ava nv Car.
,vla nm Goetbe doxn "a s.o 5oes nnt contain
tbis articlo an that "A re,rint NJ /, may soau,
nccess,rv
Tho renubIication Of this .orpo..on essav was
orjginarv intended .s a ,,tle test;roniol tor
the one bun ,ros.h onniv.rs,ry NJ a. rlvle,s
birth which was celebrated m D.c . 1908 hr
the literary worlI of Grea, Britain and the cdn-
o.tcl c,osses ,bora with ,yorr ,rd ,nusu.I .,
,bust.s,, Tn, cor,.orotio,s of m. univ.rsi,ies
ARRANGED commemorative, cclcbrnt.ons tho
great reviews nrcscnteI to ,hcir readers his
portrait and articles on the work and life NJ tho
sage of Chelsea. as tbev love to call him IN
England; on th lonely grave in the churchyard
OF tho remote Scotch hamlet, Ecclefcchan. n
solemn and impressive ceremony took place.
and his modest dwelling In Cheyne Row was
dedicate ed in lasting remembrance of him as q
Germany took also deep interest in these
celebrations. for the reason that the dead phi.
Iosopher and historian whom they honored in
England was ono OF us. not. indeed, by the acci
dent of BIRTH but by virtue o: the services which
he, a Scotuhman. during all his long life rem.
dcrcd to German philosophy and literature and
to their appreciation IN England. Most OF ALL
he belonged to us by reason of the warm love
with which he was drawn toward the German
manners and ways of thought. But Carlyle did
not b,r. ,o- NO ceruops ,,ororv ,,toros.
NV "'u @ to' u' 'tt' " .''t"'' tnVe'es.
hone. Inc wreath which one Emperor caused
TO be laid upon the tomb of this dead genius WAS
1iven not less IN p,er,orv ~ tho Iifa which h =.
s''' 'o' 'S"' ' AiIeti'''' VI 't'o 40. " 4ien no
wrote OF the great King OF Prussia than OF tho
immeasurable thanks which we owe him for the
scntinnent which Ied IN his nv r,or,bIa ,.t,or to
80 -, ~. ,o 90 ~ .-H' 49,. ~ e''et "
warded by our former Emperor with tho order
"pour L. ncrito"
VI. ~ :. .
heihIlCh Won 1reltscKe' last summer, In his
memorial address given at tho Berlin Cniyer-
sitv. "In Memory of the Great Var" descrihed
" N w '' tooN
IN orlet out most impressive terms the relations
of Carlyle TO the German people and his services
IN ,h.p, Tbes. ..rric.. aro NOT % h. toroot.o
y, ~, - ~ ~ az. ~ e 'oi s''''n
In Germany. and The memory OF them influences
greatly our Judgment OF the English scholar
W. C,rr,rs o,,ho,oh GO ,uuoto,. a, =.
e..Aosn We "ppf''into 'ho
splendid Talents OF Carlyle as writer although
dr..ns ,,hioh o,o. o,,.,,uoI - - -.
e' .,,' "-A01 'n'e |"p'uteu eo inah! EARNEST
stuuious souls OF MIS- nation, and stu in some
degree influence our own pencrstion vouIo
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A' na'e tou"' ooeesion " ousy ourselves 80
years were It not that we have not forgotten
hovord ,ho. ~ os -, ~ - $50
o"u "u"' no was ~ MS own peop'o
what no was TO us and to ours. Tho
bloKrapher of Schiller. the interpreter and apos
~. 90 coo,h. ,h ,,,, =,
80 w n'o''t'"'' VI fte"o'4eh tho
united Germany, one OF the closest students Of
Germ9n ideas and German Individuality OF
thought ami expression. ono true and resolute
friend in tho hour OF danger at Il time when we
had low friends in the outside world. he did in.
deed belong To us.
bor these reasons the sound of the words OF
tho other side of tho Channel on the one hun
dredth anniversary OF the birth OF the dead phi
!osoph%r, did not die away AT tho boundaries OF
the United Kingdom, but were re-cuhoed in all
the lands where tn" German language Is spoken.
thus tho past year brOu1ht important addi-
tions 10 me thrly 10 literal ure In Germany.
which was already large. There appeared tho
hrst colicclion of his social-economiCul writings
IN good German trans alton by r.. Pfannkuche,
with an excellent Introduction by DIR. y. Hcnsel; !;
sisp the profound and comprehensive work Of a
SWISS scholar, lholm Streui, upon Carlyle's
connection with German literature. which, in
almost exhaustiv" completeness, covers tho re-