Works Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: calling them echoes of his academic years, an expression which seemed to please him, as marking the point of view from which these youthful productions shoul... more »d be regarded. He then gave me the first eleven numbers of " Kunst und AJterthum," that I might take them with me to Jena, together with the Frankfort critiques as a second task. " It is my wish," said he, " that you should study carefully these numbers, and not only make a general index of contents, but also set down what subjects are not to be looked upon as concluded, that I may thus see at once what threads I have to take up again and spin longer. This will be a great assistance to me, and so far an advantage to you, that, in this practical way, you will more keenly ob- seire and apprehend the import of each particular treatise, than by common perusal, regulated solely by inclination." I found these remarks judicious, and said that I would willingly undertake this labour also. Thurs., June 19.—I was to have gone to Jena to-day; but Goethe yesterday requested earnestly that I would stay till Sunday, and then go by the post. He gave me yesterday the letters of recommendation, and also one for the family of Frommann. " You will enjoy their circle," said he; "I have passed many delightful evenings there. Jean Paul, Tieck, the Schlegels, and all the other distinguished men of Germany, have visited there, and always with delight; and even now it is the union-point of many learned men, artistes, and other persons of note. In a few weeks, write to me at Marienbad, that I may know how you are going on, and how you are pleased with Jena. I have requested my son to visit you there during my absence." I felt very grateful to Goethe for so much care, and was very happy to see that he regarded me as one of his own, an...« less