Life of Goethe
Title
Life of Goethe
Text Read
Life of Goethe
Author
Lewes, George Henry
Original Source
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1875. 3rd edition.
Digitized by
HathiTrust
Publication Date
1875
Date(s) of Reading
- 1854-12-[24]
- 1855-01-13
- 1855-02-04
- 1855-02-[15]
- 1855-11-03
- 1879-04-27
- 1879-04-28
- 1879-05-13
Evidence
1854-12-[24]: "Sunday. Read Scherr- Scholasticism, Universities and Roman law. Worked at Spinoza. Walked to the Neue Museum, but failed to get in. Came home and copied Goethe's Discourse on Shakspeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the passage in which he says he cannot presume to say that he thoroughly understands Spinoza. After Coffee read aloud G's M.S. of the Leipsic and beginning of the Strasburg Period. G. finished Lear- sublimely powerful!" Diary 1854-1861 40
1855-01-13: "Saturday 13. Staid at home this evening and read G's M.S. Book 3. Took a little walk under the Linden and afterwards read Twelfth Night." Diary 1854-1861 43
1855-02-04: "4 Sunday. Better. Finished article on Stahr. We walked in the Thiergarten once more. In the evening began Macaulay's History of England. Richard III and G's M.S. on Goethe's scientific labours." Diary 1854-1861 45
1855-02-[15]: "14 (15) Thursday. Worked at article on Vehse. Read G's MS. of Friendship between Schiller and Goethe." Diary 1854-1861 46
1855-11-03: Reviewed in “Life of Goethe” within The Leader, vol. 6, issue 293, pp. 1058-61.
1879-04-27: "Johnnie till 4, Mr. Bowen till 6. Grote on the Sophists - then History of Philosophy to compare. Began Sketch. Life of Goethe." Diary 1879 171
1879-04-28: "News from C. that Eliza had arrived. Went to meet him at Paddington Station and waited half an hour in vain. Read Notes. History of Philosophy. Pollock's Sketch of Clifford. Life of Goethe. Homer." Diary 1879 171-172
1879-05-13: "Wrote. Dante. Received Duncan, Warren and Gardner's Account. Finished reading "Life and Works of Goethe" with great admiration and delight." Diary 1879 173-174
1855-01-13: "Saturday 13. Staid at home this evening and read G's M.S. Book 3. Took a little walk under the Linden and afterwards read Twelfth Night." Diary 1854-1861 43
1855-02-04: "4 Sunday. Better. Finished article on Stahr. We walked in the Thiergarten once more. In the evening began Macaulay's History of England. Richard III and G's M.S. on Goethe's scientific labours." Diary 1854-1861 45
1855-02-[15]: "14 (15) Thursday. Worked at article on Vehse. Read G's MS. of Friendship between Schiller and Goethe." Diary 1854-1861 46
1855-11-03: Reviewed in “Life of Goethe” within The Leader, vol. 6, issue 293, pp. 1058-61.
1879-04-27: "Johnnie till 4, Mr. Bowen till 6. Grote on the Sophists - then History of Philosophy to compare. Began Sketch. Life of Goethe." Diary 1879 171
1879-04-28: "News from C. that Eliza had arrived. Went to meet him at Paddington Station and waited half an hour in vain. Read Notes. History of Philosophy. Pollock's Sketch of Clifford. Life of Goethe. Homer." Diary 1879 171-172
1879-05-13: "Wrote. Dante. Received Duncan, Warren and Gardner's Account. Finished reading "Life and Works of Goethe" with great admiration and delight." Diary 1879 173-174
Citation
Lewes, George Henry, Life of Goethe, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57512