INDEX.

Aar, the river, Joh. Scherr's illustration of the "Nibelungen
Lied," 96.

"Abderites," romance of Wieland, 309.

"Achillies," work of Göthe, 384.

Achilles, shield of, in Homer's description, 269.

Achim von Arnim, author of "Boy's Wonder-Horn," 149; one
of the Romantic School, 501.

Adolph of Nassau, statue at Speyer, 133.

"Esthetic Prose" of Schiller, 461.

Agamemnon, see plot of "Iphigenia," Homer describes dress

of, 269.

Ahriman, and Mephistopheles, 399.

Albrecht von Scharfenberg, 126.

Alcuin, 11.

Amalie, Duchess of Weimar, connection with Wieland, 307;

with Göthe, 346.

Andersen, Hans Christian, 308, 549.

Animal legends, 98; epic, 100.

Aristophanes, Heine's likeness to, 533.

Arkas, character in "Iphigenia," 391.

Arndt, Ernst Moritz, 483, 500.

Arnold of Brescia, 176.

Arnold, Mathew, on Göthe, 404, 411; explains faults of German

style, 587.

Arthur, legends of, 124.

Aryans, their tongues and migrations, 1.

"Atta Troll," satire of Heine, 526.

Auerbach, Berthold, 549.

Aventinus, 242.

"Balmung," the sword of Siegfried, 24.

Bancroft, Hon. George, American Minister at Berlin, 549.

Banier, 219.

Barbarossa, Hohenstauffen emperor, 17.

Barth, African traveller, 547.

Bauer, Ludwig, on "Nibelungen Lied," 51.

Berkeley, his Idealism, 478.

Berlin, Lessing at, description of, 293; Museum, 563.

Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, 218.

Berthold of Regensburg, 145.

Bettine, friend of Göthe, 343.

Bible, respected by Mastersingers, 159; Luther's manuscript of,
186; translation and circulation of, 187; influence of, upon
Göthe, 338.

Bodmer, discovers "Nibelungen Lied," 52; head of Swiss school
of critics, 247; opponent of Gottsched, 300.

Böhme, mystical writer, 241.

"Book Le Grand," work of Heine, 527.

"Boy's Wonder-Horn" of Achim von Arnim, 149.

Breitinger, critic of Swiss school, 247; on poetry and painting,

266; associate of Bodmer, 300.

"Bride of Messina," play of Schiller, 419, 457.

Brunhild. See "Nibelungen Lied."

Büchner, 547.

Bunsen, discovers spectral analysis, 557.

Bürger, 149, 306.

Buttler, character in Schiller's "Wallenstein," 449.

Byron, Heine's resemblance to, 538.

Canisius, 242.

Carlyle, on "Nibelungen Lied," 50; on Göthe, 371, 402; defence

of obscurity, 570.

Catholic, writers approve Luther, 172; church, power of before

Reformation, 175.

Cervantes, Heine's resemblance to, 533.

Charlotte Buff, friend of Göthe, 341.

"Christmas Song for Children," Luther's, 197.

Cimbri, defeat Papirius Carbo, 2; defeated by Marius, 3.

Cities, rise of, 137; independent spirit of, relation to literature,

138.

Clärchen, heroine of "Egmont," 386.

Claude of Turin, 176.

"Clavigo," play of Göthe, Schiller acts hero, 154, 386.

Clemens Brentano, 501.

Coburg, Luther's sojourn at, 180, 201; portraits at, 209.

"Codex Argenteus," manuscript of Ulfilas, 4.

Coleridge, rejects didactic poetry, 383; influenced by Romantic-

ism, 484.

"Conversations for Freemasons," work of Lessing, 257, 280.

Courts, corruption of, 247.

Court epics, foreign subjects of, 119.

Court poets, distinguished from popular poets, 21.

Cowley, on obscurity, 569.

Dante, Göthe's low opinion of, 358.

Darwin, Göthe in science coördinate with, 408.

Defoe, his "Memoirs of a Cavalier" quoted, 217.
Delaroche, picture of, described, 75.

"Demetrius," play of Hermann Grimm, 554.

De Quincey, on "Style," 577, 586.

Development theory, Göthe's relation to, 367.

"Devil and the Landsknechts," work of Hans Sachs, 164.

Dietlinde. See "Nibelungen Lied."

Dietrich of Berne. See "Nibelungen Lied."

Dominican Monks, 143.

"Don Carlos," play of Schiller, 435.

"Don Quixote," translated by Tieck, 494.

Düsseldorf, Heine at, 527.

"Earthly Paradise," 124.

Eblis, and Mephistopheles, 399.

Eckermann, account of Göthe's body, 362.

Eckhardt, founder of Mystics, 143.

Education in Germany, 560.

"Education of the Human Race," work of Lessing, 257, 285.

"Egmont," play of Göthe, 386.

Eisenach, 129, 201.

Eisleben, birthplace of Luther, 200.

"Elective Affinities," romance of Göthe, 373.

Elizabeth of Hungary, 130.

Emerson, translated into German by Hermann Grimm, 554.

"Emilia Galotti," play of Lessing, 256, 263; compared with
"The Robbers," 431.

Emperors, the statues at Speyer, 132; their characters, 134.

England, Heine's opinion of, 521.

"Ernest von Schwaben," play of Uhland, 503.

"Erwin and Elmire," work of Göthe, 344.

Esslingen, school-master of, 105.

Etzel. See "Nibelungen Lied.”

Euripides, his "Iphigenia" compared with that of Göthe, 390.

Fates, song of, in "Iphigenia," 392.

Faust, inventor of printing, 146.

"Faust," play of Göthe, 393; high estimation, 394; character

and plot, 395; second part, 402.

Ferdinand II., emperor, 207.

Fichte, at Jena, 346; his idealism, 478; relation to the Romantic
School, 483.

"Fiesco," play of Schiller, 431.

Fischart, born at Mainz or Strassburg, 242; as satirist and poet,
243.

Fischer, H., criticism of "Nibelungen Lied,” 53.

Flagellants, 142.

Flemming, Paul, 244.

Fouqué, 500.

Fránce, influence of, in medieval times, 21; in eighteenth cen-
tury, 247.

Frankfort-on-the-Main, 6; birthplace of Göthe, 332; Juden-gasse
of, 506.

"Frauendienst," of Ulrich von Lichtenstein, 111.

Frauenlob, Heinrich, 106, 155.

Frederick the Great, on "Nibelungen Lied," 52, 246; his memo-
rial, 297.

Frederika Brion, loved by Göthe, 336.

Freiligrath, 549, 587.

Freytag, Gustav, his "Pictures from the German Past" quoted,
10, 19, 182; as dramatist, 549.

Friedrich II., emperor, 18; Friedrich, elector palatine, 208;
Friedrich Wilhelm I., 246.

Fritsche Closener, 142.

Frivolous writers, 481.

"Frut." See "Gudrun.”

Fulda, early literary activity at, 15.

Gautier, Theophile, describes Heine, 524.

Geiler von Kaisersberg, 145.

Geoffrey of Monmouth, 127.

Gerhardt, 244.

Gerlint. See "Gudrun."