109.

Merck, Johann Heinrich, friend of Goethe, 133;
his character and influence on Goethe, 133-135;
introduces Goethe to the family von la Roche, 155;
his visit to Berlin and return, 162;
one of the editors of the _Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen_, 164, 165;
in _Pater Brey_, 171;
in _Satyros_, 172;
his mordant comment on _Clavigo_, 206;
comes under the spell of Lavater, 224;
meeting with Goethe in Mannheim, 272.

Milan, Archbishop of, orders _Werther_ to be burned, 197.

Muelheim, 231.

Mueller, Chancellor von, quoted, 44;
quoted, 58 note.

Muench, Anna Sibylla, suggests _Clavigo_, 201, 202.

Napoleon, and _Werther_, 192, 193, 199.

Neo-Platonism, 65.

_Neue Lieder_, collection of Goethe's poems written in Leipzig, 49.

_Neue Liebe, neues Leben_, poem of Goethe addressed to Lili Schoenemann,
251.

New Testament, Goethe's study, 59.

Oeser, Friedrich, director of the academy of drawing in Leipzig: his
influence on Goethe, 46, 47;
letters of Goethe to him, 67, 69.

Offenbach on the Main, 266, and note.

Old Testament, Goethe's study of, 16, 17.

_Ossian_, 187, 192, and note.

_Palace of Art_, Tennyson's, 294.

Paracelsus, Goethe's study of him, 64.

Passavant, Reformed Pastor, travels with Goethe in Switzerland, 276;
tradition in his family regarding Goethe, 278 note.

_Pater Brey_, satirical piece by Goethe, 170, 171.

Pfenninger, Heinrich, letter of Goethe to, 223, 224.

Pindar, Goethe's study of, 139, 145.

Plato, Goethe's study of him, 145.

_Poetische Gedanken ueber die Hoellenfahrt Jesu Christi_, early poem of
Goethe, 28.

Pollock, Sir Frederick, on "modern Spinozism," 180 note.

_Prometheus_, fragment of a play by Goethe, 174-180.

Rembrandt, Goethe's study of, 282.

Renan, Ernest, 181 note.

Richardson, Samuel, 156;
his _Clarissa Harlowe_, 188.

Riemer, Goethe's secretary, quoted, 33.

Robinson, Henry Crabb, quoted, 192 note.

Rousseau, 58, 112, 129;
Goethe's opinion of him, 152;
his _Nouvelle Heloise_, 188.

Rumohr, W. von, letter of Goethe to him quoted, 56 note.

Sachs, Hans, Goethe's imitation of, 169, 214.

St. Gothard, pass of, 278.

Salzmann, Dr., Goethe's mentor in Strassburg: his character, 79-81;
letters of Goethe to, 99, 100, 119, 121.

_Satyros_, satirical play by Goethe, 171-173.

Schaffhausen, 275.

Scherer, Edmond, 6;
his estimate of _Goetz von Berlichingen_, 128.

Schlosser, J.G., friend of Goet