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Title: The Life of Friedrich Schiller
Comprehending an Examination of His Works

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Release Date: October 27, 2007 [EBook #23209]

Language: English

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THOMAS CARLYLE'S

COLLECTED WORKS.

LIBRARY EDITION.

_IN THIRTY VOLUMES._

VOL. V.

LIFE OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER.

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED),
11 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

[Illustration:

From a Miniature in the Possession of the Hofdame Fraeulein von Kalb,
in Berlin, taken while Schiller lived with the Koerners in Dresden.

London. Chapman & Hall.]

THE

LIFE OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER

COMPREHENDING

AN EXAMINATION OF HIS WORKS.

BY

THOMAS CARLYLE.

Quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti. VIRGIL.

[1825.]

_WITH SUPPLEMENT OF 1872._

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL (LIMITED).

CONTENTS.

PAGE

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION vii

PART I.
SCHILLER'S YOUTH. (1759-1784) 1

PART II.
FROM HIS SETTLEMENT AT MANNHEIM TO HIS SETTLEMENT AT
JENA. (1784-1790.) 49

PART III.
FROM HIS SETTLEMENT AT JENA TO HIS DEATH. (1790-1805.) 117

SUPPLEMENT OF 1872.
SCHILLER'S PARENTAGE, BOYHOOD, AND YOUTH 241

APPENDIX I.
NO. 1. DANIEL SCHUBART