the last two acts--Character of Philip--General estimate.


CHAPTER X

Anchored in Thuringia

Weimar in Schiller's time--Renewal of relations with Charlotte von
Kalb--First meeting with Herder and Wieland--Visit to Jena--Pleased with
Weimar--New literary pursuits--Visit to Meiningen and introduction to
the Lengefeld family--Charlotte von Lengefeld--A summer idyl--Awakening
interest in the Greeks--First meeting with Goethe--Appointed professor
at Jena--Bitterness toward Goethe--Love, betrothal and marriage--'The
Gods of Greece'--'The Artists'--'The Ghostseer'--The 'Letters on Don
Carlos'--Review of 'Egmont'--'The Misanthrope'--Translations from
Euripides and other minor writings.


CHAPTER XI

Historical Writings

Schiller's merit as a historian--Genesis of 'The Defection of the
Netherlands'--The author's self-confidence--His readableness--Freedom
the animating idea--Attitude toward past and present--Position as a
historian--Too little regard for the fact--First lecture at
Jena--Influence of Kant--Theory of the Fall--The 'Historical
Memoirs'--Inchoate Romanticism--'History of the Thirty Years'
War'--Skill in narrating--Conception of the war as a struggle for
freedom--View of Gustav Adolf.