GOETHE'S HERMANN AND DOROTHEA. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. BY WILHELM WAGNER, PH. D. PROFESSOR AT THE JOHANNEUM, HAMBURG. EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. Cambridge: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. London: CAMBRIDGE WAREHOUSE, 17, PATERNOSTER Row. 1876. [All Rights reserved.] 28853f.4 PREFACE. THE present Edition of Goethe's well-known poem has been a labour of love; and indeed it is impossible that a German should prepare a commentary upon this gem of his national literature but with feelings of the greatest reverence and admiration for so great and yet so simple a work of art. The Editor has consulted most of the literature which has gradually gathered around this poem, and hopes to have given a digest of the labours of the German commentators in a form acceptable to the English reader. HAMBURG, November 17, 1875. |