HERMANN AND DOROTHEA.

Cambridge:

PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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.
Cambridge: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO.

1876.

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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.