llent Koerner. The Duke of Weimar
bestows on him the title of Rath. No farther risk for him from
Wuertemberg. At Leipzig, Dresden, Weimar. Settles at last as Professor
in Jena. Marriage and comfortable home: His Father well satisfied, and
joyful of heart. Affectionate Letter to his good Father.
(282.)--Seized with a dangerous affection of the chest. Generous
assistance from Denmark. Joyful visit to his Family, after an absence
of eleven years. Writes a conciliatory Letter to the Duke. Birth of a
Son. The Duke's considerateness for Schiller's Father. The Duke's
death. (286.)--Schiller's delight in his Sisters, Luise and Nanette.
Letter to his Father. Visits Stuttgard. Returns with Wife and Child to
Jena. Assists his Father in publishing the results of his long
experiences of gardens and trees. Beautiful and venerable old age.
(290.)--Thick-coming troubles for the Schiller Family. Death of the
beautiful Nanette in the flower of her years: Dangerous illness of
Luise: The Father bedrid with gout. The poor weakly Mother bears the
whole burden of the household distress. Sister Christophine, now
Reinwald's Wife, hastens to their help. Schiller's anxious sympathy.
His Father's death. Grateful letters to Reinwald and to his poor
Mother. (296.)

HIS MOTHER.

Elizabetha Dorothea Kodweis, born at Marbach, 1733. An unpretending,
soft and dutiful Wife, with the tenderest Mother-heart. A talent for
music and even for poetry. Verses to her Husband. Troubles during the
Seven-Years War. Birth of little Fritz. The Father returns from the
War. Mutual helpfulness, and affectionate care for their children. She
earnestly desires her Son may become a Preacher. His confirmation. Her
disappointment that it was not to be. (p. 300.)--Her joy and care for
him whenever he visited his Home. Her innocent delight at seeing her
Son's name honoured and wondered at. Her anguish and illness at their
long parting. Brighter days for them all. She visits her Son at Jena.
He returns the visit with Wife and Child. Her strength in adversity.
Comfort in her excellent Daughter Christophine. Her Husband's death.
Loving and helpful sympathy from her Son. (307.)--Receives a pension
from the Duke. Removes with Luise to Leonberg. Marriage of Luise.
Happy in her children's love and in their success in life. Her last
illness and death. Letters from Schiller to his Sister Luise and her
kind husband. (318.)