was first produced in Paris, in
November, 1831.--_Trans._]
[Footnote 22: B That is, the second act of the second part of "Faust,"
which was not published entire till after Goethe's death.--_Trans._]
[Footnote 23: In the original book this conversation follows immediately
the one of December 21, 1831, and with the remainder of the book is
prefaced thus:--"The following I noted down shortly afterwards (that is,
after they took place) from memory."--Trans.]
[Footnote 24: A distinguished die-cutter in Rome.]
[Footnote 25: Giovanni Hamerani was papal die-cutter from 1675 to 1705.]
[Footnote 26: A C. A. Bottiger had surrendered his position as director
of the Gymnasium of Weimar and had gone to Dresden, while Heinrich Voss
(1779-1822), an enthusiastic young admirer of Goethe, had come to the
gymnasium.]
[Footnote 27: An association of civil officials of Mannheim had
intrusted to Goethe a sum of money to erect a memorial to Count von
Dalberg, but the plan was never carried out.]
[Footnote 28: a Theodor Koerner (1791-1813), at that time a dramatist in
Vienna, and closely connected with the Humboldt family through Wilhelm's
friendship for Christian G. Koerner.]
[Footnote 29: J. H. Voss, although his translation of AEschylus was not
printed until 1826.]
[Footnote 30: Humboldt's translation of the _Agamemnon of AEschylus_.]
[Footnote 31: Voss and his son.]
[Footnote 32: August, who went to Italy, in March, 1830, and died there
eight days after this letter was written.]
[Footnote 33: Schiller died May 9, 1805]
[Footnote 34: By Calderon]
[Footnote 35: Zelter's eldest son had shot himself.]
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