Chapter I

of the "Laocoön." Translated by Beasley and Zimmern)

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE--(Born in 1749, died in 1832.)

I On First Reading Shakespeare. (From "Wilhelm Meister." Translated by Thomas Carlyle)

II The Coronation of Joseph II. (From Book XII of the "Autobiography." Translated by John Oxenford)

FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER--(Born in 1759, died in 1808.)

I The Battle of Lutzen. (From the "History of the Thirty Years' War." Translated by A. J. W. Morrison)

II Philip II and the Netherlands. (From the introduction to the "History of the Revolt of the Netherlands." Translated by Morrison)

WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL--(Born in 1767, died in 1845.)

Shakespeare's "Macbeth." (From the "Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature." Translated by John Black, revised by A. J. W. Morrison)

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT--(Born in 1769, died in 1859.)

An Essay on Man. (From his "General Review of Natural Phenomena." in Volume I of "Cosmos." Translated by E. C. Otto and W. S. Dallas)

HEINRICH HEINE--(Born in 1799, died in 1856.)

Reminiscences of Napoleon. (From Chapters VII, VIII and IX of "Travel Pictures." Translated by Francis Storr)

ITALY

1254-1803

MARCO POLO--(Born in 1254, died in 1324.)

A Description of Japan. (From the "Travels.")

DANTE ALIGHIERI--(Born in 1265, died in 1321.)

I That Long Descent Makes No Man Noble. (From Book IV,