The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 1

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

WILHELM MEISTER'S APPRENTICESHIP

Volume I

"Wilhelm still held that lovely hand"

Photogravure from a painting by C. Schweninger

The Works of
J. W. von Goethe

With His Life by
GEORGE HENRY LEWES

Edited by
NATHAN HASKELL DOLE

Translations by
SIR WALTER SCOTT, SIR THEODORE MARTIN
JOHN OXENFORD, THOMAS CARLYLE
AND OTHERS

In Fourteen Volumes
Volume I.

PUBLISHED BY

FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO.

LONDON AND BOSTON

Lyceum Edition

Limited to 750 Numbered and
Registered Sets for America

Copy 232

Oxford Press

Contents

	PAGE
Editor's Introduction	vii
To the Reader	xv
Translator's Preface	xix
Book I.	1
Book II.	89
Book III.	175
Book IV.	249

List of Illustrations

	PAGE
"Wilhelm still held that lovely hand" (see page 246)	Frontispiece
"'I look down between the pieces of board'"	22
"'I shall laugh for ever'"	120
"Dost know the land where citrons, lemons, grow?"	177
"He was wont to make them read"	339