"An enlarged edition of the life of Goethe ... published ... six years gao. That work ... was mainly biographical, and the literary criticism it offer...
"An enlarged edition of the life of Goethe ... published ... six years gao. That work ... was mainly biographical, and the literary criticism it offered was scanty and summary. I welcome the opportunity of supplementing it wirh a fuller treatment of Goethe's writings."--p. xi.