Vol. 1

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS. 1752-1781 -- CHAPTER II. THE HOME OF THE BOOK-TRADE -- CHAPTER III. AN AUTHORS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. 1781-1785 -- CHAPTER IV. GOSCHEN'S START AS A PUBLISHER--ADVENT OF SCHILLER --BUSINESS AND ROMANCE. 1785 -- CHAPTER V. A BEGINNER'S LIST--SUCCESSFUL, BUT OVERWORKED. 1785-1786 -- CHAPTER VI. A POET-EDITOR--FRESH CLIENTS. MICHAELMAS, 1785, TO EASTER, 1786 -- CHAPTER VII. A VETERAN AUTHOR. 1786 -- CHAPTER VIII. GOETHE. JUNE, 1786--EASTER, 1787 -- CHAPTER IX. THE TWO PARTNERS--SCHILLER BUSY--AN UNPROFITABLE VENTURE--A HEAVY STRAIN. SEPTEMBER, 1786--EASTER, 1787 -- CHAPTER X. PIRATE PUBLISHERS. EASTER, 1787--EASTER, 1788 -- CHAPTER XI. GOETHE'S COLLECTED WORKS--GOSCHEN'S BREACH WITH GOETHE--A LAST CHANCE MISSED. 1787-1791 -- CHAPTER XII. LOVE AND MARRIAGE. 1787-88 -- CHAPTER XIII. SCHILLER AND WEIMAR--UNION OF FORCES--RIVAL PERIODICALS. EASTER, 1787--EASTER, 1788 -- CHAPTER XIV. A FASCINATING FAMILY--RAIDS ON GOSCHEN'S PURSE-- SCHILLER A JENA PROFESSOR--THE PUBLISHER'S PROGRESS. EASTER, 1788--EASTER, 1789 -- CHAPTER XV. GOSCHEN AT BAY--WIELAND--SOME FINE SEED-PLOTS. EASTER, 1789-1791 -- CHAPTER XVI. SCHILLER'S MARRIAGE--THE HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR. 1789-1791 -- CHAPTER XVII. SCHILLER'S TASK-WORK CLOSED--GERMANY AND THE REVOLUTION--LITERARY PROJECTS. 1792-1793 -- CHAPTER XVIII. PERSONAL