#################################################################### Transcriber’s Notes This e-text is based on the printed version of ‘Goethe and Schiller’s Xenions,’ from 1915. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been retained, but punctuation and typographical errors have been corrected. The footnotes in the preface (pp. 1-22) have been placed below their respective paragraphs. They have been assigned alphabetical symbols ([A]-[C]). Endnotes, which have been placed at the end of the main text, have been arranged by using consecutive numbers ([1]-[23]). #################################################################### GOETHE AND SCHILLER’S XENIONS [Illustration] GOETHE AND SCHILLER’S XENIONS SELECTED AND TRANSLATED BY PAUL CARUS SECOND EDITION CHICAGO LONDON THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO. 1915 COPYRIGHT BY THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY 1915 Motto: “Warum willst du dich von uns allen Und unserer Meinung entfernen?” Ich schreibe nicht euch zu gefallen; Ihr sollt was lernen. -- Goethe. “Why keepest thou aloof? Why lonely Art from our views thou turning?” I do not write to please you only, You must be learning! Table of Contents. PAGE ~The History and Poetical Form of the Xenions~ 1 The History of the Xenions 3 The Elegiac Distich 13 ~Introductory~ 23 Our Purpose 25 Our Method 26 The Distich 27 Boisterous 28 Our Common Fate 29 The Last Martyr 30