_Urfaust_, The, 287; account of it, 288-293. Ur-Religion, Goethe's conception of, 16. Van Helmont, Goethe's study of him, 64. _Vicar of Wakefield_, 96 note. Voltaire, his criticism of Shakespeare, 70, 181 and note. _Wanderers Sturmlied_, poem by Goethe, 139, 140. _Werther_, 109; analysis of, 186-200; its influence, 196, 199; public opinion regarding it, 196, 197; prohibited in Leipzig and Denmark, 197; burned at Milan, _ib._ Werther, how far he resembled Goethe, 193-195. Wertherism, 199. Werthes, F.A., his description of Goethe, 241. Wetzlar, Goethe's residence there, 143-153; description of, 144; its society, 145; Goethe's flying visit to, 160. Wieland, his translation of Shakespeare, 70; one of Goethe's masters, 70, 71; his description of Goethe, 98; his opinion of _Goetz von Berlichingen_, 129; satirised by Goethe, 173, 174; his _Alceste_, _ib._; letter of Goethe to, 185; his approval of _Clavigo_, 205 note. _Wilhelm Meister_, 21. Winckelmann, influenced by Oeser, 46. _Wilkommen und Abschied_, lyric of Goethe addressed to Friederike Brion, 107, 108. Wordsworth, his remark on Goethe's poetry, 54. Xenophon, Goethe's study of him, 145. Young, Edward, his _Conjectures on Original Composition_: its influence on German literature, 90, 187. Zelter, friend of Goethe, letter of Goethe to him, 193-194. Zimmermann, J.G., his characterisation of Goethe, 283. Zurich, 275; lake of, 276.