Excerpt from Goethe's Hermann Und Dorothea: With Introduction and Notes As regards the state of the text, it can perhaps be said without presumption that the present one is more free from outside intrusions than any which has appeared since Goethe undertook the revision of the poem. It has been my good fortune to enter into the fruits of the elaborate studies upon the text made for some years by Professor Hewett, and to have his results placed fully at my disposal. The Schneider collection of original editions of the German classics, recently acquired by the Northwestern University, has also supplied invaluable original materials for this purpose. In orthography and punctuation, modern rules have been applied: in this, as in countless other ways, I have had much help from Professor Hewett's monumental edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.