Viscount Goschen: The life and times of Georg Joachim Goschen, publisher and printer of Leipzig. Volume 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