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THE WORKS OF JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

TRANSLATORS THOMAS CARLYLE HENRY W. LONGFELLOW SIR WALTER SCOTT BAYARD TAYLOR EDWARD CHAWNER CHAS. J. SPRAGUE LEOPOLD NOA HENRY DALE JOHN OXENFORD THEODORE MARTIN W. E. AYTOUN E. A. BOWRING A. J. W. MORRISON G. H. LEWES J. S. DWIGHT ANNA SWANWICK THE GOTTINGEN EDITION OF JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE'S WORKS IS LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND COPIES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 976

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GOTTINGEN EDITION AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRUTH AND FICTION RELATING TO MY LIFE JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE TRANSLATED BY JOHN OXENFORD VOLUME I. PHILADELPHIA AND CHICAGO J. H. MOORE AND COMPANY