Goethe

however, at this period as throughout his life embodied in a poetical form, whatever delighted or grieved, pleased or displeased him; in a word, whatever occupied his mind intensely. Several dramatic pieces were also projected by him at this period. He en, went to the University of Strasburg to pursue the study of law a to the wish of his father, but gave in fact more attention to.the study of chemistry and anatomy than to that of law. In 1771 he took the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence and wrote a di ertation on a legal subject. The attention of the public was first attracted to him by his “Gotz von Werther ” ieemmert in 1774, Not long after the publication of “ Werther,” Charles August us, the hereditary Duke of Saxe-Weimar, made the acquaintance of Goethe on a journey and when in 1775 he took the yovernment into his own hands, he invited Goethe to his court.