• 258c.1. Caroline Tischbein to Auguste Böhmer in Jena: Dessau, 8 January 1800 [*]
|756| I can well believe that all of you had great fun on Christmas eve; [1] I wish I could have been there myself . . . The stanza by Schelling is very nice indeed; I would not have believed him to be so gallant; the one he wrote to your mother is also charmant. The little verse by Madam Veith and the one by your dear mother to Wilhelm also greatly pleased us. [2]
Notes
[*] Source: Erich Schmidt, (1913), 756. — See the editorial note to Caroline Tischbein’s letter to Auguste on 2 December 1799 (letter 257b) for the background to this letter. Back.
[1] Concerning Christmas Eve in Jena in the Schlegel household, see Caroline’s letter to Johann Diederich Gries on 27 December 1799 (letter 258). Back.
[2] Dorothea’s verses and Caroline’s to Wilhelm do not seem to have been preserved. Back.
Translation © 2014 Doug Stott