J.W. von Goethe Thomas Carlyle and R.D. Boylan Edited by Nathen HaskellDole PREFACE I have carefully collected whatever I have been able to learnof the story of poor Werther， and here present it to you ， knowing thatyou will thank me for it. To his spirit and character you cannot refuseyour admiration and love： to his fate you will not deny your tears. And thou， good soul， who sufferest the same distress as he enduredonce， draw fort from his sorrows； and let this little book be thyfriend， if ， owing to fortune or through thine own fault， thou canstnot find a dearer panion. BOOK I MAY 4. How happy I am that I am gone！ My dear friend ， what a thingis the heart of man ！ To leave you ， from whom I have been inseparable，...
