Excerpt from Laokoon: Lessing, Herder, GoetheA remark of Herman Grimm's made twenty years ago (a us den letzten fimf Jahren, p. 60) suggested to Professor Calvin Thomas of Columbia University the preparation of such a book as this, and from Professor Thomas the idea came indirectly to me. To my Harvard colleagues, Pro fessors Kuno Francke, H. C. Bierwirth, E. K. Rand, and G. H. Chase, I am indebted for various kindly services, and particularly to Professor Bierwirth for incisive criticism of my manuscript and painstaking assistance in reading the proofs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.