I have been struggling to understand Augustus von Kotzebue, and the Holy Roman Empire, and how Napoleon affected it, the genealogy of Leopold III, his relationship to the French, English and Spanish monarchies, the influence of the German Romantics on the English ones, the craze for Gothic plays, (What does Edmund mean when he says "A German play, no matter what"?) -- generally regretting my appalling ignorance of the German language and history, and wishing you were here.