Knebel sends Goethe a copy of de Staël’s Réflexions sur le suicide and notes that he has received from Duchess Luise a copy of M.H. Lichtenstein’s Travel in South Africa. He goes on to mention a variety of literary figures and pieces including: Voltaire, the Marquise Du Deffand, Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and the Pentateuch. He concludes by offering news of their friends.