It would seem, however, that the name 'William' was actually on the title-page of the London edition of 1799 of _Goetz von Berlichingen_.

When Southey heard of the death of Taylor in 1836 he wrote: I was not aware of my old friend's illness, or I should certainly have written to him, to express that unabated regard which I have felt for him eight-and-thirty years, and that hope which I shall ever feel, that we may meet in the higher state of existence.

I have known very few who equalled him in talents--none who had a kinder heart; and there never lived a more dutiful son, or a sincerer friend.
Taylor's many books are now all forgotten.

His translation of Buerger's _Lenore_ one now only recalls by its effect upon Scott; his translation of Lessing's _Nathan the Wise_ has been superseded.

His voluminous _Historic Survey of German Poetry_ only lives through Carlyle's severe review in the _Edinburgh Review_[37] against the many strictures in which Taylor's biographer attempts to defend him.