This volume begins with the letters written by Fichte from Berlin immediately after his departure from Jena and reveal his close relationship to he leading figures of the Romantic school: Schleiermacher, Schelling, and the Schlegel brothers. In the case of the correspondence with Schelling, these letters anticipate the conflict that led to the opposing positions of the System of Identity and the Wissenschaftslehre. The turn of the century was also the period in which Fichte was engaged in various project to establish new journals. In addition, these letters provide a glimpse into Fichte's domestic relations.