A Brief History of the German Language With Five Books of the Nibelungenlied

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The increasing attention paid in this country to Teutonic Philology requires the publication of some handbook like the present to set forth the rise and progressive development of the German Language. The scholar will not be content with a knowledge of its present condition and capabilities, but will desire to trace back each of its characteristic qualities to its fountain head; and such a task, while satisfying the philologer, opens up a most instructive chapter of history and civilization. To guide and assist the student in prosecuting his researches in this field of literature is the design and object of this little work. The need of it is especially felt in the Royal University of Ireland, which has adopted the subject as a portion of its regular course in Arts, and requires from all students who take up German a competent acquaintance with Teutonic Philology. In the older Universities of the United Kingdom this subject is also claiming much attention.

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