Excerpt from A Practical Grammar of the German Language The language, of which this grammar contains the practical rules, is frequently designated by the name of the High Ger man. This epithet was originally applied to the language in order to distinguish it from the Low German, which compre hends all those dialects, which are spoken in the level coun tries of the north of Germany. But as the language, which is called the High German, differs from the dialects of the south of Germany, as well as from those of the north, this name is now applied exclusively to that general language, which is spoken and written by all wellbred Germans. Accordingly it is more properly called the German language, without any other epithet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.