Excerpt from German Studies, Vol. 1: A Complete Course of Instruction in the German Language It has almost become a custom, that the Author of a book, and particularly 'of a new School-book, begins his Pre face with a sort of apology for having dared to increase the great number of similar works. I will not do any such thing. In my Opinion, every work that is presented to the Public, must justify its own appearance, if this is not the case, all excuses and apologies in the Preface are superfluous and generally ridiculous. The number of German Grammars is indeed very great, but I also know that a great many of them are of such a kind, that they must soon fall into oblivion. 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.