Excerpt from German Tales for Beginners: Arranged in a Progressive Order IN publishing these German Tales for Begin ners, it is not my intention to increase the number of me existing Reading Books, which in my opinion is already large enough, at least equal to the demand. I wish to supply by it the wants of that numerous class of students, who are desirous of acquiring the language for the purpose of using it in conversation and who are placed in circumstances, which render it impossible or dificult for them to obtain the assistance of a teacher, possessed of the necessary qualifications for leading them to the attai ament of their object. I am under the impression, that persons of this description will attain their end, when they use these Tales as I have used them in impart ing instruction in the language. 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.