THE GERMAN SCHOOL.—PART I. FIRST READING-BOOK; BEING A SELECTION OF GRIMM'S ENTERTAINING WITH NOTES AND DICTIONARY. BY THE REV. DR. H. STEINMETZ. LONDON: DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND. 1858. 275.C.57. ΤΟ THE REV. F. HESSEY, D.C.L., KENSINGTON. MY DEAR SIR, This little book is dedicated to you, as a token of gratitude for the kind interest you have taken in my pursuits and welfare; and also to express my admiration of your eminent and scientific attainments in the German language, literature, and theology. PREFACE. THE object I have in view in publishing this little work, is to furnish a series of easy extracts, which those who are learning German may read at the very commencement of their studies. In my opinion, the study of a foreign language should commence in the simple reading lessons, followed, after a short time, by careful study of the Accidence. As to the Syntax, I believe it can be more easily acquired by a course of reading with a master, than by the usual mode of committing to memory a number of dry, abstract rules. This method, moreover, tends to secure a correct pronunciation, together with a copious supply of words, which the interest attaching to the pieces selected is more likely to impress upon the mind than the mere learning of a string of words and expressions from a vocabulary. To assist the beginner still further in the acquisition and retention of words and phrases, |