Excerpt from An Elementary German Reader in Prose and Verse: With Copious Explanatory Notes and References to the Editors German Grammars, and a Complete Vocabulary It may not be out of place here to state that it has been my endeavor to present in this book only such selections as can be placed in the hands of youth of both sexes without reserve. The Notes and References are placed immediately at the end of the text, before the Vocabulary, instead of at the foot of the page, to which they refer, in order to insure a thorough study of the lesson. The Vocabulary contains not only the words, but also the idiomatic phrases occurring in the text and requiring especial mention. 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.