IV PREFACE. 



I wish here to express my gratitude to them, also to Professor 

 W. H. Rosenstengel, Professor of German, for valuable sug- 

 gestions and assistance. 



The vocabulary is not intended to be exhaustive. It con- 

 tains merely geographical, scientific and technical words, and 

 such as have a special meaning in the text. 



A list of abbreviations and signs, occurring in the text, 

 precedes the notes. 



MADISON, Wis., SUSAN ADELAIDE STERLING. 



January, 1899. 



