The J^ational Series o f Standard School-Sooks, 



GERMAN. 



A COMPLETE COUESE IN THE 6EEMAU. 



By JAMES H. WORMAN, A. M. 



Worman's Elementary German Grammar ei no 

 Worman's Complete German Grammar . 2 co 



These volumes are designed for intermediate and advanced classes respectively. 

 The bitterness with which they have been attacked, and their extraordinary suc- 

 cess in the face of an unprincipled opposition, are facts whicLhave stamped them 

 as possessing unparalleled merit. 



Though following the sime general method with "Otto" (that of 'Gaspey'). 

 our author differs essentially in its application. He is more practical, more tyji- 

 tematic, more accurate, and besides introduces a number of invaluable features 

 which liave never before been combined in a German grammar. 



Among other things, it may be claimed for Prof. Worman that he has bceo 

 the first to introduce in an American text-book for learning German, a system 

 of analogy and comparison with other languages. Our best teachers are also 

 enthusiastic about his methods of inculcating the art of speaking, of understanding 

 the spoken language, of correct pronunciation ; the sensible and con-s'enient origi' 

 nal classification of nouns (in four declensions), and of irregular verbs, also de- 

 serves much praise. We also note the use of heavy type to indicate etymological 

 changes in the paradigms »nd, in the exercises, the parts which specially illustrate 

 preceding rules. 



Worman's Elementary German Reader, • i so 

 Worman's German Reader i 75 



The finest compilation of classical and standard German Literature ever offered 

 to American students. It embraces, progressively arranged, selections from tlie 

 masterpieces of Goethe, Schiller, Komer, Seume, Uhland, Freiligrath, Heine, 

 SclJegel, Holty, Lenau, Wieland, Herder, Lessing, Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Wiu- 

 kelmann, Humboldt, Ranke, Raunier, Menzel, Gervinus, &c., and contains com- 

 plete Goethe's " IpLigenie," Schiller's "Jungfrau;" also, for instruction in mod- 

 ern conversational German, Benedix's " Eigensinn." 



There are besides. Biographical Sketches of each author contributing, Notes, 

 explanatory and philological (after the text), Grammatical References to aU lead- 

 ing grammars, as well as the editor's own, and an adequate Vocabulary. 



Worman's German Echo l 25 



Consists of exercises in colloquial style entirely in the German, with an ade- 

 quate vocabulary, not only of words but of idioms. The object of the system ("c- 

 Teloped in this work (and its companion volume in the French) is to break up ll.c 

 laborious and tedious habit of translating the thoughts, which is the student's 

 most efi'ectual bar to fluent conversation, and to lead him to think in the language 

 in which he speaks. As the exercises illustrate scenes in actual life, a considera- 

 ble knowledge of the manners and customs of the German pcoplo 13 also acquired 

 from the use of this manual. 



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