Märchen und Erzählungen.
Erster Teil.
With vocabulary and questions in Germanon the text
By H. A. Guerber.
Cloth. 163 pages. 60 cents.
Märchen und Erzählungen.
Zweiter Teil.
With vocabulary. Can be used to followthe above or as an independent reader
By H. A. Guerber.
Cloth. 202 pages. 65 cents.
Heath's Modern Language Series
EDITED WITH COMPLETE VOCABULARY
BY
H. A. GUERBER
Zweiter Teil
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
Copyright, 1896,
By H. A. Guerber.
This second part of “Märchen und Erzählungen” is intendedto continue the work begun in the first, and tobridge over the remaining space between German forAmericans and German for Germans. The stories are carefullygraded so as to enlarge the pupils’ vocabulary and tofamiliarize them with many new idioms, while introducingmost of the terms used in the first part.
It is provided with a complete vocabulary, and can hencebe used either as an independent reader, or in the mannerindicated in Part I; but the questions have been omitted, asat this stage teachers prefer to frame their own questions,which they can best adapt to the age and needs of theirpupils.
None of the tales in this little collection are original, butall have been completely rewritten and modified to suit thepurpose for which they are intended. “Der Weihnachtsabend,”“Rosa von Tannenburg,” “Das hölzerne Kreuz,”and “Die Taube,” can be found, related at great length,in Christoph Schmidt’s collection of mediæval tales. “Insicherer Hut” and “Das Neujahrslied” are two of the popularstories of Johanna Spyri, a writer who in Germanliterature holds about the same place as Miss Alcott doeshere.
“Barbarossa” and “Anekdoten” are semi-historical folktales of Germany, “Der Bauer und der Advokat” is a proverb-story,and “Die zehn Feeen,” “Tisch, Sack und Pack,”“Der Lange, der Breite und der Scharfäugige,” and “Rübezahl”are genuine northern fairy-tales from various sources.
In the last tale only—which is by Hoffmann—have I retaineda few sentences of the original, but it has been greatlyshortened to sustain the interest of young readers, whoweary of long descriptions. All these stories can be used toadvantage with more advanced pupils for rapid sight-readingand for reproduction.
The collection of poems at the end of this little volumerepresents the most famous poets of Germany; and while themost usual pieces are not given here, care has been exercisedto select such as can be easily memorized and are suitablefor pupils of all ages.
To sustain the reader’s interest and to secure sufficientincident and action, several mediæval tales have been toldin this volume. They hav