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SELECTIONS 
 
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 German Prose Composition 
 
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 AND A COMPLETE VOCABULARY 
 
 BY 
 HORATIO S. WHITE 
 
 PROFESSOR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 
 IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
 
 Boston 
 
 ALLYN AND BACON 
 1891 
 
IN MEMORIAM 
 
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 Copyright, 1889, 
 By Allyn and Bacon 
 
 Mnftetsftg Press: 
 
 John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 THIS manual may be used by students of German 
 who have finished the grammar, and have had some 
 preliminary practice in translating German into Eng- 
 lish and English into German. In other words, it 
 has been planned for students who have completed 
 about one year of study in school or college, as well 
 as for those who have reached a more advanced 
 stage of preparation. 
 
 The editor has had some hesitation in launching a 
 book of this kind, which was originally undertaken — 
 before the appearance of the excellent " Selections " 
 of Professor Harris and Mr. Fasnacht, or the an- 
 nouncement of Professor von Jagemann's forthcoming 
 manual — with the design of partially filling what 
 was then an apparent lacuna. Even now it may 
 at least represent another variety of treatment of 
 the subject. He desires, therefore, to anticipate if 
 not entirely to meet some probable inquiries or 
 objections. 
 
 926582 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 The selections have been made with the view of 
 interesting the student in their substance, and 
 accordingly contain many references to German 
 literature and life. The number of selections is 
 small, from the belief that the student will be as 
 much attracted to his work by following a connected 
 narrative as by dealing with isolated sentences, 
 whose difficulty is perhaps not diminished by such 
 isolation. 
 
 Authors have been chosen whose style is simple 
 and fresh, rather than formal or elaborate. The 
 eighth extract, however, affords an opportunity 
 for reproducing the structure of involved German 
 periods ; while the ninth selection may be satisfac- 
 tory to those who prefer broken sentences and 
 the staccato manner. The tenth extract, which with 
 a brief introduction would form a little drama by 
 itself, was chosen, in spite of its age, for practice in 
 dialogue; and the eleventh and twelfth selections 
 present specimens of an admirable and natural 
 epistolary style. 
 
 The vocabulary has been made as comprehensive 
 as possible, and is supplemented by a variety of 
 renderings and suggestions in the notes. The chief 
 stress is thus laid upon practice in framing properly 
 German sentences, and the acquisition of a vocabu- 
 lary has been subordinated to accuracy of syntax. 
 It has seemed to the editor unnecessary to include 
 
PREFACE. v 
 
 any grammatical references, as many of the difficult 
 points in translation are solved by the notes and 
 vocabulary. Among the principal perplexities which 
 students meet may be mentioned the choice of the 
 proper prepositions to use with verbs or with nouns, 
 the position of the verb (auxiliary, infinitive, parti- 
 ciple, etc.) in relation to its subject, and the order 
 and arrangement of words in the phrase or clause, 
 and of phrase or clause in the sentence or period. 
 It is the office of the teacher to explain and illustrate 
 these usages, an office which could only partially be 
 fulfilled by even the bulkiest commentary; and in 
 prose composition more depends, after all, upon the 
 skill and training of the instructor than in almost 
 any other branch of language teaching. 
 
 The vocabulary has been derived from several 
 sources. The editor has made a translation of the 
 whole work, and has utilized whatever other transla- 
 tions of special selections were available, in order 
 that the vocabulary might be not only fairly com- 
 plete, but accurate and varied. Valuable assistance 
 has also been received from Dr. Martin Krummacher 
 of Cassel, a descendant of the well-known fabulist, 
 and himself the author of numerous skillful and 
 elegant translations from English into German. 
 By his hand was furnished the principal part of the 
 vocabulary for Nos. I., III., VIII., XI. V. and VL, 
 and XII. I., and he has contributed various felicitous 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 suggestions to the notes, which he has kindly ex- 
 amined. 
 
 Some hints to teachers in the form of a short 
 bibliography of helps for instruction or for self- 
 preparation will be found at the beginning of the 
 notes. 
 
 For the privilege of using selections from various 
 copyright editions, the publishers and editor desire to 
 express their obligations to Messrs. Charles Scrib 
 ner's Sons for No. VII., to Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. 
 for No. IX., to Mr. Charles Dudley Warner for Nos. 
 I. and III., to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes for No. 
 VIII., and to the executors of John Lothrop Motley 
 for No XI. The passages from the " Life and Let- 
 ters of Bayard Taylor" are used by special arrange- 
 ment with Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 
 
 HORATIO S. WHITE. 
 Ithaca, N. Y. 
 August, 1 891. 
 
SELECTIONS 
 
 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
SELECTIONS FOR 
 
 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 HEIDELfiE&G: 
 
 T F you come to Heidelberg, you will never want to go 
 away. To arrive here is to come into a peaceful 
 state of rest and content. The great hills out of which 
 the Neckar flows infold the town in a sweet security ; and 
 yet there is no sense of imprisonment, for the view is 5 
 always wide open to the great plains where the Neckar 
 goes to join the Rhine, and where the Rhine runs for 
 many a league through a rich and smiling land. One 
 could settle down here to study, without a desire to go 
 farther, nor any wish to change the dingy, shabby old 10 
 buildings of the university for anything newer and smarter. 
 What the students can find to fight their little duels about 
 I cannot see ; but fight they do, as many a scarred cheek 
 attests. The students give life to the town. / They go 
 about in little caps of red, green, and blue, many of them 15 
 embroidered in gold, and stuck so far on the forehead 
 that they require an elastic, like that worn by ladies, 
 
4 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 under the back hair, to keep them on ; and they are also 
 distinguished by colored ribbons across the breast. J The 
 majority of them are wellrbehaved young gentlemen, who 
 carry switch canes, and try to keep near the fashions, like 
 
 5 students at home. Some like to swagger about in their 
 little skull-caps, and now and then one is attended by a 
 bull-dog.' 
 
 I write in a room which opens out upon a balcony. 
 Below it is a garden, below that foliage, and farther down 
 
 i o the town with its ohi speckled roofs, spires, and queer 
 
 little squares. Beyond is the Neckar, with the bridge 
 
 /and white statues on it, and an old city gate at this end, 
 
 with pointed towers. Beyond that is a white road with 
 
 a wall on one side, along which I see peasant women 
 
 15 walking with large baskets balanced on their heads. \ The 
 road runs down the river to Neuenheim. Above it on 
 the steep hillside are vineyards ; and a winding path goes 
 up to the Philosopher's Walk, which runs along for a mile 
 or more, giving delightful views of the castle and the 
 
 20 glorious woods and the hills back of it. Above it is the 
 mountain of Heiligenberg, from the other side of which 
 one looks off towards Darmstadt and the famous road, 
 the Bergstrasse. / If I look down the stream, I see the 
 narrow town, and the Neckar flowing out of it into the 
 
 25 vast level plain, rich with grain and trees and grass, with 
 many spires and villages j Mannheim to the northward, 
 shining when the sun is low ; the Rhine gleaming here 
 and there near the horizon ; and the Vosges Mountains, 
 purple in the last distance ;) on my right, and so near that 
 
 30 I could throw a stone into them, the ruined tower and 
 
HEIDELBERG. 5 
 
 battlements of the northwest corner of the castle, half 
 hidden in foliage, with statues framed in ivy, and the 
 garden terrace, built for Elizabeth Stuart when she came 
 here the bride of the Elector Frederick, where giant trees 
 grow. Under the walls a steep path goes down into the 5 
 town, along which little houses cling to the hillside. -*High 
 above the castle rises the noble Konigsstuhl, whence the 
 whole of this part of Germany is visible, and, in a clear 
 day, Strasburg Minster, ninety miles away. * 
 
 I have only to go a few steps up a narrow, steep street, 10 
 lined with the queerest houses, where is an ever-running 
 pipe of good water, to which all the neighborhood resorts, 
 and I am within the grounds of the castle. I scarcely 
 know where to take you ; for I never know where to go 
 myself, and seldom do go where I intend when I set 15 
 forth. ^ We have been here several days ; and I have not 
 yet seen the Great Tun, nor the inside of the show-rooms, 
 nor scarcely anything that is set down as a " sight."l I 
 do not know whether to wander on through the extensive 
 grounds, with splendid trees, bits, of old ruin, overgrown, 20 
 cosy nooks, and seats where, through the foliage, distant 
 prospects open into quiet retreats that lead to winding 
 walks up the terraced hill, round to the open terrace over- 
 looking the Neckar, and giving the best general view of 
 the great mass of ruinsJ If we do, we shall be likely to 25 
 sit in some delicious place, listening to the band playing 
 in the " Restauration," and to the nightingales, till the 
 moon comes up. Or shall we turn into the garden 
 through the lovely Arch of the Princess Elizabeth, with 
 its stone columns cut to resemble tree trunks twined with 30 
 
6 GERMAN PROSE. COMPOSITION. 
 
 ivy ? J Or go rather through the great archway, and under 
 the teeth of the portcullis, into the irregular quadrangle> 
 whose buildings mark the changing style and fortune of 
 successive centuries, from 1300 down to the seventeenth 
 
 5 century? There is probably no richer quadrangle in 
 Europe ; there is certainly no other ruin so vast, so im- 
 pressive, so ornamented with carving, except the Alham- 
 bra. \ And from here we pass out upon the broad terrace 
 of masonry, with a splendid flanking octagon tower, its 
 
 10 base hidden in trees, a rich facade for a background, and 
 below the town, the river, and beyond the plain and 
 floods of golden sunlight. What shall we do? Sit and 
 dream in the Rent Tower under the lindens that grow on 
 its top ? The day passes while one is deciding how to 
 
 15 spend it K and the sun over Heiligenberg goes down on 
 his purpose. \ 
 &v*^«**n<£*^*"*'*^ From Saunterings, by 
 
 Charles Dudley Warner. 
 
II. 
 
 A BEER-SCANDAL. 
 
 /~\N their way homeward, Flemming and the Baron 
 passed through a narrow lane, in which was a well- 
 known Studenten-Kneipe. At the door stood a young 
 man, whom the Baron at once recognized as his friend 
 Von Kleist. He was a student ; and universally acknowl- 5 
 edged, among his young acquaintance, as a " devilish 
 handsome fellow," ~ 'thstanding a tremendous scar on 
 his cheek, and a cream-colored mustache as soft as the 
 silk of Indian corn. In short, he was a renowner, and a 
 duellist. 'o 
 
 "What are you doing here, Von Kleist? " 
 " Ah, my dear Baron ? Is it you ? Come in ; come 
 in. You shall see some sport. A Fox-Commerce is on 
 foot, and a regular Beer-Scandal." 
 
 " Shall we go in, Flemming? " ** 
 
 " Certainly. I should like to see how these things are 
 managed in Heidelberg. You are a baron and I am a 
 stranger. It is of no consequence what you and I do, as 
 the king's fool Angeli said to the poet Bautru, urging him 
 to put on his hat at the royal dinner-table." 20 
 
 William Lilly, the Astrologer, says in his Autobiography, 
 that, when he was committed to the guard-room in White- 
 
8 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 hall, he thought himself in hell ; for u some were sleeping, 
 others swearing, others smoking tobacco ; and in the chim- 
 ney of the room there were two bushels of broken tobacco- 
 pipes, and almost half a load of ashes." What he would 
 
 5 have thought, if he had peeped into this Heidelberg Stu- 
 denten-Kneipe, I know not. He certainly would not 
 have thought himself in heaven ; unless it were a Scan- 
 dinavian heaven. The windows were open ; and yet so 
 dense was the atmosphere with the smoke of tobacco and 
 
 10 the fumes of beer, that the tallow candles burned but 
 dimly. A crowd of students were sitting at three long 
 tables, in the large hall; a medley of fellows, known at 
 German universities under the cant names of Old-Ones, 
 Mossy-Heads, Princes of Twilight, and Pomatum- Stallions. 
 
 15 They were smoking, drinking, singing, screaming, and 
 discussing the great Laws of the Broad-Stone and 
 the Gutter. They had a great deal to say, like- 
 wise, about Besens, and Zobels, and Poussades ; and, 
 if they had been charged for the noise they made, 
 
 20 as travellers used to be in the old Dutch taverns, they 
 would have, a longer bill to pay for that than for their 
 beer. 
 
 In a large arm-chair, upon the middle table, sat one 
 of those distinguished individuals known among Ger- 
 
 25 man students as a Senior, or Leader of a Landsmann- 
 schaft. He was booted and spurred, and wore a 
 very small crimson cap, and a very tight blue jacket, 
 and very long hair, and a very dirty shirt. He was 
 President of the night j and, as Flemming entered the 
 
 30 hall with the Baron and his friend, striking upon the 
 
A BEER-SCANDAL. 9 
 
 table with a mighty broadsword, he cried in a loud 
 voice : — 
 
 " Silentium ! " 
 
 At the same moment, a door at the end of the hall was 
 thrown open, and a procession of new-comers, or Nasty- 5 
 Foxes, as they are called in the college dialect, entered 
 two by two, looking wild, and green, and foolish. As 
 they came forward, they were obliged to pass under a 
 pair of naked swords, held crosswise by two Old-Ones, 
 who, with pieces of burnt cork, made an enormous pair 10 
 of mustaches on the smooth rosy cheeks of each, as 
 he passed beneath this arch of triumph. While the 
 procession was entering the hall, the President lifted 
 up his voice again, and began to sing the well-known 
 Fox-song, in the chorus of which all present joined 15 
 lustily. . . . 
 
 At length the song was finished. Meanwhile large tufts 
 and strips of paper had been twisted into the hair of the 
 Branders, as those are called who have been already one 
 term at the University, and then at a given signal were 20 
 set on fire, and the Branders rode round the table on 
 chairs amid roars of laughter. When this ceremony was 
 completed, the President rose, and in a solemn voice pro- 
 nounced a long discourse, in which old college jokes were 
 mingled with much parental advice to young men on en- 25 
 tering life, and the whole was profusely garnished with 
 select passages from the Old Testament. Then they all 
 seated themselves at the table and the heavy beer-drink- 
 ing set in, as among the Gods and Heroes of the old 
 Northern mythology. 30 
 
IO GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 " Brander ! Brander ! " screamed a youth whose face 
 was hot and flushed with supper and with beer ; " Brander, 
 I say ! Thou art a Doctor ! No, — a Pope ; — thou art 
 a Pope, by — ! " 
 5 These words were addressed to a pale, quiet-looking 
 person, who sat opposite, and was busy in making a 
 wretched shaved poodle sit on his hind legs in a chair, 
 by his master's side, and hold a short clay pipe in his 
 mouth, — a performance to which the poodle seemed 
 io nowise inclined. 
 
 " Thou art challenged ! " replied the pale student, 
 turning from his dog, who dropped the pipe from his 
 mouth, and leaped under the table. 
 
 Seconds were chosen on the spot ; and the arms or- 
 15 dered ; namely, six mighty goblets or Bassglaser, filled 
 to the brim with foaming beer. Three were placed before 
 each duellist. 
 
 "Take your weapons!" cried one of the seconds, 
 and each of the combatants seized a goblet in his 
 20 hand. 
 
 "Strike ! " 
 
 And the glasses rang, with a salutation like the crossing 
 of swords. 
 
 " Set to ! " 
 25 Each set the goblet to his lips. 
 
 " Out ! " 
 
 And each poured the contents down his throat, as if he 
 
 were pouring them through a tunnel into a beer-barrel. 
 
 The other two glasses followed in quick succession, hardly 
 
 30 a long breath drawn between. The pale student was vie- 
 
A BEER-SCANDAL. II 
 
 torious. He was first to drain the third goblet. He held 
 it for a moment inverted, to let the last drops fall out, 
 and then, placing it quietly on the table, looked his an- 
 tagonist in the face, and said, — 
 
 « Hit ! " 5 
 
 Then, with the greatest coolness, looking under the table, 
 he whistled for his dog. His antagonist stopped mid- 
 way in his third glass. Every vein in his forehead 
 seemed bursting; his eyes were wild and bloodshot, 
 his hand gradually loosened its hold upon the table, 10 
 and he sank and rolled together like a sheet of lead. 
 He was drunk. 
 
 At this moment a majestic figure came stalking down 
 the table, ghost-like, through the dim, smoky atmosphere. 
 His coat was off, his neck bare, his hair wild, his eyes 15 
 wide open, and looking straight before him, as if he saw 
 some beckoning hand in the air, that others could not 
 see. His left hand was upon his hip, and in his right 
 he held a drawn sword extended, and pointing down- 
 ward. Regardless of every one, erect, and with a martial 20 
 stride, he marched directly along the centre of the table, 
 crushing glasses and overthrowing bottles at every step. 
 The students shrank back at his approach ; till at length 
 one more intoxicated, or more courageous, than the rest, 
 dashed a glass full of beer into his face. A general tu- 25 
 mult ensued, and the student with the sword leaped to 
 the floor. It was Von Kleist. He was renowning it. In 
 the midst of the uproar could be distinguished the offen- 
 sive words : — 
 
 "Arrogant ! Absurd ! Impertinent ! Dummer Junge ! " 30 
 
12 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Von Kleist went home that night with no less than six 
 
 duels on his hands. He fought them all out in as many 
 
 days ; and came off with only a gash through his upper 
 
 lip and another through his right eyelid from a dexterous 
 
 5 Suabian Schlager. 
 
 From Hyperion, by 
 Henry Wadswqrth Longfellow. 
 
III. 
 
 THE MAN WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH. 
 
 T T was eleven o'clock at night when we reached Sion, 
 a dirty little town at the end of the Rhone-Valley 
 Railway, and got into the omnibus i for the hotel ; and it 
 was also dark and rainy. They speak German in this part 
 of Switzerland, or what is called German. There were 5 
 two very pleasant Americans who spoke American, going 
 on in the diligence at half past five in the morning, on 
 their way over the Simplon. One of them was accus- 
 tomed to speak good, broad English very distinctly to all 
 races ; and he seemed to expect that he must be under- 10 
 stood if he repeated his observations in a louder tone, as kUv**^ 
 he always did. I think he would force all this country to 
 speak English in two months. We all desired to secure 
 places in the diligence, which was likely to be full j as is ** — 
 usually the case when a railway discharges itself into a 15 
 postroad. 
 
 We were scarcely in the omnibus when the gentleman 
 said to the conductor, — 
 
 " I want two places in the coupe! of the diligence in the 
 morning. Can I have them?" 20 
 
 "Yah," replied the good-natured German, who didn't 
 understand a word. 
 
14 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 "Two places, diligence, coupe*, morning. Is it full? " 
 
 M Yah," replied the accommodating fellow. " Hotel 
 man spik English." 
 
 I suggested the banquette as desirable, if it could be 
 5 obtained, and the German was equally willing to give it 
 to us. Descending from the omnibus at the hotel, in a 
 drizzling rain, and amidst a crowd of porters and postil- 
 ions and runners, the " man who spoke English" immedi- 
 ately presented himself; and upon him the American 
 10 pounced with a torrent of questions. He was a willing 
 lively little waiter, with his moony face on the top of his 
 head ; and he jumped round in the rain like a parching 
 pea, rolling his head about in the funniest manner. 
 
 The American steadied the little man by the collar, 
 15 and began, — 
 
 " I want to secure two seats in the coupe of the dili- 
 gence in the morning." 
 
 " Yaas, " jumping round, and looking from one to 
 another. " Diligence, coup£, morning." 
 20 "I — want — two seats — in — coupe. If I can't 
 get them, two — in — banquette." 
 
 " Yaas — banquette, coupe\ — yaas, diligence. " 
 
 " Do you understand ? Two seats, diligence, Simplon, 
 morning. Will you get them? " 
 25 " Oh yaas, morning, diligence. Yaas, sirr." 
 
 " Hang the fellow ! Where is the office? " And the 
 gentleman left the spry little waiter bobbing about in the 
 middle of the street, speaking English, but probably com- 
 prehending nothing that was said to him. I inquired the 
 30 way to the office of the conductor : it was closed, but would 
 
THE MAN WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH 15 
 
 soon be open, and I waited ; and at length the official, a 
 stout Frenchman, appeared, and I secured places in the in- 
 terior, the only ones to be had to Visp. I had seen a dili- 
 gence at the door with three places in the coupe and one 
 perched behind \ no banquette. The office is brightly 5 
 lighted \ people are waiting to secure places ; there is the 
 usual crowd of loafers, men and women, and the French- 
 man sits at his desk. Enter the American. 
 
 " I want two places in coupe, in the morning. Or 
 banquette. Two places, diligence." The official waves 10 
 him off and says something. 
 
 " What does he say? " 
 
 " He tells you to sit down on that bench till he is 
 ready." 
 
 Soon the Frenchman has run over his big way-bills, 15 
 and turns to us. 
 
 " I want two places in the diligence, coupeY' etc., says 
 the American. 
 
 This remark being lost on the official, I explain to him 
 as well as I can what is wanted, — at first, two places in 20 
 the coupe\ 
 
 " One is taken," is his reply. 
 
 " The gentleman will take two, " I said, having in mind 
 the diligence in the yard, with three places in the coupe. 
 
 " One is taken," he repeats. 25 
 
 " Then the gentleman will take the other two." 
 
 " One is taken," he cries, jumping up and smiting the 
 table, — " one is taken, I tell you." 
 
 " How many are there in the coup£? " 
 
 "Two." 30 
 
1 6 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 " Oh, then the gentleman will take the one remaining 
 in the coup£, and the one on top." 
 
 So it is arranged. When I come back to the hotel, 
 the Americans are explaining to the lively waiter " who 
 
 5 speaks English " that they are to go in the diligence at 
 half-past five, and that they are to be called at half-past 
 four and have breakfast. He knows all about it, — " Dili- 
 gence, half- past four, breakfast. Oh, yaas ! " While I 
 have been at the diligence office, my companions have 
 
 10 secured rooms and gone to them ; and I ask the waiter 
 to show me to my room. First, however, I tell him that 
 we three, two ladies and myself, who came together, are 
 going in the diligence at half-past five, and want to be 
 called and have breakfast. Did he comprehend? 
 
 15 "Yaas," rolling his face about on the top of his head 
 violently. " You three gentlemen want breakfast. What 
 you have? " 
 
 I had told him before what we would have, and now I 
 gave up all hope of keeping our party separate in his 
 
 20 mind ; so I said, — 
 
 " Five persons want breakfast at five o'clock. Five 
 persons, five hours. Call all of them at half- past four." 
 And I repeated it, and made him repeat it in English and 
 French. He then insisted on putting me into the room 
 
 25 of one of the American gentlemen ; and then he knocked 
 at the door of a lady, who cried out in indignation at 
 being disturbed ; and, finally, I found my room. At the 
 door I reiterated the instructions for the morning ; and 
 he cheerfully bade me good-night. But he almost im- 
 
 30 mediately came back, and poked in his head with, — 
 
THE MAN WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH \J 
 
 " Is you go by de diligence? " 
 
 M Yes, you stupid." 
 
 In the morning one of our party was called at half-past 
 three, and saved the rest of us from a like fate ; and we 
 were not aroused at all, but woke time enough to get 5 
 down and find the diligence nearly ready, and no break 
 fast, but " the man who spoke English " as lively as ever. 
 And we had a breakfast brought out, so filthy in all res- 
 pects that nobody could eat it. Fortunately, there was 
 not time to seriously try ; but we paid for it and de- 10 
 parted. The two American gentlemen sat in front of the 
 house waiting. The lively waiter had called them at half- 
 past three, — for the railway train, instead of the dili- 
 gence ; and they had their wretched breakfast early. 
 They will remember the funny adventure with " the man 15 
 who speaks English," and, no doubt, unite with us in 
 warmly commending the Hotel d'Or at Sion as the 
 nastiest inn in Switzerland. 
 
 From Saunterings, by 
 Charles Dudley Warner. 
 
IV. 
 
 MARTIN LUTHER. 
 
 1VT O man has ever arisen in the German nation, or in 
 
 any other nation, who was able to speak to his 
 
 whole people with such weight as Luther. Never has a 
 
 writer attained so great and so direct results with his 
 
 5 writings as Luther. Never has a professor so thoroughly 
 renounced any pedantic superiority as Luther. The doc- 
 tor of theology called into existence the German public 
 school. J The exalted peasant's son put into the hands of 
 the peasantry the divine sources of truth. The monk 
 
 10 destroyed monkery, praised the blessings of marriage, and 
 founded the evangelical parsonage. The priest restored 
 its public dignity to his much derided order. The ser- 
 vant of the Church encompassed with warm love the 
 nation from which he had proceeded, and said : " For 
 
 15 my Germans I was born. It is they whom I will serve." 
 That in spite of school, university, cloister, and pulpit, 
 he remained at heart a man of the people, — this made 
 him the people's hero. The natural impulse of the whole 
 nation was to follow him and to break away from Rome. 
 
 20 Whether his act be glorified or condemned, no one can 
 deny that his people stood behind him. Those regions 
 in which the preaching of the gospel was not initiated, or 
 
MARTIN LUTHER. 
 
 19 
 
 in which it was suppressed, remained for a long time cut 
 off from the great development of our intellectual life and 
 of our literature. Without religious stimulus, without the 
 pastors as educators of the people, there was no internal 
 progress. As long as Luther lived he was the centre of 5 
 Germany. Toward Wittenberg from every quarter in 
 which German was spoken, streamed scholars who filled 
 the world with the reform spirit. When Luther died, the 
 German Protestants lost their unity ; Melanchthon did not 
 show the firmness of which there was need ; and the 10 
 University of Luther never again regained its commanding 
 position. His memory, however, remained sacred to all 
 Protestants. Comprehensive editions of his works ap- 
 peared ; his table-talk, his letters, were collected ; and 
 his life was written in an admirable and truly popular 15 
 style. But Luther's preponderating authority was not 
 entirely a blessing for his church. It became also a 
 weapon of intolerance and a source of discord. Yet the 
 after effects of the might of his. spirit extended far beyond 
 those who considered themselves his legitimate heirs. 20 
 
 Translated from Wilhelm Scherer's 
 Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur. 
 
V. 
 
 LESSING. 
 
 ]Vf O German can utter the name of Lessing without an 
 
 echo more or less strong becoming audible in his 
 
 own breast. Since Luther, Germany has produced no 
 
 greater or better man than Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. 
 
 5 These twain are our pride and our joy. 
 
 Like Luther, Lessing's influence consisted not only in a 
 definite deed, but in exciting the German people to its 
 very depths, and producing by his criticisms and his 
 polemics a wholesome intellectual agitation. He was the 
 
 10 incarnate criticism of his day, and his whole life was a 
 polemic. This criticism made itself felt in the widest 
 domain of thought and feeling, — in religion, in science, 
 and in art. His polemics overcame every opponent, and 
 gained strength after every victory. It is comprehensible 
 
 15 that such a contentious champion caused no little stir in 
 Germany. All trembled at Lessing's sword. No head 
 was safe from him. Yea, many a cranium he smote off 
 from mere wantonness, and was moreover so malicious as 
 to pick it up and show the public that it was hollow in- 
 
 20 side. Those whom his sword could not reach, he slew 
 with the arrows of his wit. His friends admired the 
 motley feathers of these arrows ; his foes felt the barbs 
 in their hearts. 
 
LESSING. 21 
 
 It is noteworthy that Lessing, who was the wittiest man 
 in Germany, was also the most honest. There is nothing 
 like his love of truth. He could do everything for the 
 truth except lie for it. 
 
 His style in writing is quite like his character, — true, 5 
 firm, unadorned, beautiful and imposing through its in- 
 dwelling strength. His style is quite the style of Roman 
 architecture \ the greatest solidity with the greatest sim- 
 plicity. 
 
 Heartrending is it to read in his biography how fate 10 
 refused this man every joy, and how it did not even 
 vouchsafe to him after his daily struggles, to refresh him- 
 self in the family circle. Only once Fortune seemed will- 
 ing to favor him ; she gave him a beloved wife, a child, — 
 but this happiness was like the sunbeam gilding the pinion 15 
 of a fleeting bird, and as swiftly vanishing. 
 
 Translated from Heinrich Heine's 
 Uber Deutschland. 
 
VI. 
 
 GOETHE. 
 
 T 1 THAT most interested our travellers in the ancient 
 
 city of Frankfort was neither the opera, nor the 
 
 Ariadne of Dannecker, but the house in which Goethe 
 
 was born, and the scenes he frequented in his childhood 
 
 5 and remembered in his old age. Such, for example, are 
 the walks around the city, outside the moat ; the bridge 
 over the Main, with the golden cock on the cross, which 
 the poet beheld and marvelled at when a boy ; | the 
 cloister of the Barefooted Friars, through which he stole 
 
 10 with mysterious awe to sit by the oilcloth-covered table 
 of old Rector' Albrecht ; and the garden in which his 
 grandfather walked up and down among fruit-trees and 
 rose-bushes, in long morning-gown, black velvet cap, and 
 the antique leather gloves, which he annually received as 
 
 15 Mayor on Pipers- Doomsday. Thus, O Genius ! are thy 
 footprints hallowed ; and the star shines for ever over the 
 place of thy nativity. J 
 
 " Your English critics may rail as they list," said the 
 Baron, while he and Flemming were returning from a 
 
 20 stroll in the leafy gardens outside the moat j " but, after 
 all, Goethe was a magnificent old fellow. Only think of 
 his life ; his youth of passion, alternately aspiring and de- 
 sponding, stormy, impetuous, headlong ; — his romantic 
 
GOETHE. 
 
 23 
 
 manhood, in which passion assumes the form of strength ; 
 assiduous, careful, toiling, without haste, without rest ; — 
 and his sublime old age,- — the age of serene and classic re- 
 pose, where he stands like Atlas, as Claudian has painted 
 him in the Battle of the Giants, holding the world aloft 5 
 upon his head, the t ocean- streams hard frozen in his 
 hoary locks." . . . J 
 
 "Have you read MenzeFs attack upon him?" said 
 Flemming. 
 
 " It is truly ferocious. The Silesian hews into him 1 o 
 lustily. I hope you do not take sides with him." 
 
 " By no means. He goes too far. He blames the 
 poet for not being a politician. He might as well blame 
 him for not being a missionary to the Sandwich Islands." 
 
 " And what do you think of Eckermann? " 15 
 
 " I think he is a kind of German Boswell. Goethe 
 knew he was drawing his portrait, and sat for it accord- 
 ingly. He works very hard to make a Saint Peter out 
 of an old Jupiter, as the Catholics did at Rome. "J 
 
 " Well, call him Old Humbug, or Old Heathen, or 20 
 what you please ; I maintain, that, with all his errors and 
 shortcomings, he was a glorious specimen of a man." 
 
 " He certainly was. Did it ever occur to you that he 
 was in some points like Ben Franklin, — a kind of 
 rhymed Ben Franklin? The practical tendency of his 25 
 mind was the same j his love of science was the same ; 
 his benignant, philosophic spirit was the same ; and a vast 
 number of his little poetic maxims and soothsayings seem 
 nothing more than the worldly wisdom of Poor Richard, 
 versified." • 30 
 
24 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 " What most offends me is, that now every German 
 jackass must have a kick at the dead lion." 
 
 " And every one who passes through Weimar must 
 throw a book upon his grave, as travellers did of old a 
 
 5 stone upon the grave of Manfredi, at Benevento. But, of 
 all that has been said or sung, what most pleases me is 
 Heine's Apologetic, if I may so call it ; in which he says, 
 that ' the minor poets, who flourished under the imperial 
 reign of Goethe, resemble a young forest, where the trees 
 
 10 first show their own magnitude after the oak of a hundred 
 years, whose branches had towered above and over- 
 shadowed them, has fallen. J There was not wanting an 
 opposition that strove against Goethe, this majestic tree. 
 Men of the most warring opinions united themselves for 
 
 15 the contest. The adherents of the old faith, the orthodox, 
 were vexed that in the trunk of the vast tree no niche 
 with its holy image was to be found ; nay, that even the 
 naked Dryads of paganism were permitted to play their 
 witchery there ; and gladly, with consecrated axe, would 
 
 20 they have imitated the holy Boniface, and leveUed the 
 enchanted oak to the ground. I The followers of the new 
 faith, the apostles of Liberalism, were vexed, on the other 
 hand, that the tree could not serve as a Liberty Tree, or, 
 at any rate, as a barricade. In fact the tree was too high ; 
 
 25 no one could plant the red cap upon its summit, or 
 dance the Carmagnole beneath its branches. The mul- 
 titude, however, venerated this tree for the very reason 
 that it reared itself with such independent grandeur, 
 and so graciously filled the world with its odor, while its 
 
 30 branches streaming magnificently toward heaven made it 
 
GOETHE. 25 
 
 appear as if the stars were only the golden fruit of its 
 wondrous limbs.' Do you not think that beautiful ?" - 
 
 " Yes, very beautiful. And I am glad to see that you 
 can find something to admire in my favorite author, 
 notwithstanding his frailties ; or, to use an old German 5 
 saying, that you can/ drive the hens out of the garden 
 without trampling down the beds." 
 
 " Here is the old gentleman himself!" exclaimed 
 Flemming. 
 
 "Where?" cried the Baron, as if for the moment he 10 
 expected to see the living figure of the poet walking be- 
 fore them. 
 
 " Here at the window, — that full-length cast. Excel- 
 lent, — is it not ? He is dressed, as usual, in his long 
 yellow nankeen surtout, with a white cravat crossed in 15 
 front. What a magnificent head ! and what a posture ! 
 He stands like a tower of strength. And, by Heavens ! 
 he was nearly eighty years old when that was made." • 
 
 " How do you know? " 
 
 " You can see by the date on the pedestal." 20 
 
 " You are right. And yet how erect he stands, with 
 his square shoulders braced back, and his hands behind 
 him ! He looks as if he were standing before the fire. 
 I feel tempted to put a live coal into his hand, it lies so 
 invitingly half-open. Gleim's description of him, soon 25 
 after he went to Weimar, is very different from this. Do 
 you recollect it? " 
 
 "No, I do not." v 
 
 " It is a story which good old Father Gleim used to 
 tell with great delight. He was one evening reading the 30 
 
26 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Gottingen Musen- Almanach in a select society at Weimar, 
 when a young man came in, dressed in a short, green 
 shooting-jacket, booted and spurred, and having a pair of 
 brilliant, black, Italian eyes. He, in turn, offered to read ; 
 
 5 but finding, probably, the poetry of the Musen-Almanach 
 of that year rather too insipid for him, he soon began to 
 improvise the wildest and most fantastic poems imaginable, 
 and in all possible forms and measures, pretending all the 
 while to read from the book. | ' That is either Goethe or 
 
 10 the Devil/ said good old father Gleim to Wieland, who 
 sat near him. To which the Great I of Ossmannstedt re- 
 plied, — < It is both, for he has the Devil in him to-night ; 
 and at such times he is like a wanton colt, that flings out 
 before and behind, and you will do well not to go too 
 
 15 near him ! ' " 
 
 " Very good ! "y3 t 
 
 "And now that noble figure is but mould, f Only a 
 few months ago, those majestic eyes looked for the last 
 time on the light of a pleasant spring morning. Calm, 
 
 20 like a god, the old man sat ; and with a smile seemed to 
 bid farewell to the light of day, on which he had gazed for 
 more than eighty years. Books were near him, and the 
 pen, which had just dropped, as it were, from his dying 
 fingers. — Open the shutters, and let in more light ! were 
 
 25 the last words that came from those lips. Slowly 
 
 stretching forth his hand, he seemed to write in the air ; 
 
 and, as it sank down again and was motionless, the spirit 
 
 of the old man departed." 
 
 From Hyperion, by 
 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
 
VII. 
 
 COLLEGE. 
 
 C CHOOLMATES slip out of sight and knowledge, and 
 are forgotten ; or if you meet them, they bear 
 another character ; the boy is not there. It is a new 
 acquaintance that you make, with nothing of your fellow 
 upon the benches but the name. Though the eye and 5 
 face cleave to your memory, and you meet them after- 
 ward, and think you have met a friend, the voice or the 
 action will break down the charm, and you find only 
 another man. 1 
 
 But with your classmates in that later school where 10 
 form and character were both nearer ripeness, and where 
 knowledge, labored for together, bred the first manly 
 sympathies, it is different. And as you meet them, or 
 hear of them, the thought of their advance makes a 
 measure of your own, it makes a measure of the now./ 15 
 
 You judge of your happiness by theirs, of your progress 
 by theirs, and of your prospects by theirs. If one is happy, • 
 you seek to trace out the way by which he has wrought 
 his happiness ; you consider how it differs from your own ; 
 and you think, with sighs, how you might possibly have 20 
 wrought the same, but now it has escaped. V 
 
 If another has won some honorable distinction, you fall 
 to thinking how the man, your old equal, as you thought, 
 
28 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 upon the college benches, has outrun you. [ It pricks to 
 effort, and teaches the difference between now and then. 
 Life, with all its duties and hopes, gafhers upon your 
 Present like a great weight, or like a storm ready to burst. 
 
 5 It is met anew ; ,it pleads more strongly, and the action 
 that has been neglected rises before you, a giant of 
 remorse. J 
 
 Stop not, loiter not, look not backward, if you would be 
 among the foremost ! The great now, so quick, so broad, 
 
 10 so fleeting, is yours ; in an hour it will belong to the 
 Eternity of the Past. The temper of Life is to be made 
 good by big honest blows ; stop striking, and you will do 
 nothing ; strike feebly, and you will do almost as little. 
 Success rides on every hour, — grapple it and you may win ; 
 
 15 but without a grapple, it will never go with you. Work is 
 the weapon of honor, and who lacks the weapon will never 
 triumph. J ^ 
 
 There were some seventy of us — all scattered now. 
 I meet one here and there at wide distances apart ; and 
 
 20 we talk together of old days, and of our present work and 
 life, and separate. Just so ships at sea, in murky weather, 
 will shift their course to come within hailing distance, 
 and compare their longitude, and part. One I have met 
 wandering in southern Italy, dreaming, as I was dreaming, 
 
 25 over the tomb of Virgil, by the dark grotto of Pausilippo. J 
 It seemed strange to talk of our old readings in Tacitus 
 there upon classic ground, but we did ; and ran on to talk 
 of our lives. And sitting down upon the promontory of 
 Baiae, looking off upon that blue sea, as clear as the 
 
 30 classics, we told each other our respective stories. And 
 
COLLEGE. 
 
 29 
 
 two nights after, upon the quay, in sight of Vesuvius, 
 which shed a lurid glow upon the sky, that was reflected 
 from the white walls of the Hotel de Russie, and from the 
 broad lava pavements, we parted, he to wander among 
 the isles of the ^Egean, and I to turn northward. U 5 
 
 Another time, as I was wandering among those myste- 
 rious figures that crowd the foyer of the French opera 
 upon a night of the Masked Ball, I saw a familiar face : I 
 followed it with my eye until I became convinced. 
 He did not know me until I named his old seat upon 10 
 the bench of the Division Room, and the hard-faced 
 
 tutor G . Then we talked of the old rivalries, and 
 
 Christmas jollities, and of this and that one whom we had 
 come upon in our wayward tracks ; while the black-robed 
 grisettes stared through their velvet masks. Nor did we 15 
 tire of comparing the old memories with the unearthly 
 gayety of the scene about us, until daylight broke.J 
 
 In a quiet mountain town of New England I came not 
 long since upon another. He was hale and hearty, and 
 pushing his lawyer-work with just the same nervous en- 20 
 ergy with which he used to recite a theorem of Euclid. 
 He was father, too, to a couple of stout curly-pated 
 boys ; and his good woman, as he called her, appeared a 
 sensible, honest, good-natured lady, I must say that I 
 envied him the possession of his wife much more than I 25 
 had envied my companion of the opera his Domino. J 
 
 I happened only a little while ago to drop into the 
 college chapel of a Sunday. There were the same hard 
 oak benches below ; and the lucky fellows who enjoyed a 
 corner seat were leaning back upon the rail after the old 30 
 
30 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 fashion. The tutors were perched up in their side boxes, 
 looking as prim and serious, and important as ever. The 
 same stout Doctor read the hymn in the same rhythmical 
 way, and he prayed the same prayer for (I thought) the 
 
 5 same old sort of sinners. As I shut my eyes to listen, it 
 seemed as if the intermediate years had all gone out, 
 and that I was on my own pew bench, and thinking out 
 those little schemes for excuses, or for effort, which were 
 to relieve me or to advance me in my college world. | 
 
 10 There was a pleasure, like the pleasure of dreaming 
 about forgotten joys, in listening to the Doctor's sermon : 
 he began in the same half embarrassed, half awkward 
 way, and fumbled at his Bible leaves and the poor pinched 
 cushion, as he did long before. But as he went on with 
 
 15 his rusty and polemic vigor, the poetry within him would 
 now and then warm his soul into a burst of fervid elo- 
 quence, and his face would glow and his hand tremble, 
 and the cushion and the Bible leaves be all forgot in the 
 glow of his thought, until, with a half cough, and a pinch 
 
 20 at the cushion, he fell back into his strong but tread-mill 
 argumentation.! 
 
 In the corner above was the stately, white-haired pro- 
 fessor, wearing the old dignity of carriage, and a smile as 
 bland as if the years had been all playthings ; and had 
 
 25 I seen him in his lecture-room, I dare say I should have 
 found the same suavity of address, the same marvellous 
 currency of talk, and the same infinite composure over the 
 exploding retorts. 
 
 Near him was the silver-haired old gentleman, with a 
 
 30 very astute expression, who used to have an odd habit of 
 
COLLEGE. 31 
 
 tightening his cloak about his nether limbsl I could not 
 see that his eye was any the less bright, nor did he seem any 
 the less eager to catch at the handle of some witticism or 
 bit of satire, to the poor student's cost. I remember my 
 old awe of him, I must say, with something of a grudge ; 5 
 but I had got fairly over it now. There are sharper griefs 
 in life than a professor's talk. 
 
 Farther on I saw the long- faced, dark- haired man, who 
 looked as it he were always near some explosive electric 
 battery, or upon an insulated stool. I He was, I believe, a 10 
 man of fine feelings ; but he had a way of reducing all 
 action to dry, hard, mathematical system, with a very little 
 poetry about it. I know there was not much poetry in 
 his problems in Physics, and still less in his half-yearly 
 examinations. But I do not dread them now. 15 
 
 Over opposite I was glad to see still the aged head of 
 the kind and generous old man, who in my day presided 
 over the college ; and who carried with him the affection 
 of each succeeding class, added to their respect for his 
 learning. JThis seems a higher triumph to me now than it 20 
 seemed then. A strong mind, or a cultivated mind, may 
 challenge respect ; but there is needed a noble one to 
 win affection. 
 
 A new man now filled his place in the president's seat j 
 but he was one whom I had known and had been proud 25 
 to know, His figure was bent and thin ; the very figure 
 that an old Flemish master would have chosen for a 
 scholar. ) His eye had a kind of piercing lustre as if it 
 had long been fixed on books ; and his expression — when 
 unrelieved by his affable smile — was that of hard, mid- 30 
 
32 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 night toil. With all his polish of mind, he was a gentle- 
 man at heart ; and treated us always with a manly courtesy 
 that is not forgotten. 
 
 But of all the faces that used to be ranged below, four 
 
 5 hundred men and boys, there was not one with whom 
 to join hands, and live back again. J Their griefs, joys, and 
 toils, were chaining them to their labor of life, — each 
 one in his thought coursing over a world as wide as my 
 own ; how many thousand worlds of thought upon this 
 
 10 world of ours. 
 
 I stepped dreamily through the corridors of the old 
 Athenaeum, thinking of that first fearful step, when the 
 faces were new, and the stern tutor was strange, and the 
 prolix Livy so hard. \ I went up at night and skulked 
 
 15 around the buildings, when the lights were blazing from all 
 the windows, and they were busy with their tasks, — plain 
 tasks, and easy tasks, because they were certain tasks^ 
 Happy fellows, thought I, who have only to do what is 
 set before you to be done. But the time is coming, and 
 
 20 very fast, when you must not only do but know what to 
 do. The time is coming when in place of your one mas- 
 ter, you will have a thousand masters, — masters of duty, 
 of business, of pleasure, and of grief, — giving you harder 
 lessons, each one of them, than any of your Fluxions. 
 
 25 Morning will pass and the noon will come, hot and 
 scorching. 1 
 
 From Reveries of a Bachelor, 
 by " Ik Marvel." 
 
VIII. 
 
 THE YOUNG AMERICAN. 
 
 A YOUNG fellow, born of good stock, in one of the 
 more thoroughly civilized portions of these United 
 States of America, bred in good principles, inheriting a 
 social position which makes him at his ease everywhere, 
 means sufficient to educate him thoroughly without taking 5 
 away the stimulus to vigorous exertion, and with a good 
 opening in some honorable path of labor, is the finest 
 sight our private satellite has had the opportunity of in- 
 specting on the planet to which she belongs. In some 
 respects it was better to be a young Greek.V If we may 10 
 trust the old marbles, — my friend with his arm out- 
 stretched over my head, above there (in plaster of Paris) , 
 or the discobolus, whom one may see at the principal 
 sculpture gallery of this metropolis, — those Greek young 
 men were of supreme beauty. Their close curls, their 15 
 elegantly set heads, column-like necks, straight noses, 
 short curled lips, firm chins, deep chests, light flanks, 
 large muscles, small joints, were finer than anything we 
 ever see. ^ It may well be questioned whether any human 
 shape will ever present itself again in a race of such per- 20 
 feet symmetry. But the life of the youthful Greek was 
 local, not planetary, like that of the young American. 
 
34 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 He had a string of legends in place of our Gospels. 
 He had no printed books, no newspapers, no steam cara- 
 vans, no forks, no soap, none of the thousand cheap con- 
 veniences which have become matters of necessity to our 
 
 5 modern civilization.! Above all things, if he aspired to 
 know as well as to enjoy, he found knowledge not 
 diffused everywhere about him, so that a day's labor 
 would buy him more wisdom than a year could master, 
 but held in private hands, hoarded in precious manu- 
 
 10 scripts, to be sought for only as gold is sought, in narrow 
 fissures and in the beds of brawling streams. Never, 
 since man came into this atmosphere of oxygen and azote, 
 was there anything like the condition of the young Ameri- 
 can of the nineteenth century. 1 Having in possession or 
 
 15 in prospect the best part of half a world, with all its cli- 
 mates and soils to choose from ; equipped with wings of 
 fire and smoke that fly with him day and night, so that he 
 counts his journey not in miles, but in degrees, and sees 
 the seasons change as the wild -fowl sees them in his annual 
 
 20 flights; with huge leviathans always ready to take him on 
 their broad backs and push behind them with their pectoral 
 or caudal fins the waters that seam the continent or sepa- 
 rate the hemispheres ;Jheir of all old civilizations, founder 
 of that new one which, if all the prophecies of the human 
 
 25 heart are not lies, is to be the noblest, as it is the last ; 
 isolated in space from the races that are governed by dy- 
 nasties whose divine right grows out of human wrong, yet 
 knit into the most absolute solidarity with mankind of all 
 times and places by the one great thought he inherits 
 
 30 as his national birthright ;l free to form and express his 
 
THE YOUNG AMERICAN. 35 
 
 opinions on almost any subject, and assured that he will 
 soon acquire the last franchise which men withhold from 
 man, — that of stating the laws of his spiritual being 
 and the beliefs he accepts without hindrance except from 
 clearer views of truth, — he seems to want nothing for a 5 
 large, wholesome, noble, beneficent life.J In fact, the 
 chief danger is that he will think the whole planet is 
 made for him, and forget that there are some possibilities 
 left in the debris of the Old-World civilization which de- 
 serve a certain respectful consideration at his hands. 10 
 
 The combing and clipping of this shaggy, wild conti- 
 nent are in some measure done for him by those who have 
 gone before. Society has subdivided itself enough to 
 have a place for every form of talent.) Thus, if a man 
 show the least sign of ability as a sculptor or a painter, for 15 
 instance, he finds the means of education and a demand 
 for his services. Even a man who knows nothing but 
 science will be provided for, if he does not think it neces- 
 sary to hang about his birthplace all his days, — which 
 is a most un-American weakness. The apron strings of 20 
 an American mother are made of India-rubber. Her boy 
 belongs where he is wanted ; and that young Marylander 
 of ours spoke for all our young men when he said that his 
 home was wherever the stars and stripes blew over his 
 head. 
 
 From the Professor at the Breakfast Table, by 
 Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
 
IX. 
 
 A GALLOP OF THREE. 
 
 \ \ TE were off, we Three on our Gallop to save and 
 to slay. 
 Pumps and Fulano took fire at once. They were ready 
 to burst into their top speed, and go off in a frenzy. 
 5 " Steady, steady," cried Brent. " Now we '11 keep this 
 long easy lope for a while, and I '11 tell you my plan." 
 
 " They have gone to the southward, — those two men. 
 
 They could not get away in any other direction. I have 
 
 heard Murker say he knows all the country between here 
 
 io and the Arkansaw. Thank Heaven ! so do I, foot by 
 
 foot." 
 
 I recalled the sound of galloping hoofs I had heard in 
 the night to the southward. 
 
 " I heard them, then," said I, " in my watch after 
 
 15 Fulano's lariat was cut. The wind lulled, and there 
 
 came a sound of horses, and another sound, which I then 
 
 thought a fevered fancy of my own, a far-away scream 
 
 of a woman." 
 
 Brent had been quite unimpassioned in his manner 
 20 until now. He groaned, as I spoke of the scream. 
 
 " O Wade ! O Richard ! " he said, " why did you not 
 know the voice ? It was she. They have terrible hours 
 the start." 
 
A GALLOP OF THREE. 37 
 
 He was silent a moment, looking sternly forward. 
 Then he began again, and, as he spoke, his iron-gray edged 
 on with a looser rein. 
 
 " It is well you heard them ; it makes their course un- 
 mistakable. We know we are on their track. Seven or 5 
 eight full hours ! It is long odds of a start. But they 
 are not mounted as we are mounted. They did not ride 
 as we shall ride. They had a woman to carry, and their 
 mules to drive. They will fear pursuit, and push on with- 
 out stopping. But we shall catch them ; we shall catch 10 
 them before night, so help us God ! " 
 
 "You are aiming for the mountains?" I asked. 
 
 " For Luggernel Alley," he said. 
 
 I remembered how, in our very first interview, a 
 thousand miles away at the Fulano mine, he had spoken 15 
 of this spot. All the conversation then, all the talk 
 about my horse, came back to me like a Delphic 
 prophecy suddenly fulfilled. I made a good omen of this 
 remembrance. 
 
 u For Luggernel Alley," said Brent. " Do you recollect 20 
 my pointing out a notch in the Sierra, yesterday, when I 
 said I would like to spend a honeymoon there, if I could 
 find a woman brave enough for this plain's life? " 
 
 He grew very white as he spoke, and again Pumps led 
 off by a neck, we ranging up instantly. 25 
 
 It was a vast desert level where we were riding. 
 
 Behind was the rolling region where the Great Trail 
 passes ; before and far away, the faint blue of the Sierra. 
 Not a bird sang in the hot noon \ not a cricket chirped. 
 No sound except the beat of our horses' hoofs on the 30 
 
38 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 pavement. We rode side by side, taking our strides 
 together. It was a waiting race. The horses travelled 
 easily. They learned, as a horse with a self-possessed 
 rider will, that they were not to waste strength in rushes. 
 
 5 " Spend, but waste not," — not a step, not a breath, in 
 that gallop for life ! This must be our motto. 
 
 So we galloped three abreast, neck and neck, hoof 
 with hoof, steadily quickening our pace over the sere 
 width of desert. We must make the most of the levels. 
 
 xo Rougher work, cruel obstacles were before. All the wild, 
 triumphant music I had ever heard came and sang in my 
 ears to the flinging cadence of the resonant feet, tramping 
 on hollow arches of the volcanic rock, over great, vacant 
 chasms underneath. Sweet and soft around us melted 
 
 15 the hazy air of October, and its warm, flickering currents 
 shook like a veil of gauzy gold, between us and the blue 
 bloom of the mountains far away, but nearing now and 
 lifting step by step. 
 
 On we galloped, the avenger, the friend, the lover, on 
 
 20 our errand, to save and to slay. 
 
 It came afternoon, as we rode on steadily. The 
 country grew rougher. The horses never flinched, but 
 they sweated freely, and foam from their nostrils flecked 
 their shoulders. By and by, with little pleasant admoni- 
 
 25 tory puffs, a breeze drew down from the glimmering 
 frosty edges of the Sierra and cooled us. Horses and 
 men were cheered and freshened, and lifted anew to 
 their work. 
 
 We held steadily for that notch in the blue Sierra. 
 
 30 The mountain lines grew sharper ; the country where we 
 
A GALLOP OF THREE. 39 
 
 travelled, rougher, every stride. We came upon a wide 
 tract covered with wild-sage bushes. 
 
 A little pathway suddenly opened before me, as a lane 
 rifts in the press of hurrying legions 'mid the crush of a 
 city thoroughfare. I dashed on a hundred yards in ad- 5 
 vance of my comrades. 
 
 What was this? The bushes trampled and broken 
 down, just as we in our passage were trampling and 
 breaking them. What ? 
 
 Hoof-marks in the dust ! 10 
 
 " The trail ! " I cried, " the trail ! " 
 
 They sprang toward me. Brent followed the line with 
 his eye. He galloped forward, with a look of triumph. 
 
 Suddenly, I saw him fling himself half out of his sad- 
 dle, and clutch at some object. Still going at speed, 15 
 and holding on by one leg alone, after the Indian 
 fashion for sport or shelter against an arrow or a shot, he 
 picked up something from the bushes, regained his seat, 
 and waved his treasure to us. We ranged up and rode 
 beside him over a gap in the sage. 20 
 
 A lady's glove ! — that was what he had stooped to 
 recover. An old buckskin riding gauntlet, neatly stitched 
 about the wrist, and pinked on the wristlet. A pretty 
 glove, strangely, almost tragically, feminine in this des- 
 olation. A well-worn glove, that had seen better days, 25 
 like its mistress, but never any day so good as this, 
 when it proved to us that we were on the sure path 
 of rescue. 
 
 " I take up the gauntlet," said Brent. " Gare a qui le 
 touche ! " 30 
 
40 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 We said nothing more ; for this unconscious token, 
 this silent cry for help, made the danger seem more closely 
 imminent. We pressed on. No flinching in any of the 
 horses. Where we could, we were going at speed. 
 
 5 Where they could, the horses kept side by side, nerving 
 each other. Companionship sustained them in that 
 terrible ride. 
 
 And now in front the purple Sierra was growing brown, 
 and rising up a distinct wall, cleft visibly with dell, gully, 
 
 io ravine, and canon. The saw-teeth of the ridge defined 
 themselves sharply into peak and pinnacle. Broad fields 
 of cool snow gleamed upon the summits. 
 
 Brent's unerring judgment had divined the course 
 aright. On he led, charging along the trail, as if he were 
 
 15 trampling already on the carcasses of the pursued. On 
 he led and we followed, drawing nearer, nearer to our 
 goal. 
 
 The brown Sierra here was close at hand. Its glitter- 
 ing, icy summits, above the dark and sheeny walls, far 
 
 20 above the black phalanxes of clambering pines, stooped 
 forward and hung over us as we rode. We were now at 
 the foot of the range, where it dipped suddenly down up- 
 on the plain. The gap, our goal all day, opened before 
 us, grand and terrible. 
 
 25 " Here we are," said Brent, speaking hardly above his 
 breath. " This is Luggernel Alley at last, thank God ! In 
 an hour, if the horses hold out, we shall be at the Springs ; 
 that is, if we can go through this breakneck gorge at the 
 same pace. My horse began to flinch a little before the 
 
 30 water. Perhaps that will set him up. How are yours? " 
 
A GALLOP OF THREE. 4 1 
 
 " Fulano asserts that he has not begun to show himself 
 yet. I may have to carry you en croupe, before we are 
 done." 
 
 Armstrong said nothing, but pointed impatiently down 
 the defile. The gaunt white horse moved on quicker at 5 
 this gesture. He seemed a tireless machine, not flesh and 
 blood, — a being like his master living and acting by the 
 force of a purpose alone. 
 
 Our chief led the way into the canon. 
 
 Terrible riding it was ! A pavement of slippery sheeny 10 
 rock ; great beds of loose stones ; barricades of mighty 
 boulders, where a cliff had fallen an aeon ago, before the 
 days of the road-maker race ; crevices where an unwary 
 foot might catch ; wide rifts where a shaky horse might 
 fall, or a timid horseman drag him down. Terrible riding ! 15 
 A pass where a calm traveller would go quietly picking 
 his steps, thankful if each hour counted him a safe mile. 
 
 Terrible riding ! Madness to go as we went ! Horse 
 and man, any moment either might shatter every limb. 
 But man and horse neither can know what he can do, 20 
 until he has dared and done. On we went, with the old 
 frenzy growing tenser. Heart almost broken with 
 eagerness. 
 
 No whipping or spurring. Our horses were a part of 
 ourselves. While we could go, they would go. Since 25 
 the water, they were full of leap again. Down in the 
 shady Alley, too, evening had come before its time. 
 Noori's packing of hot air had been dislodged by a moun- 
 tain breeze drawing through. Horses and men were 
 braced and cheered to their work ; and in such riding as 30 
 
42 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 that, the man and the horse must think together and move 
 together, — eye and hand of the rider must choose and 
 command, as bravely as the horse executes. The blue 
 sky was overhead, the red sun upon the castellated walls 
 
 5 a thousand feet above us, the purpling chasm opened be- 
 fore. It was late, these were the last moments. But we 
 should save the lady yet. 
 
 " Yes," our hearts shouted to us, " we shall save her 
 yet." 
 
 10 An arroyo, the channel of a dry torrent, followed the 
 pass. It had made its way as water does, not straight- 
 way, but by that potent feminine method of passing under 
 the frowning front of an obstacle, and leaving the dull 
 rock staring there, while the wild creature it would have 
 
 15 held is gliding away down the valley. This zigzag chan- 
 nel baffled us ; we must leap it without check wherever it 
 crossed our path. Every second now was worth a cen- 
 tury. Here was the sign of horses, passed but now. We 
 could not choose ground. We must take our leaps on 
 
 20 that cruel rock wherever they offered. 
 Poor Pumps ! 
 
 He had carried his master so nobly ! There were so 
 few miles to do ! He had chased so well ; he merited to 
 be in at the death. 
 
 25 Brent lifted him at a leap across the arroyo. 
 Poor Pumps ! 
 
 His hind feet slipped on the time-smoothed rock. He 
 fell short. He plunged down a dozen feet among the 
 rough boulders of the torrent bed. Brent was out of 
 
 30 the saddle almost before he struck, raising him. 
 
A GALLOP OF THREE. 43 
 
 No, he would never rise again. Both his fore legs 
 were broken at the knee. He rested there, kneeling 
 on the rocks where he fell. 
 
 Brent groaned. The horse screamed horribly, hor- 
 ribly, — there is no more agonized sound, — and the 5 
 scream went echoing high up the cliffs where the red sun- 
 light rested. 
 
 It costs a loving master much to butcher his brave and 
 trusty horse, the half of his knightly self; but it costs him 
 more to hear him shriek in such misery. Brent drew his 10 
 pistol to put poor Pumps out of pain. 
 
 Armstrong sprang down and caught his hand. 
 
 " Stop !"he said in his hoarse whisper. 
 
 He had hardly spoken since we started. My nerves 
 were so strained, that this mere ghost of a sound rang 15 
 through me like a death yell, a grisly cry of merciless and 
 exultant vengeance. I seemed to hear its echoes, rising 
 up and swelling in a flood of thick uproar, until they burst 
 over the summit of the pass and were wasted in the 
 crannies of the towering mountain- flanks above. 20 
 
 " Stop ! " whispered Armstrong. " No shooting ! 
 They '11 hear. The knife ! " 
 
 He held out his knife to my friend. 
 
 Brent hesitated one heart-beat. Could he stain his 
 hand with his faithful servant's blood? 25 
 
 Pumps screamed again. 
 
 Armstrong snatched the knife and drew it across the 
 throat of the crippled horse. 
 
 Poor Pumps ! He sank and died without a moan. 
 Noble martyr in the old, heroic cause. 30 
 
44 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 I caught the knife from Armstrong. I cut the thong 
 
 of my girth. The heavy California saddle, with its 
 
 macheers and roll of blankets, fell to the ground. I cut 
 
 off my spurs. They had never yet touched Fulano's flanks. 
 
 5 He stood beside me quiet, but trembling to be off. 
 
 " Now Brent ! up behind me!" I whispered, — for the 
 awe of death was upon us. 
 
 I mounted. Brent sprang up behind. I ride light for 
 a tall man. Brent is the slightest body of an athlete I 
 10 ever saw. 
 
 Fulano stood steady till we were firm in our seats. 
 Then he tore down the defile. 
 
 Here was that vast reserve of power ; here the tireless 
 spirit \ here the hoof striking true as a thunderbolt, where 
 15 the brave eye saw footing; here that writhing agony of 
 speed ; here the great promise fulfilled, the great heart 
 thrilling to mine, the grand body living to the beating 
 heart. Noble Fulano ! 
 
 I rode with a snaffle. I left it hanging loose. I did 
 20 not check or guide him. He saw all. He knew all. All 
 was his doing. 
 
 We sat firm, clinging as we could, as we must. Fulano 
 dashed along the resounding pass. 
 
 Armstrong pressed after, — the gaunt white horse 
 
 25 struggled to emulate his leader. Presently we lost them 
 
 behind the curves of the Alley. No other horse that ever 
 
 lived could have held with the black in that headlong 
 
 gallop to save. 
 
 Over the slippery rocks, over the sheeny pavement, 
 30 plunging through the loose stones, staggering over the 
 
A GALLOP OF THREE. 45 
 
 barricades, leaping the arroyo, down, up, on, always 
 on, — on went the horse, we clinging as we might. 
 
 It seemed one 'beat of time, it seemed an eternity, 
 when between the ring of the hoofs I heard Brent whisper 
 in my ear. 5 
 
 " We are there.'' 
 
 The crags flung apart, right and left. I saw a sylvan 
 glade. I saw the gleam of gushing water. 
 
 Fulano dashed on, uncontrollable ! 
 
 There they were, — the Murderers. 10 
 
 Arrived but one moment ! 
 
 The lady still bound to that pack-mule branded A. & A. 
 
 Murker just beginning to unsaddle. 
 
 Larrap not dismounted, in chase of the other animals 
 as they strayed to graze. 15 
 
 The men heard the tramp and saw us, as we sprang 
 into the glade. 
 
 Both my hands were at the bridle. 
 
 Brent, grasping my waist with one arm, was awkward 
 with his pistol. 20 
 
 Murker saw us first. He snatched his six-shooter and 
 fired. 
 
 Brent shook with a spasm. His pistol arm dropped. 
 
 Before the murderer could cock again, Fulano was upon 
 him ! , 25 
 
 He was ridden down. " He was beaten, trampled down 
 upon the grass, — crushed, abolished. 
 
 We disentangled ourselves from the melee. 
 
 Where was the other? 
 
 The coward, without firing a shot, was spurring Arm- 30 
 
46 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 strong's Flathead horse blindly up the canon, whence we 
 had issued. 
 
 We turned to Murker. 
 
 Fulano was up again, and stood there shuddering. But 
 5 the man? 
 
 A hoof had battered in the top of his skull ; blood was 
 gushing from his mouth ; his ribs were broken ; all his 
 body was a trodden, massacred carcass. 
 
 He breathed once, as we lifted him. 
 10 Then a tranquil, childlike look stole over his face, — 
 that well-known look of the weary body, thankful that the 
 turbulent soul has gone. Murker was dead. 
 
 Fulano and not we, had been executioner. His was 
 the stain of blood. 
 
 From John Brent, 
 by Theodore Winthrop. 
 
X. 
 
 THE LADY OF LYONS. 
 
 ACT V. 
 
 [ Two years and a half from the date of Act IV. ] 
 Scene i . — A street in Lyons. 
 [Enter Capt. Gervais, Lieut. Du pont, and Maj. Desmoulins, l.] 
 
 Capt. Gervais. This Lyons is a fine city ! your birth- 5 
 place, I think? 
 
 Lieut. D. Yes ; it is just two years and a half since I 
 left it under the command of the brave General Damas ; 
 here we are returned, he a general, I a lieutenant. 
 
 Major D. Ay, promotion is rapid in the French army. 10 
 Now the war in Italy is over, I hope he will find employ- 
 ment for our regiment elsewhere. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. Well, I hope so, too. Here comes the 
 
 General. 
 
 [Enter General Damas, l. ] 15 
 
 Damas. Good day, gentlemen, good day \ so here we 
 are in Lyons, improved since we left it. It is a pleasure 
 to grow old when the years that bring decay to ourselves 
 ripen the prosperity of our country. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. And cover our gray hairs with the 20 
 laurel wreath, General. 
 
48 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Damas. I hope you will amuse yourselves during our 
 stay at Lyons. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. I shall make the best use of my time, 
 General ; but I have little appetite for sight-seeing with- 
 5 out Morier; his fine taste and extensive information 
 qualify him for a professional cicerone ; by the way, 
 General, this is the anniversary of the glorious day in 
 which the Colonel so distinguished himself. 
 
 Damas. Ah, poor Morier ! he deserves all his honors, 
 io Lieut. D. That he does, indeed, General. Pray, can 
 you tell us who this Morier really is ? 
 
 Damas. Is ! why a colonel in the French army. 
 Major D. True. But what was he at first? 
 Damas. At first? Why a baby in long clothes, I sup- 
 15 pose. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. Ha, ha ! Ever facetious, General. 
 Who were his parents? Who were his ancestors? 
 
 Damas. Brave deeds are the ancestors of brave 
 men. 
 20 Lieut. D. The General is sore upon this point ; you 
 will only chafe him. Any commands, General? 
 Damas. None. Good day to you. 
 
 [Exeunt Major Desmoulins and Lieut. Dupont, r.] 
 Damas. Our comrades are very inquisitive. Poor Morier 
 25 is the subject of a vast deal of curiosity. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. Say interest, rather, General. His 
 
 constant melancholy, the loneliness of his habits, his 
 
 daring valor, his brilliant rise in the profession, your 
 
 friendship, and the favors of the commander-in-chief, 
 
 30 — all tend to make him as much the matter of gossip as 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 49 
 
 of admiration. But where is he, General? I have 
 missed him all the morning. 
 
 Damas. Why, Captain, I '11 let you into a secret. My 
 young friend has come with me to Lyons in hopes of 
 finding a miracle. 5 
 
 Capt. Gervais. A miracle ! 
 
 Damas. Yes, a miracle ! In other words, a constant 
 woman. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. Oh, an affair of love ! 
 
 Damas. Exactly so. No sooner did he enter Lyons 10 
 than he waved his hand to me, threw himself from his 
 horse, and is now, I warrant, asking every one who can 
 know anything about the matter, whether a certain lady 
 is still true to a certain gentleman ! 
 
 Capt. Gervais. Success to him ! and of that success 15 
 there can be no doubt. The gallant Colonel Morier, the 
 hero of Lodi, might make his choice out of the proudest 
 families in France. 
 
 Damas. Oh, if pride be a recommendation, the lady 
 and her mother are most handsomely endowed. By the 20 
 „ way, Captain, if you should chance to meet with Morier, 
 tell him he will find me at the hotel. 
 
 Capt. Gervais. I will, General. \_Exit r.] 
 
 Damas. Now will I go to the Deschappelles, and make 
 a report to my young Colonel. Ha ! by Mars, Bacchus, 25 
 Apollo, Virorum — here comes Monsieur Beauseant ! 
 [enter Beausant, r.] Good morrow, Monsieur Beauseant ! 
 How fares it with you? 
 
 Beau. [aside~\ Damas ! that is unfortunate. If the 
 Italian campaign should have filled his pockets, he may 30 
 
50 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 seek to baffle me in the moment of my victory, [aloud] 
 Your servant, General — for such, I think, is your new 
 distinction ! Just arrived in Lyons ? 
 
 Damas. Not an hour ago. Well, how go on the 
 5 Deschappelles ? Have they forgiven you in that affair of 
 young Melnotte ? You had some hand in that notable 
 device, eh? 
 
 Beau. Why, less than you think for ! The fellow 
 imposed upon me. I have set it all right now. What 
 io has become of him ? He could not have joined the army, 
 after all. There is no such name in the books. 
 
 Damas. I know nothing about Melnotte. As you say, 
 I never heard the name in the Grand Army. 
 Beau. Hem ! You are not married, General? 
 15 Damas. Do I look like a married man, sir? No, thank 
 Heaven ! My profession is to make widows, not wives. 
 Beau. You must have gained much booty in Italy ! 
 Pauline will be your heiress, eh ? 
 
 Damas. Booty! Not I. Heiress to what? Two trunks 
 20 and a portmanteau, four horses, three swords, two suits of 
 regimentals, and six pairs of white leather inexpressibles ! * 
 A pretty fortune for a young lady ! 
 
 Beau, [aside] Then all is safe ! [aloud] Ha ! ha ! Is 
 that really all your capital, General Damas? Why, I 
 25 thought Italy had been a second Mexico to you 
 soldiers. 
 
 Damas. All a toss-up, sir. I was not one of the lucky 
 
 ones ! My friend, Morier, indeed, saved something 
 
 handsome. But our commander-in-chief took care of him, 
 
 30 and Morier is a thrifty, economical dog, not like the rest 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 5 I 
 
 of us soldiers, who spend our money as carelessly as if it 
 were our blood. 
 
 Beau. Well, it is no matter ! I do not want fortune 
 with Pauline. And you must know, General Damas, that 
 your fair cousin has at length consented to reward my 5 
 long and ardent attachment. 
 
 Damas. You ! — the devil ! Why, she is already 
 married ! There is no divorce ! 
 
 Beau. True ; but this very day she is formally to 
 authorize the necessary proceedings, this very day she 10 
 is to sign the contract that is to make her mine within 
 one week from the day on which her present illegal 
 marriage is annulled. 
 
 Damas. You tell me wonders ! — Wonders ! No ; I 
 believe anything of women ! 15 
 
 Beau. I must wish you good morning ! 
 
 [as he is going, L., enter DeschappeiXES, r.] 
 
 M. Deschap. Oh, Beauseant ! well met. Let us come 
 to the notary at once. 
 
 JDamas. \jo Deschappelles] Why, cousin? 20 
 
 M. Deschap. Damas, welcome to Lyons ! Pray call 
 on us ; my wife will be delighted to see you. 
 
 Damas. Your wife be — blessed for her condescension ! 
 But [taking him aside'] what do I hear ? Is it possible 
 that your daughter has consented to a divorce ? — that 25 
 she will marry Monsieur Beauseant? 
 
 M. Deschap. Certainly ! What have you to say 
 against it? A gentleman of birth, fortune, character. 
 We are not so proud as we were ; even my wife has had 
 enough of nobility and princes ! 30 
 
52 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Damas. But Pauline loved that young man so ten- 
 derly ! 
 
 M. Deschap. [taking snujf~\ That was two years and a 
 half ago ! 
 5 Damas. Very true. Poor Melnotte ! 
 
 M. Deschap. But do not talk of that impostor ; I hope 
 
 he is dead or has left the country. Nay, even were he 
 
 in Lyons at this moment, he ought to rejoice that, in an 
 
 honorable and suitable alliance, my daughter may forget 
 
 10 her sufferings and his crime. 
 
 Damas. Nay, if it be all settled, I have no more to say. 
 Monsieur Beauseant informs me that the contract is to be 
 signed this very day. 
 
 M. Deschap. It is ; at one o'clock precisely. Will 
 15 you be one of the witnesses? 
 
 Damas. I ? No ; that is to say, yes, certainly ! At one 
 o'clock I will wait on you. 
 
 M. Deschap. Till then adieu — come, Beauseant. 
 
 [Exeunt Beauseant and Deschappeles, l J 
 20 Damas. The man who sets his heart upon a woman 
 Is a chameleon, and doth feed on air ; 
 From air he takes his colors — holds his life, — 
 Changes with every wind, — grows lean or fat, 
 Rosy with hope, or green with jealousy, 
 25 Or pallid with despair — just as the gale 
 
 Varies from north to south — from heat to cold ! 
 Oh, woman ! woman ! thou shouldst have few sins 
 Of thine own to answer for ! Thou art the author 
 Of such a book of follies in a man, 
 30 That it would need the tears of all the angels 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 53 
 
 To blot the record out ! 
 
 [Enter Melnotte,/^ and agitated, R.] 
 I need not tell thee ! Thou hast heard — 
 
 Mel. The worst ! 
 
 I have ! [crosses, L.] 5 
 
 Damas. Be cheer'd ; others are fair as she is ! 
 
 Mel. Others ! The world is crumbled at my feet ! 
 She was my world ; fill'd up the whole of being — 
 Smiled in the sunshine — walk'd the glorious earth — 
 Sate in my heart — was the sweet life of life. 10 
 
 The past was hers ; I dreamt not of a Future 
 That did not wear her shape ! Mem'ry and Hope 
 Alike are gone. Pauline is faithless ! 
 
 Damas. Hope yet. 
 
 Mel. Hope, yes ! — one hope is left me still — 15 
 
 A soldier's grave ! 
 
 [after a pause~\ — But am I not deceived ? 
 
 I went but by the rumor of the town ; 
 Rumor is false, — I was too hasty ! Damas, 
 Whom hast thou seen ? 20 
 
 Damas. Thy rival and her father. 
 
 Arm thyself for the truth. He heeds not — 
 
 Mel. She 
 
 Will never know how deeply she was loved ! 
 
 Damas. Be a man ! 25 
 
 Mel. I am a man ! — it is the sting of woe 
 Like mine that tells us we are men ! 
 
 Damas. . The false one 
 
 Did not deserve thee. 
 
 Mel. Hush ! — No word against her ! 30 
 
54 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Why should she keep, through years and silent absence, 
 
 The holy tablets of her virgin faith 
 
 True to a traitor's name ! Oh, blame her not ; 
 
 It were a sharper grief to think her worthless 
 5 Than to be what I am ! To-day, — to-day ! 
 
 They said "To-day ! " This day, so wildly welcomed — 
 
 This day, my soul had singled out of time 
 
 And mark'd for bliss ! This day ! oh, could I see her, 
 
 See her once more unknown ; but hear her voice. 
 10 Damas. Easily done ! come with me to her house ; 
 
 Your dress — your cloak — moustache — the bronzed hues 
 
 Of time and toil — the name you bear — belief 
 
 In your absence, all will ward away suspicion. 
 
 Keep in the shade. Ay, I would have you come. 
 15 There may be hope ! Pauline is yet so young, 
 
 They may have forced her to these second bridals, 
 
 Out of mistaken love. 
 
 Mel. No, bid me hope not ! 
 
 Bid me not hope ! I could not bear again 
 20 To fall from such a heaven ! Oh, Damas, 
 
 There 's no such thing as courage in a man ; 
 
 The veriest slave that ever crawled from danger 
 
 Might spurn me now. When first I lost her, Damas, 
 
 I bore it, did I not? I still had hope, 
 25 And now I — I — [bursts into an agony of grief. ] 
 
 Damas. What, comrade ! all the women 
 
 That ever smiled destruction on brave hearts 
 Were not worth tears like these ! 
 
 Mel. [crossing to r.] 'T is past ; forget it. 
 
 30 I am prepared ; life has no further ills J 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 55 
 
 Damas. Come, Melnotte, rouse thyself; 
 One effort more. Again thou 'It see her. 
 
 Mel. See her ! 
 
 Damas. Time wanes ; — come, ere yet it be too late. 
 
 Mel. "Too late/" 5 
 
 Lead on. One last look more and then — 
 
 Damas. Forget her ! 
 
 Mel. Forget her ! yes. — For death remembers not. 
 
 [Exeunt \ L.] 
 
 Scene 2. — A room in the house of Monsieur Deschap- 10 
 pelles ; not so richly furnished as in the First Act 
 Pauline seated in great dejection at a table, R. 
 
 Pauline. It is so, then. I must be false to Love, 
 Or sacrifice a father ! Oh, my Claude, 
 My lover, and my husband ! Have I lived 15 
 
 To pray that thou mayest find some fairer boon 
 Than the deep faith of this devoted heart, — 
 Nourish'd till now — now broken ? 
 
 [Enter Monsieur Deschappelles, l.] 
 
 M. Deschap. My dear child, 20 
 
 How shall I thank — how bless thee ? Thou hast saved 
 I will not say my fortune — I could bear 
 Reverse, and shrink not ; but that prouder wealth 
 Which merchants value most : my name, my credit — 
 The hard-won honors of a toilsome life — 25 
 
 These thou hast saved, my child ! 
 
 Pauline. Is there no hope? 
 
 No hope but this? * 
 
56 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 M. Deschap. None. If without the sum 
 
 Which Beauseant offers for thy hand, this day 
 Sinks to the west, to-morrow brings our ruin ! 
 And hundreds, mingled in that ruin, curse 
 5 The bankrupt merchant ! and the insolvent herd 
 We feasted and made merry cry in scorn, 
 " How pride has fallen ! — L6, the bankrupt mer- 
 chant ! " * 
 My daughter, thou hast saved us. 
 io Pauline. And am lost ! 
 
 M. Deschap. Come, let me hope that Beauseant's 
 . love — 
 
 Pauline. His love ! 
 Talk not of love. Love has no thought of self! 
 15 Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold 
 The loathsome prostitution of a hand 
 Without a heart ! Love sacrifices all things 
 To bless the thing it loves ! He knows not love. 
 Father, his love is hate — his hope revenge ! 
 20 My tears, my anguish, my remorse for falsehood — 
 These are the joys that he wrings from our despair ! 
 M. Deschap. If thou deem'st thus, reject him ! Shame 
 and ruin 
 Were better than thy misery. Think no more on 't. 
 25 My sand is well-nigh run — what boots it when 
 The glass is broken ? We '11 annul the contract, — 
 And if to-morrow in the prisoner's cell 
 These aged limbs are laid, why still, my child, 
 I '11 think thou art spared ; and wait the Liberal Hour 
 30 That lays the beggar by the side^of kings ! 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 57 
 
 Pauline. No, no, forgive me ! You, my honor'd 
 father, — 
 You, who so loved, so cherished me, whose lips 
 Never knew one harsh word ! I 'm not ungrateful ; 
 I am but human ! — hush ! Now, call the bridegroom. 5 
 You see I am prepared — no tears — all calm ; 
 But, father, talk no more of love / 
 
 M. Deschap. My child, 
 
 'T is but one struggle ; he is young, rich, noble ; 
 Thy state will rank first 'mid the dames of Lyons ; 10 
 
 And when this heart can shelter thee no more, 
 Thy youth will not be guardianless. 
 
 Pauline. I have set 
 
 My foot upon the ploughshare — [M. Deschappelles 
 
 retires] — I will pass 15 
 
 The fiery ordeal, [aside] Merciful Heaven, support me ! 
 And on the absent wanderer shed the light 
 Of happier stars — lost evermore to me ! 
 
 [Enter, c. l., Madame Deschappelles, Beauseant, Glavis, and 
 Notary, who confers with M. Deschappelles, and then sits at 20 
 table, R.] 
 
 Mme. Deschap. Why, Pauline, you are quite in de'sha- 
 bille — you ought to be more alive to the importance of 
 this joyful occasion. We had once looked higher, it is 
 true ; but you see, after all, Monsieur Beauseant's father 25 
 was a marquis, and that 's a great comfort. Pedigree 
 and jointure ; — you have them both in Monsieur Beau- 
 seant. A young lady decorously brought up should only 
 have two considerations in her choice of a husband : First, 
 is his birth honorable? Secondly, will his death be ad- 30 
 
58 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITIO'N. 
 
 vantageous? All other trifling details should be left to 
 parental anxiety. 
 
 BEAU. [l. c, approaching and waving aside Madame] Ah, 
 Pauline ! let me hope that you are reconciled to an event 
 5 which confers such rapture upon me. 
 
 Pauline. . I am reconciled to my doom. 
 
 Beau. Doom is a harsh word, sweet lady. 
 
 Pauline. [aside] This man must have some mercy — 
 his .heart cannot be marble. [aloud] Oh, sir, be just, be 
 io generous ! Seize a noble triumph, a great revenge ! Save 
 the father, and spare the child. 
 
 Beau, [aside] Joy — joy alike to my hatred and my 
 passion ! The haughty Pauline is at last my suppliant. 
 [aloud] You ask from me what I have not the sublime 
 15 virtue to grant — a virtue reserved only for the gardener's 
 son ! I cannot forego my hopes in the moment of their 
 fulfilment ! I adhere to the contract — your father's ruin 
 or your hand. 
 
 Pauline. Then all is over.* Sir, I have decided. 
 
 20 [The clock strikes one; Beauseant retires to L. of table and sits 
 examining the papers. ] 
 
 {Enter Damas and Melnotte, c. l.] 
 
 Damas. Your servant, cousin Deschappelles. Let me 
 introduce Colonel Morier. 
 25 Mme. Deschap. [curtseying very low] What, the cele- 
 brated hero ? This is, indeed, an honor ! 
 
 [She crosses ; seems to converse with Melnotte, who bows as she 
 returns to the table, R. ; Melnotte throws himself into a 
 chair t L. u. E.] 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 50 
 
 Damas. [to Pauline] My little cousin, I congratulate 
 you. What, no smile, no blush? You are going to be 
 divorced from poor Melnotte, and marry this rich gentle- 
 man. You ought to be excessively happy ! 
 
 Pauline. Happy ! 5 
 
 Damas. Why, how pale you are,child ! Poor Pauline ! 
 Hist — confide in me ! Do they force you to this? 
 
 Pauline. No ! 
 
 Damas. You act with your own free consent ? 
 
 Pauline. My own consent — yes. 10 
 
 Damas. Then you are the most — I will not say what 
 you are. 
 
 Pauline. You think ill of me — be it so — yet if you 
 knew all — 
 
 Damas. There is some mystery — speak out, Pauline. 15 
 
 Pauline, [suddenly] Oh, perhaps you can save me ! you 
 are our relation — our friend. My father is on the verge 
 of bankruptcy ; this day he requires a large sum to meet 
 demands that cannot be denied \ that sum Beauseant will 
 advance, this hand the condition of the barter. Save me 20 
 if you have the means, save me ! You will be repaid 
 above. 
 
 Damas. [aside] I recant ; women are not so bad after 
 all ! [aloud] Humph, child ! I cannot help you, I am too 
 poor. 25 
 
 Pauline. The last plank to which I clung is shivered. 
 
 Damas. Hold ! you see my friend, Morier. Melnotte 
 is his most intimate friend ; fought in the same fields, 
 slept in the same tent. Have you any message to send to 
 Melnotte ? any word to soften this blow ? 30 
 
60 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 [She bows ; Damas goes to Melnotte, who rises and comes for- 
 ward, l. c] 
 
 Pauline. He knows Melnotte, he will see him, he will 
 
 bear to him my last farewell, [approaches Melnotte ; he 
 
 5 bows to her, and, overcome by his emotion, turns towards L.] He 
 
 has a stern air — he turns away from me, he despises me ! 
 
 Sir, one word, I beseech you. 
 
 Mel. Her voice again ! How the old time comes o'er 
 me ! 
 10 Damas. [/<? Madame] Don't interrupt them. He is 
 going to tell her what a rascal young Melnotte is; he 
 knows him well, I promise you. 
 
 Mme. Deschap. So considerate in you, cousin Damas ! 
 
 [Damas approaches Deschappelles ; converses apart with him in 
 15 the dumb show. Deschappelles shows him a paper, which he 
 inspects and takes. \ 
 
 Pauline. Thrice have I sought to speak ; my courage 
 fails me. 
 Sir, is it true that you have known — nay, are 
 20 The friend of Melnotte ? 
 
 Mel. Lady, yes ! — Myself 
 
 And misery know the man ! 
 
 Pauline. And you will see him, 
 
 And you will bear to him — ay — word for word, 
 25 All that this heart, which breaks in parting from him, 
 Would send, ere still for ever? 
 
 Mel. Lady, speak on ! 
 
 Pauline. Tell him, for years I never nursed a 
 thought 
 30 That was not his ; — that on his wandering way, 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS, 6 1 
 
 Daily and nightly, pour'd a mourner's prayers ; 
 
 Tell him ev'n now that I would rather share 
 
 His lowliest lot, — walk by his side, an outcast, — 
 
 Work for him, beg with him, — live upon the light 
 
 Of one kind smile from him, — than wear the crown 5 
 
 The Bourbon lost ! 
 
 Mel. [aside] Am I already mad ? 
 
 [alotid] You love him thus, 
 And yet desert him? 
 
 Pauline. Say, that if his eye 10 
 
 Could read this heart, — its struggles, its temptations, — 
 His love itself would pardon that desertion ! 
 Look on that poor old man, — he is my father ; 
 He stands upon the verge of an abyss ! 
 He calls his child to save him ! Shall I shrink 15 
 
 From him who gave me birth ? — withhold my hand, 
 And see a parent perish? Tell him this, 
 And say that we shall meet again in Heaven ! 
 
 Mel. Night is past — joy cometh with the morrow ! — 
 [goes to Damas, who is l.] What is this riddle ? — what 20 
 The nature of this sacrifice ? 
 
 Beau, [at the table] The papers are prepared — we only 
 need 
 Your hand and seal. 
 
 Mel. Stay, lady — one word more. 25 
 
 Were but your duty with your faith united, 
 Would you still share the low-born peasant's lot ? 
 
 Pauline. Would I ? Ah, better death with him I love 
 Than all the pomp — which is but as the flowers 
 That crown the victim ! [turning aivay] I am ready. 30 
 
62 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 [Melnotte^vw to Dam as, who has got the paper from the table] 
 
 DAMAS. [showing paper] There — 
 
 This is the schedule — this the total. 
 
 Beau. [to Deschappelles, showing notes] These 
 5 Are yours the instant she has signed ; you are 
 Still the great House of Lyons ! 
 
 [The Notary is about to hand the contract to Pauline, when 
 melnotte seizes it and tears it.] 
 
 Beau, [going -l.] Are you mad? 
 
 io M. Deschap. [l. c] How, sir? What means this 
 insult ? 
 Mel. [a] Peace, old man ! 
 I have a prior claim. Before the face 
 Of man and Heaven I urge it ; I outbid 
 15 Yon sordid huckster for your priceless jewel. 
 
 [giving a pocket-book] 
 
 There is the sum twice told ! Blush not to take it — 
 There is not a coin that is not bought and hallow'd 
 In the cause of nations with a soldier's blood ! 
 20 Beau. Torments and death ! 
 
 Pauline: That voice ! Thou art — 
 
 Mel. Thy husband ! 
 
 [Pauline rushes into his arms] 
 
 Look up ! look up, Pauline ! — for I can bear 
 25 Thine eyes. The stain is blotted from my name. 
 I have redeem'd mine honor. I can call 
 On France to sanction thy divine forgiveness ! 
 Oh, joy ! — oh, : apture ! By the midnight watchfires 
 Thus have I seen thee ! thus foretold this hour ! 
 
THE LADY OF LYONS. 63 
 
 And 'midst the roar of battle thus have heard 
 The beating of thy heart against my own ! 
 
 {places Pauline in a chair; the Notary goes off, c L.] 
 
 Beau. Fool'd, duped, and triumph'd over in the hour 
 Of mine own victory ! Curses on ye both ! 5 
 
 May thorns be planted in the marriage-bed ! 
 And love grow sour'd and blacken' d into hate — 
 Such as the hate that gnaws me ! 
 
 Damas. Curse away ! 
 
 And let me tell thee, Beauseant, a wise proverb 10 
 
 The Arabs have : " Curses are like young chickens, 
 [solemnly] And still come home to roost ! " 
 
 Beau. Their happiness 
 
 Maddens my soul ! I am powerless and revengeless ! 
 
 [to Madame] 15 
 
 I wish you joy ! Ha, ha ! the gardener's son ! 
 
 [Exit, l.c] 
 [Pauline rises and comes forward, R. c. Melnotte grasps Damas* 
 hand] 
 
 Pauline. Oh ! 20 
 
 My father, you are saved — and by my husband ! 
 Ah ! blessed hour ! [she embraces Melnotte] 
 
 Mel. Yet you weep still, Pauline. 
 
 Pauline. But on thy breast ! — these tears are sweet 
 and holy ! 25 
 
 M. Deschap. You have won love and honor nobly, 
 sir, 
 Take her \ be happy both ! 
 
 Mme. Deschap. I 'm all astonish'd ! 
 
 Who, then, is Colonel Morier ? 30 
 
64 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Dam as. You behold him ! 
 
 Mel. Morier no more after this happy day ! 
 
 [crosses, R.C.] 
 I would not bear again my father's name 
 5 Till I could deem it spotless ! The hour 's come ! 
 Heaven smiled on conscience ! As the soldier rose 
 From rank to rank, how sacred was the fame 
 That cancelFd crime, and raised him nearer thee ! 
 
 Mme. Deschap. A colonel and a hero ! Well that 's 
 10 something ! 
 
 He 's wondrously improved ! [crosses to kirn] I wish you 
 joy, sir ! 
 Mel. Ah ! the same love that tempts us into sin, 
 If it be true love, works out its redemption ! 
 15 And he who seeks repentance for the Past 
 Should woo the Angel Virtue in the future. 
 
 Mme. Deschappelles. Melnotte, Pauline. 
 
 • ' R.C. C L.C. 
 
 M. Deschappelles, Damas. 
 
 r. l. 
 
 [curtain.'] 
 
XL 
 
 FROM "THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN 
 LOTHROP MOTLEY. 
 
 I. Bismarck to Motley. 
 
 Berlin, May 23, 1864. 
 Jack my dear, — Where the devil are you, and what 
 do you do that you never write a line to me? I am 
 working from morn to night like a nigger, and you have 5 
 nothing to do at all, — you might as well tip me a line as 
 well as looking on your feet tilted against the wall of 
 God knows what a dreary color. I cannot entertain a 
 regular correspondence \ it happens to me that during 
 five days I do not find a quarter of an hour for a walk ; 10 
 but you, lazy old chap, what keeps you from thinking of 
 your old friends ?J When just going to bed in this mo- 
 ment my eye met with yours oh your portrait, and I 
 curtailed the sweet restorer, sleep, in order to remind 
 you of Auld Lang Syne. Why do you never come to 15 
 Berlin? It is not a quarter of an American's holiday jour- 
 ney from Vienna, and my wife and me should be so' happy 
 to see you once more in this sullen life. When can you 
 come, and when will you? £j swear that I will make out 
 the time to look with you on old Logier's quarters, and 20 
 
 5 
 
66 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 drink a bottle with you at Gerolt's, where they once 
 would not allow you to put your slender legs upon a 
 chair. Let politics be hanged and come and see me. I 
 promise that the Union Jack shall wave over our house, 
 
 5 and conversation and the best old hock shall pour damna- 
 tion upon the rebels. Do not forget old friends, neither 
 their wives, as mine wishes nearly as ardently as myself 
 to see you, or at least to see as quickly as possible a word 
 of your handwriting. 
 
 io Sei gut und komm oder schreibe. 
 
 Dein } 
 
 V. Bismarck. 
 
 Haunted by the song, " In good old Colony Times." 
 
 II. Motley to his mother. 
 15 Vienna, August 3, 1864. 
 
 My dearest Mother, — The prominent topic of the 
 last week has been the peace negotiations between the 
 two great German powers (Prussia and Austria) and Den- 
 mark. The preliminaries were signed yesterday, and the 
 20 armistice prolonged for six weeks. In short, the peace 
 is made. 
 
 This is all the commentary I shall make to-day on the 
 Schleswig-Holstein history. To me the most interesting 
 part of these Vienna Conferences was that they brought 
 25 my old friend Bismarck to this place. J He thinks it 
 about as possible to transplant what is called parliamen- 
 tary government into Prussia, as Abraham Lincoln be- 
 
MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. 6j 
 
 lieves in the feasibility of establishing an aristocracy in 
 the United States. I venerate Abraham Lincoln exactly 
 because he is the true honest type of American Democ- 
 racy. There is nothing of the shabby genteel, the 
 would- be-but- could n't-be fine gentleman ; he is the 5 
 great American Demos, honest, shrewd, homely, wise, 
 humorous, cheerful, brave, blundering occasionally, but 
 through blunders struggling onward towards what he be- 
 lieves the right. '■ I have a great faith in Grant; I think 
 he is the man we have been wanting for these three years, 10 
 but I don't feel absolutely certain. But this I will say, 
 that if he takes Richmond before Christmas, his Vicks- 
 burg and Virginia campaigns will prove him the greatest 
 general now living. But this is a great if, I confess. 
 Still, I think he will do it. Good-bye, my dearest mother. 15 
 I am delighted to hear of you as improving in health 
 and spirits. Try to write me half-a-dozen lines when 
 you can. It is such a pleasure to see your handwriting. 
 Ever your affectionate son, 
 
 J. L. M. 20 
 
 III. Motley to his daughter, 
 
 Vienna, August 16, 1864. 
 My dearest Lily, — We have a telegram this morning, 
 date August 6, telling us that Grant has been repulsed at 
 Petersburg. . . . This time I really believe we have had 25 
 a defeat, notwithstanding tJjat the telegraph says so, be- 
 cause I have been feeling these three days, ever since the 
 attack was in progress, that it could not result otherwise. 
 
68 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Since the days of Fort Donelson, few attacks made in 
 front upon entrenchments by either belligerent have suc- 
 ceeded. \ It seems to me that they cannot succeed ; and 
 if anything could stagger my profound faith in Grant, it 
 
 5 would be many repetitions of such assaults. If he can't 
 make Lee attack him — which I always thought would be 
 his game — I shall be disappointed. 
 
 The only ripple we have had on our surface is when 
 the bold Bismarck made his appearance. Your mother 
 
 10 has told you about him, and it was the greatest delight 
 to me to see him again. iHe and Werther dined with 
 us one day en famille, and we drank three bottles of 
 
 -* claret (not apiece) ; but we sat until half- past nine at 
 table, much to the amazement of the servants ; for what 
 
 15 well-conducted domestic in Vienna can tolerate any re- 
 maining at table after the finger-bowls? Of course, the 
 " Fremdenblatt " and all the other journals announced 
 next morning that " Sir Motley," the American Envoy, 
 had given a "gala dinner" to Minister Bismarck, Count 
 
 20 RechbYrg, the Danish Plenipotentiary, and a string of 
 other guests, most of whom I have not the pleasure of 
 knowing by sight. \ En revanche, three days afterwards, 
 as I believe your mother has informed you, we did give 
 a dinner of a dozen, and the journals conscientiously 
 
 25 stated next morning that Baron Werther had given a 
 " gala dinner " to M. de Bismarck, adding a list of 
 convives, not one of whom was of the party. 
 Ever your affectionate 
 
MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. 69 
 
 IV. Bismarck to Motley. 
 
 Varzin, August 7, 1869. 
 Dear Motley, — Your writing to me was one of the 
 best ideas that you have had for a long time, and you are 
 certain to have many good ones. Your accusation against 5 
 me that I had not answered you, sounds to me, however, 
 quite incredible. You say so, therefore it must be true ; 
 but the consciousness of my virtue is so strong in me, that 
 I prefer to doubt the regularity of the North German Postal 
 Service, which is confided to my care, rather than believe 10 
 in my personal negligence. No post in these days is 
 worth anything ; the world generally keeps growing worse. *— 
 Doubt that the stars are fire, etc., but never doubt my 
 virtue. For three weeks my paper has been lying ready 
 to write to you in London to ask you if you have not a 15 
 week or two to spare for me ; to make up for your secret 
 flight across the ocean, you should do us the favor to 
 banish all ink, house-hunting, and Englishmen for a time 
 from your mind, and transport your wigwam to the Pome- 
 ranian woods. The affair is as easy in these days for an 20 
 ocean traveller as it used to be to go from Gottingen to 
 Berlin.-iYou give your arm to your wife, enter a cab with 
 her, in twenty minutes you are at the station, in thirty 
 hours in Berlin, and from there, in half a day, here ; leav- 
 ing Berlin at nine o'clock you are here for dinner. It 25 
 would be delightful. My wife, daughter, myself, and my 
 sons, whom I expect in two days, would be as pleased as 
 children, and we would be as merry again as in old days. 
 Personally, I cannot travel at this moment without upset- 
 
JO GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 ting all the reasons for which my leave is granted, other- 
 wise I would come and find you and bring you to the 
 backwoods here; J but please come, throw all cares and 
 worries behind the stove, where you will be sure to find 
 
 5 them unconsumed on your return, and arrange to stay a 
 short or a long time, — the longer the better ; but give us 
 the pleasure of your coming. I have absorbed myself so 
 in the thought that I shall be ill if you say no, and that 
 would have the worst effect on politics. My respectful 
 
 io remembrances to your wife, 
 
 Your true friend, j 
 
 V. Bismarck.! 
 
 V. Bismarck to Motley. 
 
 Varzin, July 6, 1872. 
 
 15 My dear Motley, — I was the more agreeably sur- 
 prised in seeing your handwriting, as I guessed before 
 opening the letter that it would contain the promise of a 
 visit here. You are thousand times welcome, and doubly 
 if accompanied by your ladies, who, I am sure, never 
 
 20 have seen a Pomeranian on his native soil. We live here 
 somewhat behind the woods, but Berlin once reached 
 the journey is not a difficult one. The best train leaves 
 Berlin in the morning between eight and nine o'clock, — 
 I believe 8.45, Stettiner Balhoft; fifteen or twenty minutes 
 
 25 to drive from any hotel aoout the Linden. You go by 
 railway as far as Schlawe, where you arrive at about four 
 o'clock afternoon, and from where a trumpet-sounding 
 postilion brings you to Varzin just in time for the dinner- 
 
MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 71 
 
 bell, before six o'clock. If you will have the goodness to 
 send me a telegram on your departure from Berlin, or the 
 evening before, I shall make everything ready for you at 
 Schlawe, so that you only have to step from the waggon 
 to the wagen. 1 The Pomeranian gods will be gracious 5 
 enough for me to give you a sunny day, and in that case 
 I should order an open carriage, and one for luggage. 
 Only let me know by the telegram your will about this, 
 and about the number of in- or outside places wanted. 
 
 My wife is still at Loden. I expect her to be back on 10 
 the 9th inst., but la donna e mobile / At all events, she 
 will not be detained by female frailty beyond the end of 
 the week. She will be equally glad to see you again ; 
 your name is familiar to her lips, and never came forth 
 without a friendly smile. The first day that you can dis- 15 
 pose of, at all events, is the best one to come to see us, 
 though we think to remain here until the end of summer. 
 You do not mention that Mrs. Motley will accompany 
 you, and by this silence I take it for granted that she 
 will, as Mann una 1 Weib sind ein Leib. We will be 20 
 happy to see her with you, and en attendant give my 
 most sincere regards to her and to Mrs. Ives. 
 
 Most faithfully your old friend, 
 
 V. Bismarck. 
 
 VI. Motley to his wife. 25 
 
 Varzin, July 25, 1872. 
 My dearest Mary, — I had better write a line to 
 tejl you that we have arrived in safety, although I fear 
 
>]2 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 that I shall hardly be able to say much just now, as I 
 wish to go downstairs to the breakfast room. Lily told 
 you all there was to say of Berlin. We had a pleasant 
 half-hour with the Bancrofts, who were very cordial, and 
 
 5 we promised to go and see them on our return. We 
 left Berlin at a quarter to nine yesterday morning ; reached 
 Schlawe station at half-past four. 
 
 We had an hour and a half s drive from the station to 
 Varzin. As the postilion sounded his trumpet, and we 
 
 io drove up to the door, Bismarck, his wife, M , and 
 
 H , all came out to the carriage and welcomed us in 
 
 the most affectionate manner. I found him very little 
 changed in appearance since '64, which surprises me. 
 He is somewhat stouter, and his face more weather- 
 
 15 beaten, but as expressive and powerful as ever. Madame 
 de Bismarck is but little altered in the fourteen years that 
 have passed since I saw her. They are both most kind 
 and agreeable to Lily, and she feels already as if she had 
 known them all her life. M is -a pretty girl, with 
 
 20 beautiful dark hair and gray eyes, — simple, unaffected, 
 and, like both father and mother, full of fun. The man- 
 ner of living is most unsophisticated, as you will think 
 when I tell you that we marched straight from the car- 
 riage into the dining-room (after a dusty, hot journey by 
 
 25 rail and carriage often hours), and made to sit down and 
 go on with the dinner which was about half through, as, 
 owing to a contretemps, we did not arrive until an hour 
 after we were expected. After dinner Bismarck and I had 
 a long walk in the woods, he talking all the time in the 
 
 30 simplest and funniest and most interesting manner about 
 
MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. 73 
 
 all sorts of things that had happened in these tremendous 
 years, but talking of them exactly as every-day people 
 talk of every-day matters, — without any affectation. The 
 truth is, he is so entirely simple, so full of laissez-aller, 
 that one is obliged to be saying to one's self all the time, 5 
 " This is the great Bismarck, — the greatest living man, 
 and one of the greatest historical characters that ever 
 lived." When one lives familiarly with Brobdignags it 
 seems for the moment that everybody was a Brobdignag 
 too, that it is the regular thing to be ; one forgets for 10 
 the moment one's own comparatively diminutive stature. 
 There are a great many men in certain villages that we 
 have known who cast a far more chilling shade over those 
 about them than Bismarck does. 
 
 In the evening we sat about most promiscuously, — 15 
 some drinking tea, some beer, some seltzer water • Bis- 
 marck smoking a pipe. He smokes very little now, and 
 only light tobacco in a pipe. When I last knew him, he 
 never stopped smoking the strongest cigars. Now, he 
 tells me, he could n't to save his life smoke a single cigar ; 20 
 he has a disgust for them. A gentleman named Von 
 Thadden and his wife are the only guests, and they go 
 this afternoon, — a Pomeranian friend. He made the 
 campaign of Koniggratz ; and Bismarck was telling innu- 
 merable anecdotes about that great battle, and subse- 25 
 quently gave some most curious and interesting details 
 about the negotiations of Nikolsburg. I wish that you 
 could have heard him. You know his way. He is the 
 least of a poseur of any man I ever saw, little or big. 
 Everything comes out so offhand and carelessly ; but I 30 
 
74 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 wish there could be an invisible, self-registering Boswell 
 always attached to his button-hole, so that his talk could 
 be perpetuated. There were a good many things said by 
 him about the Nikolsburg Conference confirming what I 
 
 5 had always understood. 
 
 The military opinion was bent on going to Vienna after 
 Sadowa. Bismarck strongly opposed this idea. He said 
 it was absolutely necessary not to humiliate Austria, to do 
 nothing that would make friendly relations with her in 
 
 io the future impossible. He said many people refused to 
 speak to him. The events have entirely justified Bis- 
 marck's course, as all now agree. It would have been 
 easy enough to go to Vienna or to Hungary, but to re- 
 turn would have been full of danger. I asked him if he 
 
 15 was good friends with the Emperor of Austria now. He 
 said Yes, that the Emperor was exceedingly civil to him 
 last year at Salzburg, and crossed the room to speak to 
 him as soon as he appeared at the door. He said he 
 used when younger to think himself a clever fellow 
 
 20 enough, but now he was convinced that nobody had any 
 control over events, — that nobody was really powerful or 
 great ; and it made him laugh when he heard himself 
 complimented as wise, foreseeing, and exercising great 
 influence over the world. A man in the situation in 
 
 25 which he had been placed was obliged, while outsiders, 
 for example, were speculating whether to-morrow it would 
 be rain or sunshine, to decide promptly it will rain, 
 or it will be fine, and to act accordingly with all the 
 forces at his command. If he guessed right, all the 
 
 30 world said, " What sagacity ; what prophetic power ! M 
 
MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. 75 
 
 if wrong, "all the. old women would have beaten me with 
 broomsticks.' ' 
 
 If he had learned nothing else, he said, he had learned 
 modesty. Certainly a more unaffected mortal never 
 breathed, nor a more genial one. He looks like a Co- 5 
 lossus, but his health is somewhat shattered. He can 
 never sleep until four or five in the morning. Of course 
 work follows him here, but as far as I have yet seen it 
 seems to trouble him but little. He looks like a country 
 gentleman entirely at leisure. 10 
 
 The woods and park about the house are fine, but un- 
 kempt and rough, unlike an English country place. We 
 have had, since I began to write, long walks and talks 
 in the woods, an agreeable family dinner, and then a 
 long drive through the vast woods of beeches and oaks 15 
 of which the domain is mostly composed. I don't in- 
 tend to Boswellise Bismarck any more. It makes * me 
 feel as if I were a New York Herald interviewing re- 
 porter. He talks away right and left about anything and 
 everything, — says among other things that nothing could 20 
 be a greater betise than for Germany to attack any foreign 
 country ; that if Russia were to offer the Baltic provinces 
 as a gift, he would not accept them. As to Holland, it 
 would be mere insanity to pretend to occupy or invade 
 its independence. It had never occurred to him or to 25 
 anybody. As to Belgium, France would have made any 
 terms at any time with Germany if allowed to take Bel- 
 gium. I wish I could record the description he gave of 
 his interviews with Jules Favre and afterwards with Thiers 
 and Favre, when the peace was made. 30 
 
j6 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 One trait I mustn't forget, however. Favre cried a 
 little, or affected to cry, and was very pathetic and 
 heroic. Bismarck said that he must not harangue him 
 as if he were an Assembly ; they were two together for 
 5 business purposes, and he was perfectly hardened against 
 eloquence of any kind. Favre begged him not to men- 
 tion that he had been so weak as to weep, and Bismarck 
 was much diverted at finding in the printed account 
 afterwards published by Favre that he had made a great 
 10 parade of the tears he had shed. 
 
 I must break off in order to commit this letter to the 
 
 bag. Of course I don't yet know how long we shall stay 
 
 here ; I suppose a day or two longer. I will send you a 
 
 telegram about a change of address, so don't be fright- 
 
 15 ened at getting one. 
 
 Ever yours, 
 
 J. L. M. 
 
XII. 
 
 FROM THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF 
 BAYARD TAYLOR. 
 
 I. To Jervis McEntee. 
 
 Gotha, Germany, July 3, 1872. 
 Here we are, at last ! I can scarcely believe that nearly 
 a month has gone by since you left us on the steamer's 
 deck at Hoboken. The intervening time has been so 5 
 pleasant that one day has only repeated the impression 
 left by the previous one. We went out on the smoothest 
 of oceans that day, and carried calm weather with us. I 
 was not the least sea-sick, for the first time in my life, and 
 M. only for half a day. The passengers were agreeable, 10 
 the fare and attendance remarkably good, and so the time 
 went by so rapidly that the Scilly Islands seemed only a 
 short distance from the light-house off Sandy Hook. We 
 touched at Plymouth on the evening of the tenth day, 
 found the Channel a sheet of glass, Normandy and 15 
 Cherbourg flooded with sunshine, the Strait of Dover in a 
 most benevolent and Christian mood, and the dreaded 
 North Sea an imitation of the Mediterranean. At 
 Hamburg my brother and sister-in-law were waiting for 
 us on the quay. We landed at their door, and sat down 20 
 
78 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 to their table with much the same feeling as if we had 
 gone from New York to dine in Brooklyn. 
 
 Two more weeks have gone since then, and now I am 
 quietly settled here in my father-in-law's house, with my 
 
 5 books, papers, and amateur sketching- traps in his old 
 library at the foot of the astronomical tower. I breathe an 
 atmosphere of old vellum binding, queer instruments, dust, 
 and astrological mysteries, very much like Faust in the 
 opening scene. Under me is a garden of gooseberries, 
 
 io then the trees of the park, a bit of the old ducal castle, 
 and a good, broad stretch of sky. Here I mean to write, 
 dabble in colors, smoke, and " invite my soul " to what- 
 ever sort of banquet she may prefer. I tell you, old 
 fellow, it does one great good to get away, now and then, 
 
 15 from the grooves in which one's life must run. Distance 
 has the effect of time, in a measure. You walk farther 
 away from your canvas in this great studio of the world, 
 and see the truer relations of the work in hand. I have a 
 smouldering instinct that I must give this summer to 
 
 20 physical interests mainly ; therefore, we still hold to the 
 plan of a watering-place. But we shall not go until some 
 time in August, and thus hope to hear from you before 
 we leave. My brother-in-law from Russia is here with his 
 family, — wife and five children, — and the stately old 
 
 25 house is full of noises. I am " uncled " from morning till 
 night. ... 
 
 M. joins me in best love to G. and you, and Vauxes, 
 and all our friends. Both of us feel more clearly than 
 ever before how much we have left behind, — how much 
 
 30 that we cannot expect to find anywhere else in the world. 
 
TAYLOR'S LETTERS. 79 
 
 Our ties, now, have the light and sparkle and strength and 
 smoothness of ripe old wine, and this is the best gift the 
 years bring. Do let me hear from you soon, and tell me 
 all your plans and interests and labors. 
 
 II. To A. R. MacDonough. 5 
 
 Gotha, Germany, July 16, 1872. 
 ... I have done nothing since leaving home, except 
 to read a few books which I shall need to consult for 
 Goethe's biography. But last week I went with my wife 
 on a three days' trip to Ilmenau, Rudolstadt, and the 10 
 region thereabouts, — classic localities ! At Ilmenau a 
 curious thing happened. The Oberkellner said : " The 
 hotel is full ; I must put you in Goethe's room." It was 
 the room where Goethe celebrated his last (eighty- 
 second) birthday, in 1831 \ and there I discovered a new 15 
 fact in his biography. It is interesting, rather than im- 
 portant; and proves, among other things, that Lewes 
 took more from Viehoff's u Life of Goethe " than he 
 acknowledges. The next day we stopped at Volkstedt, 
 and saw the room where Schiller lived in 1788, then 20 
 crossed the Saale and walked to Rudolstadt by the path 
 he followed when he visited the Lengefelds. We saw also 
 the Grenzhatnmer, a forge where he studied the staff age 
 for his ballad of " Fridolin." Unfortunately, the lodge on 
 the "Kickelhahn, where Goethe wrote " Ueber alien 25 
 Gipfeln " with a pencil on the wall, was burned down 
 about eighteen months ago. . . . 
 
80 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 III. To T. B. Aldrtch. 
 
 Gotha, October 28, 1872. 
 ... A week ago the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar 
 invited me to visit him at the Wartburg ; this on account 
 
 5 of " Faust." We dined in the Hall of the Minstrels, where 
 Tannhauser sang, — actually the same old Byzantine 
 hall, — and sat on mediaeval chairs. All their five 
 Roilighnesses (as Yellowplush says) were very amiable, 
 and the two princesses were charming. This invitation is 
 
 10 a good thing for my plans ; for the Grand Duke invited 
 me to Weimar, and all the Goethean records and archives 
 will now be open to me. At present I am only collecting 
 materials, which will be a work of some months. 
 
 Here we are living very quietly. I work half the day 
 
 15 compiling for Scribners, and thus earn the right to use the 
 other half for myself. Moreover, I paint in oil, and of 
 such is not the Kingdom of Heaven ! How I should like 
 to have an autumn evening at Cambridge with you, and 
 Longfellow, and Howells ! 
 
 20 Tell Longfellow from me that the Weimar Princesses 
 have read all his works, and the HofTraulein, Baroness 
 
 , a very charming person, begged me to say that 
 
 her enthusiasm for him is so great that it led her to cut 
 his name out of a traveller's register at Bruges. This 
 
 25 was at the beginning of dinner, and all the ceremonious 
 Highnesses showed so much interest in Longfellow that 
 I forgot ceremony and felt quite at home all the evening. 
 So that I owe to him ! 
 
TAYLOR'S LETTERS. 8 1 
 
 IV. To E. C. Stedman. 
 
 Gotha, Germany, Jan. 16, 1874. 
 ... So much was crowded into my two months' so- 
 journ in Weimar, that I hardly know where to begin 
 to tell you about it. I had not been there many 5 
 days before I discovered that my translation was gener- 
 ally and favorably known \ so I began to call, without 
 ceremony, upon the people I wanted to know, and was 
 received with open arms. During the last three weeks I 
 was invited out to supper every evening, and thus drew 10 
 deep draughts of the social atmosphere. I made no 
 secret of my plan, and every one seemed desirous to 
 be of some service. With Baron Gleichen, Schiller's 
 grandson, I established a hearty friendship. I am to 
 go with him to his father's castle of Bonnland in the 15 
 spring, and examine all the MSS. and relics of Schiller 
 which the family possesses. Wolfgang von Goethe, who 
 is both eccentric and misanthropic, thawed toward me, 
 and I assure you it was a great satisfaction to visit him 
 in Goethe's house, and to see the same luminous large 20 
 brown eyes beaming on me as he talked. I was startled 
 at his personal resemblance to the poet. Herder's grand- 
 son invited me to supper before I ever saw him, and 
 Wieland's granddaughter, a sculptress, invited me to give 
 my German lecture on American Literature in Weimar. 25 
 One evening, at the hotel, an interesting looking man of 
 forty, with a brown beard, took his seat opposite to me, 
 and we fell into conversation. Presently Mr. Hamilton 
 (of the noble Scotch clan, who lives in Weimar) came in, 
 
82 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 and introduced him to me as Baron von Stein, grandson 
 of Frau von Stein ! Fraulein Frommann, foster-sister 
 of one of Goethe's loves (Minna Herzlieb), though a 
 woman of seventy-five, knows and remembers everything, 
 
 5 and she told me many interesting anecdotes. She was 
 for many years companion to the present Empress 
 Augusta, and enjoys much consideration; so when she 
 said to me, "I feel safe with you; I can tell you all, 
 knowing that you will use it only as I could wish," and 
 
 10 repeated the same thing to others, I was at once placed 
 in the very relation to all which I wished to have estab- 
 lished. I called on the famous old painter, Preller, whose 
 illustrations of the Odyssey are finer (because simpler 
 and severer) than anything of Kaulbach's. I remarked 
 
 15 that he had a copy of Trippel's glorious bust of Goethe, 
 and said : " I have this bust at home, and opposite to it 
 the Venus of Milo, as the woman form corresponding to 
 this male form." His eyes shone ; he rose up without 
 a word, grasped my arm, and turned me around. There 
 
 20 was the Venus of Milo, opposite Goethe ! "I never pass 
 her," said Preller, " without pausing an instant, and say- 
 ing to myself, ' My God, how beautiful she is ! ' " Well, 
 after that Preller and I became fast friends. He was a 
 protege^ a half-pupil of Goethe, whose son died in his 
 
 25 arms. Afterwards, when Goethe lay dead, Preller stole 
 into the room and made a wonderful drawing of the head. 
 Now, after forty years, he voluntarily made the first copy 
 of it, with his own hands, as a present for me ! You may 
 guess how I value it. 
 
 30 Schiller's grandson is an excellent artist. His pictures 
 
TAYLOR'S LETTERS. 83 
 
 are astonishingly like McEntee's. I spent many hours in 
 his studio. Schoell, one of the best Goethe scholars in 
 Germany (now chief librarian at Weimar) , is enthusiasti- 
 cally in favor of my biographical plan. He is utterly dis- 
 satisfied with Lewes. He told Lewes many particulars 5 
 which Lewes distorted in the most ridiculous manner. 
 Several persons told me that Lewes pumped lackeys and 
 old servants while in Weimar, and took no pains to get 
 acquainted with the intelligent intimate friends of Goethe. 
 I can't say how much truth there is in this ; / am most 10 
 happy to find that I have nothing of my own conception 
 of Goethe to unlearn, after knowing Weimar. My plan, 
 at last, stands round and complete before my mind, and 
 I only need life and health to give it a permanent form. 
 I wish I had space to tell you more of what I learned, 15 
 and how immensely I have been encouraged. 
 
 My lecture was a great triumph. It was given in the 
 hall of the Arquebusiers, a society dating from the Mid- 
 dle Ages. The whole court came, Grand- Duke and 
 Duchess, Hereditary Grand- Duke and Duchess, the two 20 
 charming Princesses, and Prince Hermann, with adju- 
 tants and ladies of honor. The Grand- Duke came up 
 to me with a mock reproach, and said : " There 's one 
 serious fault in the lecture : you have not mentioned 
 yourself ! But come and dine with me to-morrow, and 25 
 we '11 talk more about it." Which I did. The dinner 
 was superb; two Weimar friends of mine were invited, 
 otherwise only the family. I assure you it gave me a 
 thrill of pride to stand in Weimar, with the grandchildren 
 of Carl August, Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and Wieland 30 
 
84 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 among my auditors, and vindicate the literary achieve- 
 ment of America. I lashed properly the German idea 
 of the omnipotency of money among us ; recited passages 
 from Halleck, Poe, Emerson, Bryant, and Whittier, and 
 
 5 said a good word for E. C. S., R. H. S., T. B. A., and 
 W. D. H. The lecture seems to have made considerable 
 impression, as an account of it has since gone the rounds 
 of most of the German papers. 
 
 I must return to Weimar for another month in the 
 
 10 spring, and finish my studies there. Then Dr. Hirzel of 
 Leipzig, who has the best Goethe library in the world, 
 allows me to make use of certain materials, which will 
 give me in a fortnight what would otherwise require a 
 year's drudgery. I want to come home next summer, 
 
 15 ready to begin to write. The whole work, then, can be 
 done in three years more, even allowing occasional inter- 
 ludes of poetry, as they come to me. 
 
 V. To his mother. 
 American Legation, Berlin, May 18, 1878. 
 
 20 I write to ■ you again, intending this letter to be read 
 by all. We are very busy just now getting settled and 
 paying the round of formal visits which is required of us. 
 I have already used a hundred and fifty cards, and or- 
 dered three hundred more to be printed. The Crown 
 
 25 Prince received me last Friday (yesterday week, I mean) 
 with the greatest friendliness. He came up to me with 
 outstretched hand, saying, in English, " Oh, I know you 
 
TAYLOR'S LETTERS. 
 
 85 
 
 already ! My wife was talking about your < Faust ' only 
 a few weeks ago." My hearty reception by the imperial 
 family is known, of course, to the diplomatic corps, and 
 hence all the other ambassadors are very polite and 
 obliging. ... 5 
 
 M. and L. nearly saw the attempt to assassinate the 
 Emperor. He passed them hardly two minutes before 
 the man fired. I went to the palace at once, and was 
 one of the first to offer my congratulations. Yesterday I 
 received, officially, the Emperor's thanks. Last night 10 
 there was a magnificent torchlight procession of students. 
 
 We are busy looking out for a residence. We can get 
 a superb one for about fifteen hundred dollars a year 
 (adding the office rent, which the government pays), 
 with a grand ballroom and no end of bedrooms. I think 15 
 we shall take it. Furnished apartments can scarcely be 
 had, but furniture is now very cheap, and we think we 
 can save enough from the salary by Oct. 1st to buy all 
 that is necessary. So far as I can judge, the expenses 
 will be just about what I calculated. M. and L. are out 20 
 this afternoon, leaving cards, with Harris (our mulatto 
 man), gorgeous in his gold-banded stove-pipe hat. No 
 one else has a colored footman except Prince Karl, and 
 Harris adds immensely to our respectability. I find that 
 our experience in St. Petersburg is of great value now. 25 
 We know what to do, and people are rather surprised to 
 find that we know it. All this tells in such an artificial 
 society as we move in. The business of the legation is less 
 than I supposed ; the two secretaries take all the bother 
 off my hands, and I am in capital spirits about my liter- 30 
 
86 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 ary work. The weather is wonderful ; it is full summer ; 
 all windows open, even at night, and cloudless skies, day 
 after day. 
 
 VI. To Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stoddard. 
 
 5 - American Legation, Berlin, June 10, 1878. 
 
 ... I reached here May 4th, and have had my hands 
 
 full ever since. Besides the business of the legation and 
 
 the presentations to the high personages, I have already 
 
 distributed more than four hundred cards in necessary 
 
 10 formal calls. Now I am nearly through, — only two 
 princes more. On Saturday I had an hour's talk with 
 Bismarck in the garden behind his palace ; he being 
 accompanied by a huge black dog, and I by a huge 
 brown bitch. I tell you he is a great man ! We talked 
 
 15 only of books, birds, and trees, but the man's deepest 
 nature opened now and then, and I saw his very self. 
 The attempts on the Emperor's life have produced an 
 effect only a little less profound than the murder of 
 Lincoln. The excitement is all the stronger because it is 
 
 20 silent, but now it is subsiding, and to-day (the second 
 Pentecost holiday) the people begin to look cheerful 
 again. . . . 
 
TAYLOR'S LETTERS. 87 
 
 VII. To W. M, Evarts. 
 
 Legation of the United States, 
 Berlin, July 1, 1878. 
 
 ... It had been announced in various journals that 
 General Grant would proceed directly from Amsterdam to 5 
 Copenhagen without visiting Berlin, and my first intima- 
 tion of his coming was through a letter from my colleague, 
 Mr. Birney, United States Minister resident at the Hague, 
 received on the 2 2d ultimo. I communicated immedi- 
 ately with him and with Mr. A. M. Simon, the United 10 
 States Vice-Consul at Hanover, and ascertained the day 
 and hour of General and Mrs. Grant's arrival here. It 
 was then impossible — since the stay of the distinguished 
 visitors would be brief — to arrange in advance for such 
 interviews and honors as might be procured for them at 15 
 a time when both assumed an exceptional importance. 
 The Emperor is unable to receive any one, and I was 
 informed by the proper officials that the Empress, for 
 this reason, would probably feel bound to maintain her 
 privacy in the palace. Prince Frederick Charles is ab- 20 
 sent on a visit to England, and Count Moltke is residing 
 on his estate in Silesia, at some distance from Berlin. 
 Furthermore, the presence of the European Congress, and 
 the number of prearranged dinners and social assemblages 
 arising therefrom, seemed to limit the amount of atten- 25 
 tion which at any other time would have been so freely 
 accorded to the ex-President. 
 
 On Wednesday, the 26th ultimo, after having arranged 
 for a reception by his Imperial Highness the Crown 
 
88 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Prince and by Prince von Bismarck, I travelled as far as 
 Stendal (about sixty-five miles), there met General and 
 Mrs. Grant, and accompanied them to Berlin. The 
 secretaries of this legation, the consular officials, and a 
 
 5 number of the American residents were at the station to 
 welcome the distinguished guests ; the hour was too late 
 for any other testimony of respect. 
 
 The following afternoon I accompanied General Grant 
 to the palace of the Crown Prince, where he was first 
 
 io received by all the adjutants and court officials of the 
 latter, and conducted to the audience room. The Crown 
 Prince then entered in his uniform of field marshal, 
 greeted General Grant most cordially, and conversed with 
 him for three quarters of an hour. At the close of the 
 
 15 interview he invited him and Mrs. Grant, together with 
 myself, to dine at the new palace in Potsdam the next 
 evening. 
 
 On returning home I was surprised to find a letter from 
 Count Nesselrode, court marshal of the Empress, in- 
 
 20 forming me that her majesty would receive me on Friday 
 afternoon. From the absence of certain customary 
 formalities on reaching the palace and the quiet manner 
 of my reception, I suspect that it was meant to be private 
 quite as much as official. The Empress took occasion to 
 
 25 express to me the Emperor's interest in General Grant's 
 history, his desire to meet him personally, and his deep 
 regret that this was now impossible. Her words and 
 manner implied an authorization that I should repeat 
 these expressions to General Grant. She then spoke 
 
 30 very freely and feelingly of the disturbances occasioned 
 
TA YLOR >S LE TTERS. 89 
 
 by the distress of the laboring class, declared her belief 
 that a period of peace would be the best remedy, and 
 finally said, " The Emperor knew that I should see you 
 to-day. He has the peace of the world at heart, and he 
 desires nothing so much as the establishment of friend- 5 
 ship between nations. I ask you to make it your task to 
 promote the existing friendship between your country and 
 ours. You cannot do a better work, and we shall most 
 heartily unite with you in doing it. This is the Emperor's 
 message to you, and he asked me to give it to you in his 10 
 name as well as my own." She bowed and left me. The 
 deep, earnest, pathetic tones of her voice impressed me 
 profoundly. I kept her words carefully in my memory, 
 and have repeated them with only such changes as the 
 translation makes necessary. 15 
 
 The same afternoon I accompanied General and Mrs. 
 Grant to Potsdam. The fact that the dinner was given 
 specially in their honor was evident on reaching the 
 station. They were ushered into the imperial waiting- 
 room, from which a carpet was spread to the state car. 20 
 On reaching Potsdam, the first court equipage conveyed 
 them, together with Mr. von Schlozer, German minister 
 at Washington, and myself, to the palace, the other 
 guests following us. Before the dinner General Grant and 
 Mrs. Grant and myself were received by the Crown 25 
 Princess in private audience. The company numbered 
 about fifty, including the Prince of Hohenzollern, Prince 
 Augustus of Wiirtemberg, the members of the imperial 
 ministry, and all the chief officials of the court. Mrs. 
 Grant was seated beside the Crown Prince, and General 30 
 
90 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Grant opposite, beside Mr. von Biilow, both being the 
 places of honor. I did not consider it consistent with 
 the dignity of the government I represent to make any 
 stipulation concerning etiquette in advance, or even to 
 
 5 ask any question, and I am consequently all the more 
 gratified to find that it would have been unnecessary. 
 During the return to another station, by a longer drive 
 through the park, General Grant received every mark of 
 respect from the people, who crowded the streets to see 
 
 10 him pass. 
 
VOCABULARY. 
 
VOCABULARY. 
 
 A. 
 
 ability, Begabung, f. 
 
 able, to be a., konnen, wissen. 
 
 abolish, vernichten. 
 
 about, woriiber, umher, an, hin- 
 
 sichtlich. 
 above, liber, 
 abreast, neben einander, in einer 
 
 Reihe. 
 absence, Abvvesenheit, f., Unter- 
 
 lassung, f. 
 absent, abwesend, fern, 
 absolute, unbedingt. 
 absorb, vertiefen in (ace), ver- 
 
 tieft sein in (dat). 
 absurd, albern, Unsinn, m., -s. 
 abyss, Abgrund, m., -es, -iinde. 
 accept, annehmen. 
 accompany, begleiten, mitkom- 
 
 men. 
 accord, zeigen, erweisen. 
 accordingly, demgemass, dar- 
 
 nach. 
 account, Bericht, m., -es, -e ; Be- 
 
 schreibung, f. 
 accusation, Klage, f, Beschuldi- 
 
 accustomed, gewohnt. 
 achievement, Leistiing, f. 
 acknowledge, anerkennen fiir 
 (ace), zugeben, gestehen. 
 
 acquaintance, Bekanntschaft, f., 
 
 Bekannter, m., -s., — . 
 acquainted, to become a., ken- 
 
 nen zu lernen. 
 acquire, erlangen, gewinnen, er- 
 
 werben. 
 across, liber, 
 act, That, f., — , -en ; Aufzug, m., 
 
 -s, -iige. 
 act, handeln. 
 
 action, Handlung, f. ; Wirkung, f. 
 actually, wirklich. 
 add, hinzufiigen, miteinschliessen; 
 
 added to, und auch. 
 address, Benehmen, n., -s, An- 
 
 rede, f. ; Adresse, f. 
 address, richten an (ace), 
 adhere, bestehen auf (dat.), blei- 
 
 ben dabei. 
 adherent, Anhanger, m., -s, — . 
 adieu, adieu, auf wiedersehen. 
 adjutant, Adjutant, m., -en, -en. 
 admirable, vortrefflich, ausge- 
 
 zeichnet. 
 admiration, Bewunderung, f. 
 admire, bewundern. 
 admonitory, mahnend. 
 advance, in a., zum voraus ; in a. 
 
 of, vor (dat.) . . . voraus. 
 advance, Fortschritt, m., -s, -e. 
 advance, befordern, weiter brin- 
 
 gen; (lend) vorschiessen, leihen. 
 
ADVANTAGEOUS 
 
 94 
 
 ANNUL 
 
 advantageous, vorteilhaft. 
 adventure, Geschichte, f., Erfah- 
 
 rung, f., Zufall, m , -s, -alle. 
 advise, Ermahnung, f. 
 Aegean, das Ageische Meer. 
 aeon, an aeon ago, vor Jahrhun- 
 
 derten. 
 affable, freundlich, leutselig. 
 affair, Verhaltnis, n., -isses, -isse, 
 
 Geschichte, f., Sache, f. 
 affect, scheinen, sich stellen. 
 affectation, Ziererei, f., Verstel- 
 
 lung, f. 
 affection, Liebe, f. 
 affectionate, liebend, liebevoll, 
 
 herzlich. 
 after-effect, Nachwirkung, f. 
 afternoon, Nachmittag, m., -s, -e ; 
 
 in the a., nachmittags. 
 afterward, sp'ater, nachher. 
 again, wieder. 
 against, gegen ; a. it, dagegen, 
 
 dawider. 
 age, Alter, n., -s, — . 
 aged, greis, alt. 
 agitated, aufgeregt. 
 agitation, Bewegung, f. 
 ago, seit, vor (dat.). 
 agonized, angstlich, grasslich. 
 agony, Angst, f., Angste. 
 agree, zugeben. 
 agreeable, angenehm (gegen), 
 
 freundlich (gegen). 
 aim, Ziel, n., -s, -e. 
 air, Luft, f., -iifte. 
 Alhambra, f. 
 alike, auch, gleich ; a. . . . and, 
 
 sowohl . . . als. 
 alive, empfindlich (dat.), be a, to, 
 
 lebhaft empfinden. 
 all, ganz, all. 
 alley, Gasse, f. ; Pass, m., -es, 
 
 -asse. 
 
 alliance, Verbindung, f. 
 
 allow, lassen, erlauben. 
 
 almost, beinahe, fast. 
 
 aloft, in der Hohe. 
 
 alone, nur, allein. 
 
 along, hin, an (dat.) . . . entlang. 
 
 aloud, laut. 
 
 already, schon. 
 
 also, auch. 
 
 altered, verandert. 
 
 alternately, abwechselnd, wech- 
 
 selsweise. 
 always, immer. 
 amazement, Erstaunen, n., -s, 
 
 Verwunderung, f. 
 ambassador, Botschafter, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 America, n., -s. 
 American, amerikanisch ; Ameri- 
 
 kaner, m., -s, — . 
 amateur, Liebhaber, m., -s. — 
 
 Dilettanten — . 
 amiable, liebenswiirdig. 
 amid, unter (dat.). 
 amidst, in mitten (gen.), mitten 
 
 in (dat.). 
 amount, Anzahl, f. 
 Amsterdam, Amsterdam, n., -s. 
 amuse, amiisieren. 
 ancestor, Ahn, m., -en, -en. 
 ancient, alt, altertiimlich. 
 and, und. 
 
 anecdote, Geschichte, f. 
 anew, von neuem, wieder. 
 angel, Engel, m., -s, — . 
 anguish, Qual, f., -en. Angst, f., 
 
 Angste. 
 anniversary, Jahrstag, m., -es, -e. 
 animal, Tier, n., -s, -e. 
 announce, melden. 
 annually, jahrlich, alljahrlich 
 annul, annullieren, fiir nichtig 
 
 erklaren, ungiiltig machen. 
 
ANSWER 
 
 95 
 
 ASSEMBLAGE 
 
 answer, versohnen, abbiissen ; 
 
 antworten (dat.). 
 antagonist, Gegner, m,, -s, — . 
 antique, altertiimlich. 
 anxiety, Sorgfalt, f. ; to have a. 
 
 about, sich um (ace.) kiim'mern. 
 any, jed-er, all. 
 anything, etwas, alles, jedes. 
 apart, entfernt, beiseite. 
 apartment, Wohnung, f. 
 apiece, jeder. 
 Apollo, Apoll (-o), m, -s. 
 apologetic, Apologie, f., Vertei- 
 
 digung, f. 
 apostle, Apostel, m., -s, — , Beken- 
 
 ner, m., -s, — . 
 appear, erscheinen, veroffentlicht 
 
 werden ; aussehen, scheinen. 
 appearance, to make an a., sich 
 
 zeigen, zum Vorschein kommen. 
 appetite, Appetit, m., -s. 
 approach, Anzug, m., -s, -iige. 
 approach, (sich) nahen (dat.), sich 
 
 nahern (dat.). 
 apron-strings, Gangelbander, n. 
 
 plu., Schiirzenbander, n. plu- 
 arch, Pforte, f., a. of triumph, 
 
 Siegesbogen, m., -s, -ogen, or — ; 
 
 Gewolbe, n., -s, — . 
 architecture, Baukunst, f . ; Bau 
 
 vverke, n. plu. 
 archives, Archiv, n., -s, -e. 
 archway, Thorweg, m , -s, -e ; 
 
 Bogengang, m., -s, -ange ; Thor- 
 
 gewolbe, n., -s, — . 
 ardent, heiss. 
 ardently, sehnlich, eifrig. 
 arquebusiers, Armbrust-Schiit- 
 
 zengesellschaft, f. 
 argumentation, Disputieren, n. ; 
 
 Beweisfiihrung, f. 
 Ariadne, Ariadne, f. 
 aright, recht. 
 
 arise, erstehen, auf kommen, 
 
 entspringen (daraus). 
 aristocracy, Aristokratie, f. ; Adel- 
 
 stand, m., -s. 
 Arkansaw, Arkansaw (-Fluss), 
 
 m., -s. 
 arm, Waffe, f. ; Arm, m., -s, -e. 
 arm, stahlen (gegen), sich gefasst 
 
 machen auf (ace). 
 arm-chair, Lehnstuhl, m., -s, 
 
 -iihle. 
 armistice, Waffenstillstand, m., 
 
 -s. 
 army, Armee, f. ; Heer, n., -s, 
 
 -e. 
 around, um (ace.) 
 arouse, wecken, rufen. 
 arrange, abmaehen, einrichten, 
 
 Vorkehrungen treffen. 
 arrival, Ankunft, f. 
 arrive, ankommen. 
 arrogant, arrogant, anmassend, 
 
 hochmiitig. 
 arrow, Pfeil, m., -s, -e. 
 arroyo, arroyo, m., -s. 
 art, Kunst, f., -iinste. 
 artificial, formlich, gekiinstelt. 
 artist, Kiinstler, m., -s, — . 
 as, wie, so, als. 
 ascertain, erfahren, ermitteln. 
 ashes, Asche, f. 
 aside, beiseite, auf der Seite. 
 ask, bitten (ace. of person and um 
 
 with ace. of thing), fragen; a. a 
 
 question, eine Frage zu thun 
 
 (or, stellen). 
 aspire, aufstreben, emporstreben, 
 
 streben (nach). 
 assassinate, morden, meuchlings 
 
 iiberfallen. 
 assault, Sturmanlauf, m., -s, -aufe ; 
 
 Angriff, m., -s, -e. 
 assemblage, Versammlung, f. 
 
ASSEMBLY 
 
 96 
 
 BAIAE 
 
 assembly, Versammlung, f. 
 
 assert, behaupten. 
 
 assiduous, sorgsam, emsig, fleis- 
 
 sig. 
 assume, annehmen, voraussetzen. 
 assure, versichern ; assured, 
 
 sicher. 
 astonished, erstaunt. 
 astonishingly, merkwiirdig. 
 astrological, astrologisch. 
 astronomical tower, Sternwarte, 
 
 f. 
 astrologer, astrolog, m., -en, -en ; 
 
 Sterndeuter, m., -s, — . 
 astute, scharfsinnig. 
 at home, zu Haus, bei uns ; at 
 
 (the University), an or auf ; at 
 
 hand, in der Nahe. 
 Athenaeum, Athenaeum, m., -s. 
 athlete, Athlet, m., -en (-s), -en. 
 Atlas, Atlas, m., -es. 
 atmosphere, Luft, f., Atmo- 
 
 sphare, f. 
 attach, anhangen, befestigen (an), 
 attachment, Neigung, f ., Liebe, f . 
 attack, Angrjff, m., -s, -e. 
 attack, angreifen. 
 attain, erzielen. 
 attempt, Versuch, m., -s, -e ; 
 
 Attentat, n., -s, -e. 
 attend, begleiten. 
 attendance, Bedienung, f. 
 attendant, en a., unterdessen, im 
 
 Erwarten. 
 attention, Aufmerk'samkeit, f. 
 attest, bezeugen, beweisen. 
 audible, horbar ; become a., laut 
 
 werden 
 audience-room, Audienzsaal, m., 
 
 -s, -sale, 
 auditor, Zuhorer, m., -s, — . 
 August (month), August, m., -s ; 
 
 (proper name), August, m., -s. 
 
 Augusta, f. 
 
 Augustus, Augustus, m. 
 
 Auld Lang Syne, the same, or : 
 
 die gute alte Zeit (f.). 
 Austria, Osterreich, n. 
 author, Schriftsteller, m., -s — ; 
 
 Veranlasser, m., -s, — . 
 authority, Ansehen, n., -s, Ein- 
 
 fluss, m., -es. 
 authorization, Ermachtigung, f. 
 authorize, bestatigen, billigen. 
 autobiography, Selbstbiographie, 
 
 f., eigne Lebensbeschreibung, f. 
 autumn, Ilerbst — , m., -es, -e. 
 avenger, Racher, m., -s. 
 away, fort, los. 
 awe, Schauder, m., -s, Grauen, n., 
 
 -s ; of death, Todesschauer, 
 
 m., -s. 
 awkward, unbehilflich, linkisch, 
 
 ungeschickt. 
 axe, Axt, f., Axte. 
 azote, Stickstoff, m., -s. 
 
 B. 
 
 baby, Kindlein, n., -s. 
 Bacchus, Bacchus, m. 
 bachelor, Junggesell, m., -en, 
 
 -en. 
 back, zuriick, wieder; b. hair, 
 
 Nackenhaar, n., -s, -e. 
 back, Riicken, m., -s, — . 
 background, Hintergrund, m., -s. 
 backward, riickw'arts. 
 backwoods, same word, or : Hin- 
 
 terwalder, Urwalder, m. plu. 
 bad, schlimm, schlecht. 
 baffle, verhindern, verderben; (of 
 
 plans) vereiteln. 
 bag, Postbeutel, m. -s. 
 Baiae, Baja, n., -s. 
 
BALANCE 
 
 97 
 
 BENIGNANT 
 
 balance, balancieren, wagehalten, 
 
 im Gleichgewicht halten. 
 balcony, Balkon, m., -s. 
 ball, Ball, m., -s, -alle. 
 ballad, Ballade, f. 
 ballroom, Ballsaal, m., -s, -sale. 
 Baltic, baltisch, Ostsee — . 
 Bancroft, Bancroft, -s, -s. 
 band, Kapelle, f. 
 banish, verbannen. 
 bankrupt, bankbriichig, bankerott 
 
 (adj. and noun). 
 bankruptcy, Verderben, n., -s ; on 
 
 the verge of b., auf deni Punkte 
 
 stehen Bankerott zu machen. 
 banquet, Fest, n., -es, -e. 
 banquette, Banquette, f., or Ban- 
 
 kett, n., -s. 
 barb, Spitze, f. 
 bare, bloss (-gestellt). 
 barefooted, barfussig; b. Friar, 
 
 Barfiissermonch, m., -es, -onche. 
 Baron, Baron, m., -s, -e, Freiherr, 
 
 m., -n, -n. 
 barricade, Barrikade, f . Verschan- 
 
 zung, f. 
 barter, Tausch, m., -es, Handel, 
 
 m., -s. 
 base, Grund, m., -es, Fuss, m., -es, 
 
 Unterbau, m., -s, Basis, f. 
 basket, Korb, m., -s, -orbe. 
 batter, einschlagen, eindriicken. 
 battery, Batterie, f. 
 battle, Kampf, m., -s, -ampfe 
 
 Schlacht, f. 
 battlement, Zinne, f. 
 beam, strahlen(auf, ace), anleuch- 
 
 ten; 
 bear, haben, tragen, mitteilen, 
 
 sagen, ertragen. 
 beard, Bart, m., -s. 
 beat, Schlag, m., -s, -age ; b. of 
 
 time, Pulsschlag. 
 
 beat, schlagen, klopfen, zertteten, 
 
 prligeln. 
 beating, klopfen, n., -s. 
 Beauseant, Beauseant, m., -s. 
 beautiful, schon. 
 beauty, Schonheit, f. 
 beckon, winken. 
 become, werden. 
 bed, Beet, n., -s, -e; Bett, n., -s, 
 
 -en ; Lager, n„ -s, — . 
 bedroom, Schlafzimmer, n., -s. — . 
 beech, Buche, f. 
 beer, Bier, n., -s, -e. 
 beer-barrel, Bierfass, n., -es, 
 
 -asser. 
 beer-drinking, Biertrinken, n., 
 
 -s. 
 before, vor, vorher, vormals, ehe, 
 
 bevor. 
 beg, bitten. 
 
 begin, beginnen, anfangen. 
 beggar, Bettler, m., -s, — . 
 behind, hinter. 
 behold, beschauen. 
 Belgium, Belgien, n., -s. 
 belief, tlberzeugung, f. ; Glaube 
 
 (an, ace), m., -ens. 
 believe, glauben (von), erwarten 
 
 (von), 
 belligerent, kriegfiihrende Partei 
 
 (f., -en) or Macht, f., -achte. 
 belong, gehoren (dat. alone or zu 
 
 with dat.). 
 beloved, geliebt, teuer. 
 below, unten, unter. 
 Ben, Ben. 
 
 bench, Bank, f., -anke, Schulbank, 
 beneath, unter. 
 Benevento, Benevent, n., -s. 
 beneficent, wohlth'atig. 
 benevolent, wohlwollend, giitig. 
 benignant, wohlwollend, giitig, 
 
 heiter. 
 
BENT 
 
 98 
 
 BOW 
 
 bent, gebiickt; b. upon, darauf 
 
 bestehen, dahin gehen. 
 Bergstrasse, Bergstrasse, f. 
 Berlin, Berlin, n., -s. 
 beseech, bitten (um, ace.) 
 Besen, Besen, m., -s, — . 
 besides, ausser (dat.). 
 best, best, 
 betise, Betise, f., dummer Streich, 
 
 m., -s., -e, Dummheit, f. 
 better, besser. 
 between, zwischen, dazwischen, 
 
 unter. 
 beyond, hinter, dahinter. 
 Bible, Bibel, f., -n. 
 bid, wiinschen, heissen. 
 big, gross, dick, 
 bill, Rechnung, f. 
 binding, Einband, m., -s. 
 bind, festbinden, sich verpflichten. 
 biographical, biographisch. 
 biography, Biographfe, f ., Lebens- 
 
 beschreibung, f. 
 bird, Vogel, m., -s, -ogel. 
 birth, Geburt, f., Rang, m , -es, 
 
 Stand, m., -es, Leben, n., -s. 
 birthday, Geburtstag, m., -s. 
 birthplace, Geburtsort, m., -s. 
 birthright, Geburtsrecht, n., -es. 
 Bismarck, Bismarck, 
 bitch, Hiindin, f. 
 bit, Stuck, n., -es, -e ; some b. of 
 
 satire, irgend eine Spottrede, f. 
 Byzantine, byzantinisch. 
 black, schwarz, dunkel, duster ; 
 
 b. (horse), Rappe,'m., -n, -n. 
 blackened, schwarz vverden. 
 black-robed, schwarzgekleidet. 
 blame, tadeln. 
 bland, sanft, mild, 
 blanket, (Lager-) Decke, f., wol- 
 
 lene Decke. 
 blaze, schimmern. 
 
 bless, segnen. 
 
 blessing, Segen, m., -s. 
 
 blind, blind. 
 
 bliss, Gluckseligkeit, f. 
 
 blood, Blut, f. 
 
 bloodshot, mit Blut unterlaufen, 
 
 aufgeschwollen. ' 
 bloom, Duft, m., -s. 
 blot, austilgen, ausloschen. 
 blow, wehen, flattern. 
 blow, Schlag, m., -s, -age. 
 blue, blau. 
 
 blunder, Irrtum, m., -s, -iimer. 
 blundering, im Irrtum. 
 blush, erroten. 
 blush, Erroten, n., -s. 
 bobbing, herumhiipfend. 
 body, Korper, m., -s, — . 
 bold, kiihn. 
 
 Boniface, Bonifacius, Bonifaz, m. 
 Bonnland, Bonnland, n., s. 
 book, Buch, n., -s, -iicher ; Liste, 
 
 f., Verzeichnis, n., -nisses, -nisse ; 
 
 Register, n., -s, — . 
 boon, Segen, m., -s, Lohn, m., -s, 
 
 Gut, n., -es, -iiter. 
 boot, daran liegen. 
 booted, gestiefelt. 
 booty, Beute, f. 
 born, geboren. 
 Boswell, Boswell, m. 
 Boswellize, boswellisieren, den 
 
 B. spielen. 
 both, beicle, b. and, sovvohl . * . 
 
 (als) auch, nicht nur . . . son- 
 
 dern auch. 
 bother, Plage, f., Qu'alerei, f. 
 bottle, Flasche, f. 
 boulder, Stein, m., -s, -e, Block, 
 
 m., -s, -ocke, Steinmasse, f. 
 Bourbon, Bourbone, m., -n, -n. 
 bow, sich verbeugen, sich neigen, 
 
 griissen. 
 
BOX 
 
 99 
 
 CAMPAIGN 
 
 box, Loge, f., Stuhl, m., -s, -iihle. 
 
 boy, Knabe, m., -n, -n. 
 
 braced, erfrischt ; b. back, zuriick- 
 
 gebogen, zuriickgeworfen. 
 branch, Zweig, m , -s, -e. 
 branded, gebrandmarkt. 
 brander, Brandfuchs, m., -es, 
 
 -iichse. 
 brave, tapfer, mutig, tiichtig. 
 brawl, rauschen. 
 break, brechen, zerbrechen ; (of 
 
 the day) anbrechen ; b. away, 
 
 losbrechen (von), lossagen. 
 breakfast, Fruhstuck, n., -s. 
 breakneck, halsbrecherisch. 
 breast, Brust, f., -iiste. 
 breath, Atemzug, m., -s, -iige. 
 breathe, atmen, einatmen. 
 breed, erwecken, erzeugen, erzie- 
 
 hen. 
 breeze, Liiftchen, n.,-s, Lufthauch, 
 
 m., -s, Luftzug, m., -s. 
 bridal, Ehe, f., Vermahlung, f. 
 bride, Braut, f., -aute, Gemahlin, f. 
 bridegroom, Brautigam, m., -s. 
 bridge, Briicke, f. 
 bridle, Ziigel, m., -s. 
 brief, kurz. 
 bright, hell, glanzend. 
 broom-stick, Besenstiel, m., -s, -e. 
 brilliant, leuchtend, glanzend. 
 brim, Rand, m., -s, -ander. 
 bring, b. out, herausbringen ; b. 
 
 up, erziehen. 
 broad, breit, weit, einfach, deut- 
 
 lich. 
 Broad-Stone, der breite Stein, 
 
 m., -s. 
 broadsword, Rapier, n., -s. 
 Brobdignag, the same, or : Riese, 
 
 m., -n, -n. 
 bronzed, verbraunt. 
 Brooklyn, Brooklyn, n., -s. 
 
 brother, Bruder, m., -s. Briider. 
 
 brother-in-law, Schwager, m., 
 -s, -ager. 
 
 brown, braun. 
 
 Bruges, Brugge, n., s. 
 
 buckskin, ledern (aus Bocksfell 
 gemacht). 
 
 build, bauen, erbauen. 
 
 building, Gebaude, n., -s, — . 
 
 bull-dog, Bull-Dogge, f. 
 
 burn, brennen, anbrennen. 
 
 burst, Ausbruch, m., -s. 
 
 burst, einschlagen (in, ace.) ; gera- 
 ten (in, ace.) ; zerspringen ; los- 
 brechen; steigen (iiber, ace). 
 
 bushel, Scheffel, m., -s, — . 
 
 bush, Busch, m., -es. -iische, Ge 
 biisch, n., -es, -e. 
 
 business, Geschaft, n., -s, -e. 
 
 business (adj.), geschaftlich. 
 
 bust, Biiste, f. 
 
 busy, sich beschaftigen (mit). 
 
 but, aber, ausser. 
 
 butcher, schlachten. 
 
 button-hole, Knopfloch, n., -s, 
 -ocher. 
 
 buy, kaufen. 
 
 by, mit, bei, von. 
 
 cab, cab, n., -s, Droschke, f., 
 
 Wagen, m., -s, — . 
 cadence, Takt, m., -s, -e. 
 calculate, berechnen. 
 call, nennen, heissen ; wecken ; 
 
 rufen (in, ace.) ; visit, besuchen. 
 California, Californien, n., -s ; 
 
 (adj.) Calif ornisch. 
 calm, ruhig, heiter. 
 Cambridge, Cambridge, n., -s. 
 campaign, Feldzug, m., -s, -iige. 
 
CAN 
 
 100 
 
 CHARGE 
 
 can, konnen, wissen, vermogen. 
 cancel, ausstreichen, verlbschen. 
 candle, Licht, n., -s, -er. 
 cane, Stock, m., -s, -ocke, Stock- 
 
 chen. 
 canon, Schlucht, f., Pass, m., -es, 
 
 -asse. 
 cant, c. names, Spitznamen, m. 
 
 plu. 
 canvas, Leinwand, f. 
 cap, Miitze, f. Couleurmiitze, f., 
 
 Cereviskappchen, n., -s. 
 capital, Kapital, n, -s, -e and -ien, 
 
 Vermogen, n, -s. 
 captain, Ilauptmann, m., -s, plu. 
 
 Hauptleute ; Kapitan, m., -s, -e. 
 car, state-c, Staatswagen, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 caravan, Karawane, f. 
 carcass, Leichnam, m., -s, -e, 
 
 Leiche, f. 
 card, Karte, f. 
 care, Leitung, f., Aufsicht, f. 
 careful, sorgsam, vorsichtig, sorg- 
 
 faltig. 
 careless, riicksichtslos, unbekiim- 
 
 mert, unbefangen, sorglos. 
 Carl, Karl, m., -s. 
 Carmagnole, Carmagnole, f. 
 carpet, Teppich, m., -s, -e. 
 carriage, Haltung, f., Wagen, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 carry, tragen, gewinnen. 
 carving, Bildwerk, n., -s, -e, 
 
 Schnitzwerk, n.,- -s, Bildhau- 
 
 erei, f. 
 case, Fall, m., -s, -alle. 
 cast, Abguss, m., -es, iisse. 
 castellated, betiirmt, bezinnt, mit 
 
 Zinnen versehen. 
 castle, Schloss, n., -es, -osser. 
 catch, einholen, fangen ; stblpern, 
 
 fehltreten ; packen, ergreifen. 
 
 Catholic, Katholik, m., -en, -en; 
 
 (adj.) katholisch. 
 caudal, Schwanz-. 
 cause, Sache, f., -n. 
 cause, verursachen. 
 celebrate, feiern. 
 celebrate, beruhmt. 
 cell, Zelle, f. Kerkerloch, n, -s, 
 
 -bcher. 
 centre, Mittelpunkt. m , -s, -unkte 
 
 in the c. of, mitten in or auf. 
 century, Jahrhundert, n., -s, -e. 
 ceremonious, feierlich, anstandig 
 ceremony, Feierlichkeit, f Cere 
 
 monie, f. Etikette, f. 
 certain, bestimmt, gewiss, sicher. 
 certainly, sicherlich, gewiss, frei- 
 
 lich. 
 chafe, reizen 
 chain, ketten, (an, ace ) 
 chair, Stuhl, m., -s, -iihle. 
 challenge, fordern, herausfordern^ 
 
 gebieten. 
 chameleon, Chamaleon, n, -s, 
 
 -s. 
 champion, Kampe, m., -n, -n, 
 chance, by c, or c. to, zufallig, 
 
 zufalligerweise. 
 change, Wechsel, m, -s, Ande- 
 
 rung, f. 
 change, (ver-)tauschen (fiir, ge- 
 
 gen, mit, um), wechseln, um 
 
 schlagen, verandern. 
 channel, Bett, n, -s, -en, Kanal, m., 
 
 -s, -ale. 
 chap, Kerl, m., -s -e, (-s) Patron, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 chapel, Kapelle, f , Kirche, f. 
 character, Charakter, m , -s, — , 
 
 guter Ruf, m., -s. 
 charge, anschreiben, nehmen 
 
 (fiir), fordern von . . . fur; hin 
 
 donnern, hinsturmen. 
 
CHARLES 
 
 101 
 
 COAT 
 
 Charles, Karl, m, -s. 
 
 charm, Zauber, m., -s, — . 
 
 charming, reizend, allerliebst. 
 
 chase, jagen, Jagd machen. 
 
 chase. Jagd, f., -en. 
 
 chasm, Grund, m., -es, -iinde, 
 
 Tiefe, f., Schlucht, f., -en. 
 check, without c, ohne Beden- 
 
 ken, ohne Zaudern. 
 check, bandigen. 
 cheek, Wange, f., Gesicht, n., -s, 
 
 -er. 
 cheer, erheitem, ermuntern, sich 
 
 trosten, Mut fassen. 
 cheerful, munter, froh, beruhigt, 
 
 frohlich. 
 Cherbourg, Cherbourg, n., -s. 
 cherish, sorgen (fiir), pflegen. 
 chest, Brust, f. 
 chicken, Hiindchen, n. 
 chief, grosst, Haupt-, Ober-. 
 chief, Haupt, n, -es, -aupter, Fiih- 
 
 rer, m., -s, — . 
 child, Kind, n., -s, -er. 
 childhood, Kindheit, f. 
 childlike, kindlich. 
 chilling, frostig. 
 chimney, Kamin, m., -s, -e. 
 chin, Kinn, n., -s, -e. 
 chirp, zirpen. 
 choose, wahlen. 
 chorus, Chor, m., -s, -ore. 
 Christian, christlich. 
 Christmas, Weihnachten, pi. ; 
 
 Ch. jollities, Weihnachtsfest- 
 
 lichkeiten, frohliche Christfeste. 
 church, Kirche, f. 
 cicerone, Fiihrer, m., -s, — . 
 cigar, Cigarre, f. 
 circle, Kreis, m., -es, -e, Umfrie- 
 
 dung, f. 
 city, Stadt, f., adte. 
 civil, hoflich (gegen, ace). 
 
 civilization, Bildung, f., Gesit- 
 
 tung, f., Kultur, f., Civilisa- 
 tion, f. 
 civilize, civilisieren, bilden. 
 claim, Recht, n., -s, -e, Anspruch, 
 
 m., -s, -iiche. 
 clamber, ansteigen. 
 clan, Clan, m., -s, -s, Geschlecht, 
 
 n., -s, -er, Stainm, m., -s, -amine. 
 claret, Rotwein, m., -s, -e. 
 class, Klasse, f. 
 
 classip, klasoioc-h. • ,'•,'■>■> j 
 
 classic, ^Ja^iier.m,., -s, -W > * 
 cla&'smate^ Klassenkamerad, m., 
 
 •pt± *lnd; -s,; s&n/ U^jvoYsifcats.'. 
 
 freund, m!,-s,-e. ' ' ' > ' 
 
 Claudian, Claudian,jn., -s. 
 clay, Thon, m., -s, -e; of c, tho- 
 
 nern. 
 clear, klar, hell, deutlich. 
 cleave, bleiben; sich in (ace.) 
 
 spalten. 
 clever, klug. 
 cliff, Felsklippe, f., Fels, m, -en, 
 
 -en. 
 climate, Klima, n., -s, -ta and 
 
 -te. 
 cling, sich nisten (an, ace, and 
 
 dat.), fest halten, fassen, sich 
 
 klammern (an, ace.). 
 clipping, Scheren, n., -s. 
 clique, Clique, f., Gesellschaft, f., 
 
 Genossenschaft, f. 
 cloak, Mantel, m., -s, -antel. 
 clock, Uhr, f, -en. 
 cloister, Kloster, n, -s. 
 close, dicht, nah. 
 close, schliessen. 
 clothes, Kleider, n. plu. 
 cloudless, wolkenlos, hell, klar. 
 clutch, greifen (nach). 
 coal, Kohle, f. 
 coat, Rock, m., -s, -ocke. 
 
COCK 
 
 102 
 
 CONFIRM 
 
 cock, Hahn, m., -s, -ahne. 
 
 cock, spannen (den Hahn). 
 
 coin, Geldstiick, n., -s, iicke, Gold- 
 stuck. 
 
 cold, Kalte, f. 
 
 cold, kalt. 
 
 collar, Kragen, m., -s, — . 
 
 colleague, Kollege, m., -en, -en. 
 
 collect, sammeln, versammeln. 
 
 college, Universitats-, Studen- 
 ten-; on the c. benches, im 
 Uor&aal, im ^Collegium, auf den 
 Bauken. c o o : ^ 
 
 colonel, Oberst, m., -en, -en. , 
 
 QOiony f ICqIo'iir, ; f., Kolonial-. 
 
 color, F&rbe, £ 
 
 colored, farbig, bunt, schwarz. 
 
 colossus, Koloss, m., -es, -s. 
 
 colt, Fiillen, n., -s, — . 
 
 column, Saule, f. 
 
 column-like, saulengleich. 
 
 combing, Kammen, n., -s. 
 
 combatant, Streiter, m., -s, — , 
 Kampfender, m., -n, -n. 
 
 come, kommen ; c. up, aufgehen, 
 heraufsteigen ; c. off with, 
 davontragen ; c. in, eintreten ; 
 c. back, wieder zuriickkehren ; 
 come upon, treffen. 
 
 comfort, Trost, m., -es. 
 
 command, befehlen. 
 
 command, Fiihrung,f., Befehl,m., 
 -s, -e, Verfiigung, f. 
 
 commander-in-chief, Oberbe- 
 fehlshaber, m., -s,. — , Feldherr, 
 m., -n, -n. 
 
 commanding, uberwiegend, uber- 
 ragend. 
 
 commend, empfehlen. 
 
 commentary, Bemerkung, f., Be- 
 obachtung, f. 
 
 commit, iiberliefern, (dat), werfen 
 (in, ace). 
 
 communicate, mitteilen, sich 
 
 brieflich in Verbindung setzen. 
 companion, Reisegefahrte, m., -n, 
 
 -n ; Gesellschafterin, f. 
 companionship, Kameradschaft, 
 
 f. 
 compare, vergleichen. 
 comparatively, verhaltnismas- 
 
 sig. 
 compile, an Sammelwerken arbei- 
 
 ten, sammeln. 
 complete, ganz, vollkommen, fer- 
 
 tig, zu Ende, voriiber. 
 compliment, Komplimente ma- 
 
 chen, schmeicheln (dat.). 
 compose, is c, bestehen aus. 
 composure, Ruhe, f., Gleichgiil- 
 
 tigkeit, f. 
 comprehend, begreifen, verste- 
 
 hen. 
 comprehensible, begreiflich. 
 comprehensive, umfassend. 
 comrade, Gefahrte, m., -n, -n. 
 conception, Meinung, f., Auffas- 
 
 sung, f. 
 concerning, inbetreff (gen.), hin- 
 
 sichtlich (gen.), 
 condemn, verdammen. 
 condescension, Herablacsung, f. 
 condition, Zustand, m., -s, -ande, 
 
 Bedingung, f. 
 conduct, fahren, begleiten. 
 conductor, Kondukteur, m., -s, -e, 
 
 Fiihrer, m., -s, — , Schirrmeister, 
 
 m., -s, — . 
 confer, sprechen (mit) ; c. rap- 
 ture, gliicklich machen. 
 conference, Unterhandlung, f., 
 
 Beratschlagung, f. 
 confess, gestehen. 
 confide, sich verlassen auf (ace), 
 
 Vertrauen haben in (dat.). 
 confirm, bestatigen. 
 
CONGRATULATE 
 
 103 
 
 COURAGEOUS 
 
 congratulate, gratulieren (dat.), 
 
 Gliick wiinschen (dat.). 
 congratulation, Gliickwunsch, 
 
 m., -es, -unsche. 
 Congress, Kongress, m., -es, -e. 
 conscience, Gewissen, -n., -s. 
 conscientiously, gewissenhaft. 
 consciousness, Gefiihl, n., -s, -e, 
 
 Bewusstsein, n., -s. 
 consecrate, weihen. 
 consent, free c, freiwillig, freier 
 
 Wille, m., -ens. 
 consent, einwilligen (darin). 
 consequence, no c, es thut 
 
 nichts. 
 consequently, daher. 
 consider, halten (fur), uberlegen, 
 
 bedenken. 
 considerable, gross, viel, bedeu- 
 
 tend. 
 considerate, rucksichtsvoll. 
 consideration, Rucksicht, f., -en, 
 
 Ansehen, n., -s. 
 consist, bestehen (aus or in, dat.) 
 
 darin. 
 consistent, vereinbar (mit), im 
 
 Einklang (mit). 
 constant, fortwahrend, stet; be- 
 
 standig, treu. 
 consular, Konsular-. 
 consult, nachschlagen, zu Rate 
 
 ziehen. 
 contain, enthalten. 
 content, Zufriedenheit, f. 
 contentious, streitlustig. 
 contents, Inhalt, m., -s. 
 contest, Kampf, m., -s, -'ampfe; 
 
 Opposition, f. 
 continent, Festland, n., -s, Erdteil, 
 
 m., s, -e, Kontinent, m., -s, 
 
 -e. 
 contract, Kontrakt, m., -s, -e, Ver- 
 
 trag, m., -s, -age. 
 
 contretemps, Zufall, m., -s, -alle. 
 control, Macht, f. 
 convenience, Bequemlichkeit, f. 
 conversation, Unterhaltung, f., 
 
 Unterredung, f., Gesprach, n., 
 
 -s, -e. 
 converse, sprechen, sich unter- 
 
 halten (mit). 
 convince, uberzeugen. 
 convives, Gaste, m., plu. 
 cool, kiihl. 
 
 cool, kiihlen, abkuhlen. 
 coolness, Ruhe, f. 
 Copenhagen, Kopenhagen, n., -s. 
 cordial, freundlich, herzlich. 
 cork, Kork, m., -s, -e and -orke, 
 
 Korkstopsel, m., -s, — . 
 corn, Mais, m., -es. 
 corner, Ecke, f., Eck-. 
 corps, n., — , — . 
 correspond, passen (zu), ent- 
 
 sprechen (dat.). 
 correspondence, Briefwechsel, 
 
 m., -s, — . 
 corridor, Gang, m., -s, -ange. 
 cost, to the c. of, zum Kosten, 
 
 zum Besten (gen.), 
 cost, kosten (dat. or ace. of per- 
 son) ; schwerfallen (dat). 
 cosy, gemutlich, traulich. 
 cough, Husten, m., -s. 
 couldn't be, the same, or : der es 
 
 nicht vermag. 
 Count, Graf, m., -en, -en. 
 count, messen (nach), rechnen, 
 
 zuriicklegen. 
 country, Land, n., -es, -e and 
 
 -ander, Gegend, f. Land- ; c. 
 
 place, Landsitz, m., -es, -e. 
 coupe, n., -s, -s. 
 couple, Paar, n., -es, -e. 
 courage, Mut, m., -s. 
 courageous, herzhaft, mutig. 
 
COURSE 
 
 104 
 
 DAMNATION 
 
 course, Kurs, m., -es, -e, Rich- 
 
 tung, f. ; Verfahren, n., -s. 
 course, schweifen iiber (ace.) 
 court, Hof, m., -s, -ofe. 
 court-marshal, Hofmarschall, m., 
 
 -s, -s and -alle. 
 courtesy, Hoflichkeit, f. 
 cousin, Cousine, f. ; Vetter, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 cover, bedecken, bekrarizen; be- 
 
 wachsen. 
 coward, Memme, f. 
 crag, Fels, m., -en, -en. 
 cranium, Schadel, m., -s, — . 
 cranny, Spalte, f. 
 cravat, Halstuch, n., -s, -iicher. 
 crawl, kriechen, away, vveg. 
 cream-colored, geltweiss. 
 creature, Geschopf, n., -es, -e. 
 credit, Credit, m., -s, Zahlungs- 
 
 fahigkeit, f. 
 crevice, Riss, m., -es, -e. 
 cricket, Grille, f., Heinchen, n. 
 crime, Verbrechen, n., -s, — . 
 crimson, rot. 
 
 cripple, verkriippeln, verwunden. 
 criticism, Kritik, f. 
 cross, sich kreuzen ; kreuzweise 
 
 legen ; hinubergehen, auf die 
 
 andre Seite gehen, gehen (durch 
 
 or iiber, ace), 
 cross, Kreuz, n., -es, -e. 
 crosswise, kreuzweis. 
 croupe, carry en c, hinter sich 
 
 aufsitzen lassen. ■ 
 crowd, Gedr'ange, n., -s, Menge, 
 
 f. 
 crowd, fiillen, sich drangen (in, 
 
 dat.), c. into, sich zusammen- 
 
 drangen (bei), einschliessen (in, 
 
 ace. or dat.). 
 crown, Krone, f. ; Kron-. 
 crown, bekranzen, bedecken. 
 
 cruel, schwer, schrecklich, un- 
 
 barmherzig. 
 crumble, zertriimmern, zersto- 
 
 ren. 
 crush, c. of a, wimmelnd. 
 crush, zertreten, zermalmen. 
 cry, Ruf, m., -s, -e, (nach). 
 cry, rufen ; c. out, ausrufen, aus- 
 
 schreien. 
 cultivate, bilden. 
 curiosity, Neugierde, f. 
 curious, merkwiirdig, seltsam, ei- 
 
 gentiimlich. 
 curl, Locke, f., Lockchen, n, -s. 
 curl, krauseln. 
 curly-pated, krauslockig, kraus- 
 
 kopfig. 
 currency, c. of talk, Redefluss, 
 
 m., -es. 
 current, Stromung, f. 
 curse, Fluch, m., -es, -iiche. 
 curse, verfluchen. 
 curtail, verkiirzen. 
 curtain, Vorhang, m., -s, -ange. 
 curtsey, sich beugen or verbeu- 
 
 gen. 
 curve, Kriimmung, f. 
 cushion, Kissen, n., -s, — , Pol- 
 
 ster, n., -s, — . 
 customary, ublich, gewohnlich. 
 cut, schneiden, ausschneiden, zer- 
 
 schneiden ; c. to resemble, 
 
 nachmeisseln (dat.) ; c. off, 
 
 abschneiden. 
 
 dabble, pfuschen, kiinsteln, kleck- 
 
 sen. 
 daily, taglich, bei Tag. 
 dame, Dame, f. 
 damnation, Verderben, n., -s, 
 
 Verdammnis, f. 
 
DANCE 
 
 105 
 
 DESPONDING 
 
 dance, tanzen. 
 
 danger, Gefahr, f. 
 
 Danish, danisch. 
 
 dare, wagen. 
 
 daring, kiihn, verwegen. 
 
 dark, dunkel, schwarz. 
 
 dark-haired, mit dunkelm (or, 
 
 schwarzem) Haar. 
 Darmstadt, Darmstadt, n., -s. 
 dash, giessen in (ace.) ; sausen 
 
 (durch), stiirmen, jagen. 
 date, Datum, n., -s, -ta and -ten. 
 dated, datiert, Dato. 
 daughter, Tochter, f., -ochter. 
 day, Tag, m., -s, -e ; all his d., 
 
 sein Lebenlang. 
 daylight, Tag, m., -s, Morgen, 
 
 m., -s, — . 
 dead, tot. 
 deal, great d., viel, sehr viel, 
 
 hochst. 
 dear, lieb, teuer. 
 death, Tod, m., -s, Todes — ; to 
 
 be in at the d., beim Halali 
 
 dabei sein. 
 debris, Triimmer, plu., Uberreste, 
 
 plu. 
 decay, Verfall, m., -s ; bring d., 
 
 in Verfall bringen, schwachen. 
 deceive, betriigen. 
 deck, Deck, Verdeck, n., -s, -e. 
 decide, (sich) entscheiden (fiir, 
 
 iiber, ace), sich entschliessen 
 
 (zu). 
 decorous, anstandig. 
 deed, That, f., Handlung, f. 
 deem, denken, meinen, glauben. 
 deep, geraumig, tief, voll, inner, 
 
 gross, innig. 
 defeat, Niederlage, f. 
 defile, Pass, m., -es, -asse. 
 define, d itself, sich auszeichnen, 
 
 hervortreten in (dat). 
 
 definite, bestimmt. 
 
 dejection, Traurigkeit, f., in d., 
 
 betrubt. 
 delicious, kostlich ; d. place, 
 
 kiihler Ort. 
 delight, Behagen, n., -s, Freude, f. 
 delight, to be d., sich freuen, 
 
 erfreut sein. 
 delightful, reizend. 
 dell, Thai, n., -s, -aler. 
 Delphic, delphisch. 
 demand, Forderung, f., Nach- 
 
 frage, f., Wunsch, m., -es, 
 
 -iinsche. 
 democracy, Demokratie, f., 
 
 Volksherrschaft, f. 
 Demos, Demos, m., Volk, n., -s, 
 
 -biker. 
 dense, dick, 
 deny, leugnen ; ablehnen, ab- 
 
 schlagen. 
 depart, abfahren ; entfliehen, 
 
 scheiden. 
 departure, Abreise, f., Abfahrt, f. 
 depth, Tiefe, f. 
 
 deride, verspotten, verhohnen. 
 descend, aussteigen, absteigen. 
 description, Beschreibung, f. 
 desert, verlassen. 
 desert, wiist, ode. 
 desert, Wiiste, f., Einode, f. 
 desertion, Verrat, m., -s. 
 deserve, verdienen. 
 deshabille", in Morgenkleidung. 
 desire, Wunsch, m., -es, -iinsche. 
 desire, wiinschen, wollen. 
 desirable, wiinschenswert. 
 desk, Pult, n., -s, -e. 
 desolation, Einode, f. 
 despair, Verzweiflung, f. 
 despise, verachten. 
 desponding, verzagend, nieder- 
 
 geschlagen. 
 
DESTROY 
 
 106 
 
 DOG 
 
 destroy, zerstoren, vernichten. 
 destruction, Verderben, n., -s. 
 detail, Einzelnkeit, f., Kleinig- 
 
 keit, f. 
 detain, abhalten. 
 development, Entwichlung, f. 
 device, Spiel, n., -s, -e, Sache, f. 
 devil, Teufel, m., -s, — . 
 devilish, verteufelt. 
 devoted, treu, ergeben. 
 dexterous, geschickt. 
 dialect, college d., Studenten- 
 
 sprache, f., burschikos. 
 die, sterben. 
 
 differ, abweichen (von), 
 difference, Unterschied, m., -s, 
 
 -e. 
 different, verschieden (von), 
 
 nicht ahnlich (dat.) ; anders. 
 difficult, beschwerlich, schwer, 
 
 ermiidend. 
 diffuse, verbreiten. 
 dignity, Wiirde, f. ; d. of car- 
 riage, wiirdige Haltung, f. 
 diligence, Diligence, f., Eilwagen, 
 
 m., -s, — . 
 dim, triibe, duster, 
 diminutive, klein. 
 dine, speisen. 
 dingy, dunkel, verblasst. 
 dining-room, Speisesaal, m , -s, 
 
 -sale, 
 dinner, Mittagsessen, n., -s, Essen, 
 
 n., -s, Diner or Dine, n., -s, -s. 
 dinner-bell, Tischklingel, fern., 
 
 Tischzeit, f., Mittagsessen, n., 
 
 -s. 
 dinner-table, Speisetisch, m., 
 
 -es, -e. 
 dip, sich senken. 
 diplomatic, diplomatisch. 
 direct, unmittelbar. 
 directly, stracks, gerade. 
 
 dirty, schmutzig. 
 disappoint, enttauschen. 
 discharge, (sich) miinden (in, 
 
 ace), sich ergiessen. 
 discobolus, Diskuswerfer, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 discord, Zwietracht, f. 
 discourse, Rede, f. 
 discover, entdecken, erfahren. 
 discuss, erortern. 
 disentangle, (sich) zuriickziehen 
 
 (aus). 
 disgust, to have a d., Ekel emp- 
 
 finden (vor, dat.). 
 dislodge, vertreiben. 
 dismount, absteigen. 
 dispose, verfugen (iiber, ace), 
 dissatisfied, unzufrieden (mit). 
 distance, Feme, f., Strecke, f, 
 
 Distanz, f., Entfernung, f. ; at 
 
 wide d., weit entfernt. 
 distant, fern, weit. 
 distinct, deutlich. 
 distinction, Auszeichnung, f. 
 distinguish, (sich) unterscheiden, 
 
 (sich) auszeichnen. 
 distort, verstellen, verdrehen. 
 distress, Not, f. 
 distribute, abgeben, verteilen. 
 disturb, storen. 
 disturbance, Unruhe, f. ; Storung, 
 
 f. 
 divert, amiisieren. 
 divine, gottlich. 
 divine, erraten. 
 division, d. room, Kollegenzim- 
 
 mer, Klassenzimmer, n., -s, — . 
 
 Horsaal, m., -s, -sale, 
 divorce, Scheidung, f. 
 do, thun, machen, schaffen. 
 doctor, Doktor, m., -s, -en. 
 dog, Hund, m., -es, -e, Kerl, m., 
 
 -s, -e. 
 
DOMAIN 
 
 107 
 
 EDGE 
 
 domain, Bereich, m. and n., -s, 
 
 -e ; Gut, a., -s, -iiter. 
 domestic, Diener, m., -s, — ; plu. : 
 
 Dienerschaft, f. 
 Domino, Domino, m., (-s), -s. 
 doom, Schicksal, n., -s, -e, Los, 
 
 n., -es, -e. 
 door, Thiir, f., -en. 
 d'or, d'Or. 
 doubly, doppelt. 
 doubt, Zweifel, m., -s, — . 
 doubt, zweifeln (an, dat.). 
 Dover, Dover, n., -s. 
 down, nieder, unten, abwarts, 
 
 herunter. 
 downstairs, hinunter, hinab. 
 downward, nach unten. 
 dozen, Dutzend, n., -s, -e. 
 drag, hinabziehen, hinabzerren. 
 drain, leeren. 
 draught, Zug, m., -s, -iige. 
 draw, ziehen ; holen ; d. breath, 
 
 (Atem, m., -s.), einatmen; stos- 
 
 sen (in, ace.) ; d. nearer, naher 
 
 hinriicken. 
 drawing, Zeichnung, f. 
 drawn, blank, 
 dread, fiirchten. 
 dreaded, befiirchtet. 
 dream, tr'aumen, hinbriiten (iiber, 
 
 ace), 
 dreamily, traumerisch, sinnend, 
 
 nachdenklich. 
 dreary, traurig. 
 dress, Kleid, n., -s, -er ; Uniform, 
 
 f. 
 dress, to be dressed, tragen, 
 
 gekleidet sein (in, dat). 
 drink, trinken. 
 drive, Fahrt, f. 
 drive, verscheuchen, jagen, trei- 
 
 ben ; fahren, anfahren (vor, 
 
 dat.). 
 
 drizzle, rieseln. 
 
 drop, fallen (lassen), entgleiten 
 
 (dat), entfallen (dat.), sinken, 
 
 herabfallen ; d. into, besuchen. 
 drudgery, miihevolle Arbeit, f. 
 drunk, betrunken. 
 dry, trocken, ausgetrocknet. 
 Dryad, Dryade, f. 
 ducal, herzoglich. 
 Duchess, Herzogin, f., -innen. 
 duel, Duel!, n., -s, -e, Zweikampf, 
 
 m., -s, -ampfe. 
 duelist, Duellant, m., -en, -en, 
 
 Zweikampfer, m., -s, — , Schla- 
 
 ger, m., -s, — . 
 dull, starr, dumm. 
 dumb, stumm. 
 dupe, betriigen. 
 dust, Staub, m., -s. 
 dusty, staubig. 
 Dutch, hollandisch. 
 duty, Pflicht, f. 
 dynasty, Herrschergeschlecht, n., 
 
 •es, -er, Dynastie, f. 
 
 B. 
 
 each, jeder. 
 
 eager, eifrig, bereit. 
 
 eagerness, Ungestum, n., -s. 
 
 ear, Ohr, n., -s, -en. 
 
 earn, verdienen. 
 
 ease, to be at e., sich behaglich 
 
 fiihlen, sich zwanglos bewegen. 
 easy, leicht 
 eccentric, wunderlich. 
 echo, Echo, n., -s, -s, Wiederhall, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 echo, wiederhallen. 
 economical, genau, sparsam. 
 edge, Spitze, f., Kante, f., Ecke, 
 
EDGE 
 
 108 
 
 EVENT 
 
 edge, e. on, weiter hinfahren, 
 
 vorwartsriicken. 
 edition, Ausgabe, f., Auflage, f. 
 educate, erziehen. 
 education, Ausbildung, f., Erzie- 
 
 hung, f. 
 educator, Erzieher, m., -s, — . 
 effect, Wirkung, f., Einfluss, m., 
 
 -es, -iisse. 
 effort, Anstrengung, f. 
 eight, acht. 
 eighteen, achtzehn. 
 eighty, achtzig. 
 eighty-second, zweiundacht- 
 
 zigst. 
 elastic, Gummiband, n., -s, 
 
 -finder. 
 electric, electrisch. 
 elegant, zierlich, vornehm. 
 eleven, elf. 
 
 Elizabeth, Elisabeth, f. 
 eloquence, Beredsamkeit, f. 
 elsewhere, anderswo. 
 embarrassed, unbehiilflich, verle- 
 
 gen, linkisch. 
 embrace, umarmen. 
 embroider, sticken, verbramen. 
 emotion, BewegUng, f. 
 emperor, Kaiser, m., -s, — . 
 employment, Beschaftigung, f. 
 empress, Kaiserin, f. 
 emulate, wetteifern (mit). 
 enchant, bezaubern. 
 encompass, umfassen. 
 encourage, aufmuntern, ermuti- 
 
 gen. 
 end, Ende, n., -s, -n ; no end of, 
 
 zahllos, ohne Ende. 
 endow, ausstatten, versehen. 
 energy, Eifer, m , -s. 
 England, England, n., -s. 
 English, englisch. 
 Englishman, Engender, m., -s, — . 
 
 enjoy, geniessen, besitzen, ein- 
 
 nehmen, sich erfreuen (gen.). 
 enormous, ungeheuer, gross, 
 enough, genug. 
 ensue, entstehen. 
 enter, eintraten, beginnen, auf- 
 
 treten, besteigen. 
 entertain, unterhalten, fiihren. 
 enthusiasm, Bewunderung, f., 
 
 Begeisterung, f. 
 enthusiastically, e. in favor, 
 
 ganz entziickt (von), giinstig 
 
 gelegen (fiir). 
 entirely, ganz, ganzlich, durch- 
 
 weg, ganz und gar, vollig. 
 entrenchment, Schanze, f. 
 envoy, Gesandte (r), m., -en, -en. 
 envy, beneiden. 
 equal, thy e., deinesgleichen. 
 equally, gleich, ebenso. 
 equipage, Equipage, f. 
 equip, ausriisten. 
 erect, hoch aufgerichtet, aufrecht. 
 errand, Gang, m., -s, -ange, Ritt, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 error, Irrtum, m , -s, -iimer. 
 escape, verschwinden, voriiber 
 
 sein. 
 estate, Gut, n., -s, -liter. 
 establish, stiffen, (be)griinden, 
 
 schliessen, ankniipfen. 
 establishment, Stiftung, f., Griin- 
 
 dung, f. 
 eternity, Ewigkeit, f. 
 etiquette, Etikette, f. 
 Euclid, Euclides, m., -s. 
 Europe, Europa, n., -s. 
 European, europaisch. 
 evangelical, evangelisch. 
 even, auch, einmal. 
 evening, Abend, m., -s, -e. 
 event, Ereignis, n., -isses, -isse ; at 
 
 all events, jedenfalls. 
 
EVER 
 
 109 
 
 FANTASTIC 
 
 ever, immer, sonst. 
 
 evermore, auf ewig, auf immer. 
 
 ever-running, immerfliessend. 
 
 every, jeder, all. 
 
 e very-day, alltaglich, gemein. 
 
 everything, alles. 
 
 everywhere, iiberall. 
 
 exactly, gerade. 
 
 exalted, hochgestiegen, erha- 
 
 ben. 
 examination, Priifung, f., Ex- 
 am en, n., -s, -imina. 
 examine, untersuchen, besich- 
 
 tigen. 
 example, Beispiel, n., -s, -e ; for 
 
 e., zum B. 
 exceedingly, ausserst. 
 excellent, vortrefflich, vorzuglich, 
 
 ausgezeichnet. 
 except, ausser, nur nicht, aus- 
 
 genommen. 
 exceptional, ausserordentlich. 
 excessively, iibermassig. 
 excite, aufregen. 
 excitement, Aufregung, f., Erre- 
 
 gung, f. 
 exclaim, rufen, ausrufen. 
 excuse, Entschuldigung, f. 
 execute, ausfiihren, handeln. 
 executioner, Henker, m., -s, — , 
 
 Scharfrichter, m., -s, — . 
 exercise, iiben, ausiiben. 
 exertion, Anstrengung, f. 
 exeunt, gehen ab. 
 exist, bestehen. 
 existence, Leben, n., -s. 
 expect, erwarten. 
 expenses, Ausgaben, f. plu. 
 experience, Erfahrung, f. 
 explain, erkl'aren. 
 explode, explodieren, zerplatzen, 
 
 zerspringen. 
 explosive, knallend. 
 
 ex-President, Ex-Prasident, m., 
 
 -en, -en. 
 express, aussern, erz'ahlen, aus- 
 
 driicken, sprechen (von), 
 expression, Ausdruck, m., -s, 
 
 -iicke, Miene, f. 
 expressive, ausdrucksvoll. 
 extend, ausstrecken, hinweg- 
 
 reichen. 
 extensive, ausgedehnt, gross, 
 exultant, frohlockend. 
 eye, Auge, n., -s, -n. 
 eyelid, Augenlid, n., -s, -er. 
 
 facade, Vorderseite, f., Fas- 
 
 sade, f. 
 face, Gesicht, n., -s, -er. 
 facetious, spasshaft, witzig, lus- 
 
 tig- 
 
 fact, Thatsache, f. 
 
 fail, fehlen. 
 
 faint, matt. 
 
 fair, schon. 
 
 fairly, ganz. 
 
 faith, Glaube(n), m., -ens, Treue, 
 
 f., Vertrauen, n., -s (zu). 
 faithful, treu, ergebenst. 
 faithless, untreu, treulos. 
 fall, fallen, stiirzen, anfangen ; f. 
 
 out, herauslaufen ; f. into, gera- 
 
 ten in (ace), 
 fall back, zuruckfallen. 
 falsehood, Falschheit, f., Treu- 
 
 losigkeit, f. 
 familiar, bekannt, vertraut. 
 familiarly, auf intimem Fusse. 
 family, Familie, f., Familien-. 
 famous, beruhmt. 
 fancy, Phantasie, f. 
 fantastic, phantastisch. 
 
FAR 
 
 110 
 
 FLING 
 
 far, fern, weit. 
 
 far-away, fern. 
 
 fare, Bekostigung, f., Speise, f., 
 
 Kiiche, f., Tisch, m., -es. 
 fare, gehen (mit), stehen (mit). 
 farewell, Lebewohl, n., -s, -(s) 
 
 and -e. 
 farther, weiter ; f. on, weiter hin. 
 fashion, Weise, f., Mode, f., Art, 
 
 f. ; in the old f., wie d?mals. 
 fat, fett, dick, 
 fate, Schicksal, n., -s, -e. 
 father, Vater, m., -s, -ater. 
 father-in-law, Schwiegervater, 
 
 m., -s. 
 fault, Fehler, m., -s, — . 
 favor, begiinstigen. 
 favor, Gefallen, m., -s, Freude, f., 
 
 Gunst, f. ; plu., Gunstbezeigun 
 
 gen ; in favor of, giinstig (dat., 
 
 or zu, or fur), 
 favorite, Lieblings-. 
 fear, fiirchten. 
 fearful, furchtsam. 
 feasibility, Moglichkeit, f. 
 feast, bewirten. 
 feather, Feder, f., -n. 
 feeble, schwach. 
 feed, leben (von), 
 feel, fiihlen, ahnen, spiiren; to 
 
 make felt, sich geltend machen. 
 feeling, Gefiihl, n., -s, -e. 
 feelingly, mit Gefiihl, lebhaft. 
 fellow, Kerl, m., -s, -e, Kamerad, 
 
 m., -en and -s, -en. 
 female, weiblich. 
 feminine, weiblich. 
 ferocious, grausam, grimmig. 
 fervid, briinstig. 
 fevered, fieberisch. 
 few, wenig, ein paar. 
 field, Feld, n., -s, -er, Schlacht, f. ; 
 
 Feld-. 
 
 fifteen, fiinfzehn. 
 
 fifty, fiinfzig. 
 
 fight, fechten, kampfen, ausfech- 
 
 ten, sich schlagen ; f. duels, 
 
 sich duellieren. 
 figure, Gestalt, f. 
 fill, fiillen, erfiillen, einnehmen. 
 filthy, garstig, schlecht. 
 finally, endlich. 
 
 find, finden, einem vorkommen. 
 fine, schon, fein, klar. 
 finger-bowl, Fingerbecken, n., 
 
 -s, — . 
 finish, enden, vervollstandigen, 
 
 fertig machen, vollenden ; to be 
 
 finished, fertig sein, zu Ende 
 
 sein. 
 fin, Flosse, f. 
 fire, feuern, abfeuern, losdriicken ; 
 
 to set on f., anziinden. 
 firm, fest. 
 
 firmness, Festigkeit, f. 
 first, erst, erstens, vorher ; the f. 
 
 to, zuerst. 
 fissure, Spalt, m., -es, -e. 
 five, fiinf. 
 fix, weilen (auf, dat.), heften (auf, 
 
 ace), 
 flank, Flanke, f., Weiche, f. 
 flank, flankieren. 
 flathead, Flachkopf-. 
 fleck, (be-)flecken. 
 fleeting, fliichtig, voruberflie- 
 
 gend. 
 Flemish, flamisch, niederlan- 
 
 disch. 
 flesh, Fleisch, n., -es. 
 flicker, zittern. 
 flight, Flug, m., -s, Flucht, f. 
 flinch, ermatten, nachlassen, matt 
 
 werden. 
 fling, ausschlagen, brausen, sich 
 
 werfen, sich offnen, weichen. 
 
FLOOD 
 
 111 
 
 FREQUENT 
 
 flood, iiberstromen, umfliessen. 
 
 flood, Flut, f. 
 
 flourish, bliihen, hervortreten. 
 
 flow, fliessen, stromen. 
 
 flower, Blume, f. 
 
 Fluxions, Fluxionen, f. phi. 
 
 fly, fliegen. 
 
 foam, Schweiss, m., -es. 
 
 foam, sch'aumen. 
 
 foe, Feind, m., -s, -e. 
 
 foliage, Laubwerk, n., -s, Laub, 
 
 n., -s. 
 follow, folgen (dat.), verfolgen 
 
 (ace), 
 follower, Anhanger, m., -s, — . 
 fool, Narr, m., -en, -en. 
 fool, bethoren, tauschen, betrii- 
 
 gen. 
 foolish, dumm. 
 foot, Fuss, m., -es, -iisse, Huf, m., 
 
 -s, -ufe. 
 footing, Fussraum, m., -s. 
 footman, Lakai', m., -en and -s, 
 
 -en, Diener, m., -s — . 
 footprint, Fuffctapfe, f., Spur, f. 
 for, denn, da. 
 
 force, zwingen (zu), aufzwingen. 
 force, Kraft, f., -afte; by f. of, 
 
 Kraft or vermoge (gen.). 
 fore, Vorder-. 
 forego, aufgeben. 
 forehead, Stirn, f., -en. 
 foreleg, Vorderbein, n., -s, -e. 
 foremost, die Ersten. 
 foresee, voraussehen. 
 forest, Wald, m., -s, -alder. 
 foretell, ahnen, vorstellen, einbil- 
 
 den. 
 forge, Schmiede, f., Schmelzofen, 
 
 m., -s, -ofen, Hiittenwerk, n., 
 
 -s, -e. 
 forget, vergessen. 
 forgive, vergeben (dat.). 
 
 forgiveness, Vergebung, f. 
 
 fork, Gabel, f., -n. 
 
 form, Gestalt, f., Form, f. 
 
 form, bilden. 
 
 formal, formlich, ceremonios, for- 
 
 mell. 
 formality, Formalitat, f., Form- 
 
 lichkeit, f. 
 formally, formlich. 
 Fort Donelson, die Festung 
 
 Donelson, Fort (n.) Donelson. 
 fortnight, vierzehn Tage. 
 fortunately, glucklicherweise, 
 
 zum Gliick. 
 fortune, Gliick, n., -s, Schicksal, 
 
 n., -s, -e ; Vermogen, n., -s. 
 forty, vierzig. 
 forward, heran-, naher. 
 foster-sister, Pflegeschwester, f., 
 
 -n. 
 found, griinden, stiften. 
 founder, Griinder, m., -s, — . 
 four, vier. 
 fourteen, vierzehn. 
 Fox-Commerce, Fuchs-Kom- 
 
 mers, m., -es, -e. 
 Fox-Song, Fuchslied, n., -s, -er. 
 foyer, Foyer, m. and n., -s, -s, 
 
 Vorhalle, f. 
 frailty, Gebrechlichkeit, f. 
 frame, umrahmen, umranken. 
 franchise, Freiheit, f. 
 Frankfort, Frankfurt, n., -s. 
 Franklin, Franklin. 
 Frederick, Friedrich, m., -s. 
 free, frei, ungehindert, offen. 
 freely, tiichtig, in vollem Masse. 
 Fremdenblatt, n., -s, -atter. 
 French, franzosich. 
 Frenchman, Franzose, m., -n, -n. 
 frenzy, Wahnsinn, m., -s, Toll- 
 
 heit, f., in a f., wiitend, tobend. 
 frequent, besuchen. 
 
FRESHEN 
 
 112 
 
 GIFT 
 
 freshen, erfrischen. 
 
 friar, Monch, m., -es, -onche. 
 
 friend, Freund, m , -es, -e. 
 
 friendliness, Freundlichkeit, f. 
 
 friendship, Freundschaft, f. 
 
 frighten, erschrecken. 
 
 from, aus, von. 
 
 front, Stirn(e), f. ; in f., vorne, 
 
 von vorne, voraus. 
 frosty, frostig, Schnee-. 
 frowning, duster. 
 frozen, hard f., festgefroren, ein- 
 
 gefroren. 
 fruit, Frucht, f., iichte. 
 fruit-tree, Obstbaum, m., -s, 
 
 -aume. 
 fulfil, erfiillen, vollziehen, voll- 
 
 bringen, halten. 
 fulfilment, Erfiillung, f. 
 full, voll, ganz; f. of danger, 
 
 gefahrvoll. 
 full-length, in Lebensgrosse, f. 
 fumble, zupfen an (dat.). 
 fume, f. of beer, Bierdunst, m., 
 
 -s. 
 fun, full of f., voll heiterer Laune, 
 
 immer lustig. 
 funny, possierlich, lacherlich, ko- 
 
 misch, drollig. 
 furnish, versehen, versorgen. 
 furnished, mobliert. 
 furniture, Mobel, n., -s, — . 
 further, no f., kein . . . mehr. 
 furthermore, ausserdem. 
 future, Zukunft, f. ; in the f., 
 
 zukiinftig, nachher." 
 
 gain, g. strength, erstarken ; g. 
 
 booty, Beute machen. 
 gala, g. dinner, Gala-Diner, n., 
 
 -s, -s. 
 
 gale, Wind, m., -s, -e. 
 
 gallant, brav. 
 
 gallery, Gallerie, f. 
 
 gallop, sprengen, galloppieren. 
 
 game, Spiel, n., -s, -e, Plan, m., 
 
 -s, -e and -ane. 
 gap, Offnung, f., Einschnitt, m., 
 
 -s, -e. 
 garden, Garten, m., -s, -arten. 
 gardener, Gartner, m., -s, — . 
 garnish, ausschmiicken. 
 gash, Hieb, m., -s, -e. 
 gate, Thor, n., -s, -e. 
 gather, lasten (auf, dat). 
 gaunt, mager. 
 
 gauntlet, Handschuh, m., -s, -e. 
 gauzy, durchsichtig. 
 gayety, Frohlichkeit, f. 
 gaze, g. at, schauen, beschauen. 
 General, General, m., -s, -e (and 
 
 -ale), 
 general, allgemein, Gesamt-. 
 generally, iiberhaupt, im Allge- 
 
 meinen, allgemein. 
 generous, giitig, wohlwollend, 
 
 edelmiitig, grossmiitig. 
 genial, warm, herzlich, leutselig. 
 genius, Genie, n., -s, -s. 
 genteel, vornehm, fein, nett. 
 gentleman, Herr, m., -n, -en 
 German, deutsch. 
 Germany, Deutschland, n., -s. 
 Gerolt, Gerolt, m., -s. 
 gesture, Gebarde, f. 
 get, steigen (in, ace.), haben, be- 
 
 kommen, werden ; get away, 
 • entwischen, wegkommen ; g. 
 
 over, uberwinden. 
 ghost, Schatten, m., -s, — . 
 ghost-like, wie ein Gespenst. 
 giant, Riese, m., -n, -n. 
 giant, riesenhaft, riesig. 
 gift, Geschenk, n., -s, -e, Gabe, f 
 
GILD 
 
 113 
 
 GROTTO 
 
 gild, vergolden. 
 
 girl, Madchen, n., -s. 
 
 girth, Gurt, m., -s, -e. 
 
 give, geben, gewahren, bestim- 
 
 men, anbieten, g. life to, bele- 
 
 ben. 
 glad, to be g., sich freuen, er- 
 
 freut sein. 
 glade, Lichtung, f. 
 gladly, gern. 
 glass, Glas, n., -es, -aser, Spiegel, 
 
 m., -s, — . 
 gleam, Schiramer, m., -s, — . 
 gleam, schimmern. 
 glide, gleiten. 
 
 glimmer, dammern, schimmern. 
 glitter, funkeln. 
 glorify, verherrlichen. 
 glorious, herrlich, pcachtvoll. 
 glove, Handschuh, m., -s, -e. 
 glow, Schein, m., -s, -e ; Inbrunst, 
 
 f. 
 glow, gliihen. 
 gnaw, nagen (ace, or an with 
 
 dat). 
 go, gehen ; g. down, untergehen ; 
 
 g. the rounds, die Runde ma- 
 
 chen ; g. off, fortjagen. 
 goal, Ziel, n., -s, -e. 
 goblet, Krug, m., -s, -iige, Pass- 
 
 glas, n., -es, -aser. 
 God, Gott, m., -es. 
 Goethean, Goethe-, 
 gold, Gold, n., -s. 
 gold - banded, goldumrandert, 
 
 goldbetresst. 
 golden, golden, 
 good, gut. 
 
 good-bye, Lebewohl. 
 good-natured, gutrmitig, gefallig, 
 
 gemiitlich. 
 goodness, Giite, f. 
 ^ood-woman, gutes Weibchen. 
 
 gooseberry, Stachelbeere, f. 
 gorge, Schlucht, f., -en. 
 gorgeous, prachtvoll, prangend. 
 gospel, Evangelium, n , -(s), 
 
 -lien, 
 gossip, Geschwatz, n., -es, -e. 
 govern, regieren, herrschen. 
 government, Regierung, f. 
 gracious, gnadig, lieblich. 
 gradually, allmahlig. 
 grain, Korn, n., -s, orner. 
 grand, gross, grossartig, erhaben, 
 
 Grande — . 
 grandchild, Enkel, m., -s, — . 
 granddaughter, Enkelin, f. 
 Grand-Duke, Grossherzog, m., 
 
 -s, -oge. 
 grandeur, Herrlichkeit, f ., Grosse, 
 
 f. 
 grandfather, Grossvater, m., -s, 
 
 -ater. 
 grandson, Enkel, m., -s, — . 
 grant, zugeben, bewilligen. 
 grapple, nachgreifen, nachstre- 
 
 ben, anfassen. 
 grasp, umklammern, umfassen, 
 
 greifen, nehmen, anfassen, fas- 
 sen, 
 grass, Gras, n., -es, -aser, Wiese, f . 
 gratify, befriedigen. 
 grave, Grab, n., -s, -aber. 
 gray, grau. 
 graze, grasen. 
 great, gross. 
 
 Greek, Grieche, m., n, -n. 
 green, griin, ungefahren. 
 Grenzhammer, m., -s. 
 grief, Schmerz, m., -es, -en. 
 grisette, Grisette, f. 
 grisly, greulich, grausig. 
 groan, stohnen. 
 groove, Geleise, n., -s, — . 
 grotto, Grotte, f. 
 
GROUND 
 
 114 
 
 HEAD 
 
 ground, Erde, f ., Boden, m., -s, — , 
 
 Grund, m., -s ; grounds, Anla- 
 
 gen, f. plu. 
 grow, wachsen, werden. 
 grudge, with a g., unwillig. 
 guardianless, schutzlos, unver- 
 
 sorgt. 
 guard-room, Wachtstube, f. 
 guess, erraten, vermuten, treffen, 
 
 denken or einbilden (with dat. 
 
 of reflexive pronoun), 
 guest, Gast, m., -s, -aste. 
 guide, leiten. 
 gully, Kluft, f., -iifte. 
 gush, rauschen, hervorquellen, 
 
 stromen. 
 gutter, Gosse, f. 
 
 H. 
 
 ha, ha. 
 
 habit, Lebensweise, f., Gewohn- 
 heit, f. 
 
 Hague, der Haag, -s. 
 
 hail, preien (ace), anrufen ; with- 
 in hailing distance, um einan- 
 der zurufen zu konnen, im Be- 
 reich der Stimme. 
 
 hair, Haar, n., -s, -e. 
 
 hale, gesund, wohl, frisch. 
 
 half, halb. 
 
 half-a-dozen, ein halb(es) Dut- 
 zend, ein paar. 
 
 half-hour, eine halbe Stunde. 
 
 half-open, halb geoffnet. 
 
 half-past five, halb sechs, um h. 
 s. Uhr. 
 
 half-past four, halb fiinf. 
 
 half-pupil, halb (und halb) ein 
 Schuler. 
 
 half-yearly, halbjahrig. 
 
 hall, Saal, m., -s, Sale. 
 
 hallow, heiligen, weihen. 
 Hamburg, Hamburg, n., -s. 
 hand, Hand, f., -ande; in h., 
 
 unter der Hand ; unter Handen ; 
 
 on one's hands, auf Handen, 
 
 auf dem Halse, or unterhanden 
 
 haben. 
 hand, einhandigen, iiberreichen. 
 handsome, hiibsch, schon. 
 handsomely, reichlich. 
 hand-writing, Handschrift, f., 
 
 Hand, f. 
 hang, hangen; to h. about, blei- 
 
 ben (an, dat.) ; h. him, zum 
 
 Teufel (Henker) mit ihm. 
 Hanover, Hannover, n., -s. 
 happen, geschehen, begegnen, 
 
 passieren ; happened to, zufal- 
 
 ligerweise. 
 happiness, Gliick, n., -s. 
 happy, gliicklich. 
 harangue, haranguieren, anre- 
 
 den. 
 hard, fest, hart, schwer. 
 harden, abharten. 
 hard-faced, mit harten (Ge- 
 
 sichts)-Ziigen. 
 hardly, kaum, schwerlich. 
 hard-won, schwererrungen. 
 harsh, herb, hart. 
 haste, Hast, f. 
 hasty, rasch. 
 hat, Hut, m., -s, lite. s 
 hate, Hass, m., -es. 
 hatred, Hass, m , -es. 
 haughty, stolz. 
 haunt, bannen, bezaubern, ver- 
 
 folgt. 
 have, haben, brauchen, miissen. 
 hazy, leicht, neblig. 
 he, er. 
 head, Kopf, m., -s, opfe, Haupt, 
 
 n., -s, -aupter. 
 
HEADLONG 
 
 115 
 
 HOPE 
 
 headlong, ungestiim, tollkiihn, 
 
 unbesonnen. 
 health, Gesundheit, f. 
 hear, horen (von). 
 heart, Herz, n., -ens, -en ; at h., 
 
 im Herzen. 
 heart-beat, Herzschlag, m., -s, 
 
 -age. 
 heartily, herzlich, von ganzem 
 
 Herzen. 
 heartrending, herzzerreissend. 
 hearty, munter, gesund, herzlich. 
 heat, Hitze, £., heiss. 
 heathen, Heide, m., -n, -n. 
 heaven, Himmel, m., -s, — ; by 
 
 Heavens, beim Himmel. 
 heavy, gewaltig, tief ; schwer. 
 heed, sich bekiimmern (um ), horen. 
 Heidelberg, n., -s. 
 Heiligenberg, m., -s. 
 heir, Erbe, m., -n, -n. 
 heiress, Erbin, f. 
 help, helfen. 
 help, Hilfe, f. 
 hell, Holle, f. 
 
 hemisphere, Halbkugel, f., n. 
 hence, deshalb. 
 hen, Huhn, n., -s, -iihner. 
 Herald (N. Y.), Herald, m., — . 
 herd, Bande, f., Rotte, f . 
 here, hier. 
 hereditary, Erb-. 
 hero, Held, m., -en, -en. 
 heroic, heroisch, ritterlich. 
 hesitate, zogern. 
 hew, hauen (auf, ace), 
 hide, verbergen, verstecken. 
 high, hoch, gross, wichtig. 
 Highness, Hoheit, f. 
 hill, Berg, m., -s, -e, Hiigel m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 hillside, Bergeshang, m., -s, Ab- 
 
 hang des Berges. 
 
 hind, Hinter 
 
 hinderance, Hindernis, n., -isses, 
 
 -isse. 
 hip, Hiifte, f. 
 hist, still, hore mal. 
 historical, historisch, geschicht- 
 
 lich. 
 history, Geschichte, Lebensgang, 
 
 m., -s. 
 hit, 's sitzt, getroffen. 
 hoard, anhaufen. 
 hoarse, heiser ; in a h. whisper, 
 
 heiser fliisternd. 
 hoary, greis, grau. 
 hock, Rheinwein, m., -s. 
 HoffrSulein, n., -s. 
 hold, halten, tragen ; (es) aushal- 
 
 ten, (es) aufnehmen (mit) ; hold 
 
 out, aushalten. 
 hold, Halt, m., -s, -e. 
 Holland, n., -s. 
 holiday, Feiertag, m., -s, -age, 
 
 plu. also die Ferien. 
 hollow, hohl. 
 holy, heilig, Heiligen — ; the h. 
 
 tablets, i. e. das Heiligtum. 
 home, zu Haus, nach Haus; at 
 
 h. (bei uns) zu Haus. 
 homely, einfach, gemiithch. 
 homeward, nach Hause, way h., 
 
 Riickweg, m., -s. 
 honest, ehrlich, tiichtig, echt, red- 
 
 lich. 
 honeymoon, die Flitterwochen, f. 
 
 plu. 
 honor, Ehre, f . ; ladies of h., 
 
 Hofdamen, f. plu. 
 honorable, ehrenvoll, ehrenhaft, 
 
 gut ; ehren-. 
 hoof, Huf, m., -s, ufe. 
 hoof-mark, Hufspur, f., -en. 
 hope, Hoffnung, f. ; in hopes, in 
 
 der Hoffnung. 
 
HOPE 
 
 116 
 
 INDEED 
 
 hope, hoffen ; I h., hoffentlich. 
 
 horizon, Horizont, m., -es, -e. 
 
 horribly, furchterlich. 
 
 horse, Pferd, n., -s, -e. 
 
 horseman, Reiter, m., -s, — . 
 
 hot, heiss. 
 
 hotel, Hotel, n., -s, -s, (Gast-) 
 
 Hof, m., -s, -ofe. 
 hour, Stunde, f. 
 house, Haus, n., -es, -auser. 
 house - hunting, Hausermieten, 
 
 n., -s. 
 however, jedoch, aber. 
 huckster, Kaufer, m., -s, — , 
 
 Handler, m., -s, — . 
 hue, Farbe, f. 
 huge, riesig, kolossal. 
 human, menschlich, sterblich, ein 
 
 Mensch. 
 humbug, M Humbug," m., Wind- 
 
 beutel, m., -s. 
 humiliate, demiitigen. 
 humorous, spasshaft, lustig. 
 hundred, Hundert, n., -s, -e, hun- 
 
 dert — . 
 hurry, eilen. 
 
 husband, Gemahl, m., -s, -e. 
 hush, still, 
 hymn, Hymne, f., Kirchenlied, n., 
 
 -s, -er. 
 
 I. 
 
 I, ich. 
 
 icy, Eis-. 
 
 idea, Vorstellung, f., Meinung, f., 
 
 Ansicht, f. 
 if, wenn. 
 
 illegal, ungesetzlich. 
 ill, schlecht. 
 ills, Schmerzen, m. plu. 
 illustration, Darstellung (aus), f., 
 
 Abbildung, f. 
 
 image, Bild, n., -s, -er. 
 imaginable, denkbar, was man 
 
 sich denken kann. 
 imitate, nachahmen (dat.). 
 imitation, Nachahmung, f. 
 immediately, sofort, sogleich. 
 immensely, sehr viel, ungeheuer, 
 
 unendlich, unermesslich, bedeu- 
 
 tend. 
 imminent, dringend, nah. 
 impatiently, ungeduldig. 
 imperial, kaiserlich, Kaiser-, 
 impertinent, unverschamt. 
 impetuous, heftig, ungestiim. 
 importance, Wichtigkeit, f., Be- 
 
 deutung, f. 
 important, wichtig, bedeutend. 
 impose, i. upon, tauschen, betrii- 
 
 gen, zum Besten haben. 
 imposing, iiberwaltigend, bedeut- 
 
 sam; imposant. 
 impossible, unmoglich. 
 impostor, Betriiger, m., -s, — 
 impression, Eindruck, m., -s, 
 
 -iicke. 
 impressive, wirkungsvoll, impo- 
 
 nierend. 
 imprisonment, Einschrankung, 
 
 f., Gefangenschaft, f. 
 improve, verbessern, verscho- 
 
 nern. 
 improvise, improvisieren, aus 
 
 dem Stegreif dichten. 
 impulse, Trieb, m., -s, -e, Drang, 
 
 m., -s. 
 in, in, hin, hinein, bei, dabei. 
 incarnate, lebendig, leibhaftig. 
 incline, neigen (zu). 
 include, mit einschliessen ; in- 
 cluded, darunter. 
 incredible, unglaublich. 
 indeed, wahrhaftig, wirklich, frei- 
 
 licb, in der That. 
 
INDEPENDENCE 
 
 117 
 
 INVITINGLY 
 
 independence, Unabhangigkeit, 
 
 f. 
 independent, unabhangig. 
 Indian, Indianer, m., -s, — ; I. 
 
 corn, Mais, m., -es. 
 India-rubber, Gummi elasticum, 
 
 n. 
 indignation, Unwillen, m., -s ; in 
 
 i., entriistet (iiber, ace), 
 individual, Individuum, n., -s, 
 
 -uen, Personlichkeit, f. 
 indwelling, inwohnend. 
 inexpressibles, i. e. Hosen, f. 
 
 plu. 
 infinite, unendlich, unverwiist- 
 
 lich. 
 influence, Einfluss, m., -s, -iisse, 
 
 Wirkung, f. 
 infold, umfassen, einschliessen. 
 inform, mitteilen, benachrichti- 
 
 gen, melden. 
 informatipn, Kenntnisse, f. plu. 
 inherit, ererben. 
 
 initiate, einfiihren ; to be in- 
 itiated, aufkommen. 
 ink, Tinte, f. 
 
 inn, Wirtshaus, n., -es, -auser. 
 innumerable, zahlreich, unzahlig. 
 inquire, erfragen (ace), 
 inquisitive, neugierig. 
 insanity, Wahnsinn, m., -s. 
 inside, inwendig ; the i., das In- 
 
 nere. 
 insipid, geschmacklos. 
 insist, (darauf ) bestehen. 
 insolent, frech, unverschamt. 
 insolvent, zahlungsunfahig. 
 inspect, betrachten, besehen. 
 instance, for i., zum Beispiel, n., 
 
 -s, -e. 
 instant, Augenblick, m., -s, -e ; 
 
 the i., sobald. 
 instantly, sogleich. 
 
 instinct, Ahnung, f. 
 instruction, Anweisung, f., Be- 
 
 fehl, m., -s, -e, Vorschrift, f. 
 instrument, Instrument, n., -s, -e. 
 insult, Beleidigung, f. 
 insulate, isolieren, absondern. 
 intellectual, geistig, Geister-. 
 intelligent, gebildet, wohl unter- 
 
 richtet. 
 intend, wollen, meinen, beabsich- 
 
 tigen, sollen. 
 interest, Teilnahme, f., Interesse, 
 
 n., -s, -n, Riicksicht, f. 
 interest, interessieren. 
 interesting, interessant, anzie- 
 
 hend, reizend. 
 interlude, Zwischenpause, f., Zwi- 
 
 schenspiel, n., -s, -e, Intermezzo, 
 
 n., -s, -s. 
 intermediate, dazwischenliegend, 
 
 dazwischenbefindlich. 
 internal, inner, innerlich. 
 interrupt, storen. 
 intervening, i. time, Zwischen 
 
 zeit, f. 
 interview, interviewen. 
 interview, Unterredung, f., Be- 
 
 such, m., -s, -e, Zusammenkunft, 
 
 f., -iinfte. 
 intimate, vertraut, teuer, intim. 
 intimation, Anzeige, f., Andeu- 
 
 tung, f. 
 into, in (ace), hinein. 
 intolerance, Intoleranz, f., Un- 
 
 duldsamkeit, f. 
 intoxicated, betrunken. 
 introduce, vorstellen (ace and 
 
 dat), einfiihren. 
 invade, gefahrden, angreifen. 
 inverted, umgekehrt, umgestiirzt. 
 invisible, unsichtbar. 
 invite, einladen, auffordern. 
 invitingly, einladend. 
 
IRON-GRAY 
 
 118 
 
 LANE 
 
 iron-gray, Eisenschimmel, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 irregular, unregelmassig. 
 is, ist, heisst. 
 island, Insel, f., -n. 
 isle, Insel, f., -n. 
 isolate, trennen, absondern. 
 issue, herauskommen. 
 Italian, italienisch. 
 Italy, Italien, n., -s. 
 ivy, Epheu, m., -s. 
 
 Jack, Hans, m. 
 
 jackass, Esel, m., -s, — . 
 
 jacket, Warns, m. and n., -es, 
 -amser, Jacke, f. 
 
 January, Januar, m., -s, -e. 
 
 jealousy, Eifersucht, f. 
 
 jewel, Kleinod, n., -s, -e and -ien. 
 
 join, sich anschliessen (dat.), sich 
 ergiessen (in, ace), einfallen (in, 
 ace.) ; nehmen, fassen, driicken, 
 festhalten ; eintreten (in, ace). 
 
 joint, Gelenk, n., -s, -e. 
 
 jointure, Leibgedinge, n., -s. 
 
 joke, Witz, m., -es, -e. 
 
 jollity, Festlichkeit, f. 
 
 journal, Zeitung, f., Blatt, n., -s, 
 -atter. 
 
 journey, Reise, f. 
 
 joy, Wonne, f., Freude, f. 
 
 joyful, freudig, freudvoll. 
 
 judge, beurteilen, taxieren (nach), 
 urteilen. 
 
 judgment, Urteil, n., -s, -e. 
 
 July, Juli, m., — , -(s). 
 
 jump, hiipfen, springen. 
 
 June, Juni, m., — , -(s). 
 
 Jupiter, Jupiter, m., -s. 
 
 just, gerade, so; gerecht, recht. 
 
 justify, rechtfertigen. 
 
 K. 
 
 keep, halten, hindern ; k. on, fest- 
 halten ; k. near the fashions, 
 mit der Zeit zu gehen, sich der 
 Mode anschliessen ; k. sepa- 
 rate, unterscheiden ; k. grow- 
 ing, immer werden. 
 
 kick, einen Fusstritt geben. 
 
 Kickelhahn, m., -s. 
 
 kind, Art, f. 
 
 kina, freundlich, giitig. 
 
 king, Konig, m., -s, -e. 
 
 kingdom, Reich, n., -s, -e. 
 
 knee, Knie, n., -s, -(e). 
 
 kneel, knien. s 
 
 kneipe, Kneipe, f. 
 
 knife, Messer, n., -s, — . 
 
 knightly, ritterlich. 
 
 knit, verkniipfen (zu). 
 
 knock, klopfen. 
 
 know, kennen, wissen, »ehen, 
 
 knowledge, Wissen, n,, -s, Ge- 
 dachtnis, n., -isses, -isse, Wis- 
 senschaft, f., Erkenntnis, f., 
 -isses, -isse. 
 
 known, bekannt. 
 
 L. 
 
 labor, Arbeit, f. 
 
 labor, arbeiten, streben (nach). 
 
 lack, fehlen (dat.). 
 
 lackey, Lakai', m., -en and -s, -en, 
 
 Diener, m., -s, — . 
 lady, Dame, f. 
 
 laissez-aller, sichgehenlassen. 
 land, Land, n., -s, -ande and -ander. 
 land, landen, absteigen, ausstei- 
 
 gen. 
 Landsmannschaft, f. 
 lane, Gasse, f. 
 
LARGE 
 
 119 
 
 LIMB 
 
 large, gross. 
 
 lariat, Tiider, m., -s. 
 
 lash, geisseln. 
 
 last, weitest, letzt. 
 
 later, hoher. 
 
 laughter, Gelachter, n., -s. 
 
 laurel, Lorber — . 
 
 lava, Lava — . 
 
 law, Gesetz, n., -es, -e. 
 
 lawyer- work, juristische Lauf- 
 
 bahn, f. 
 lay, legen. 
 lazy, faul, trage. 
 lead, fiihren, leiten ; 1. off, voraus- 
 
 kommen, voransprengen. 
 lead, Blei, n., -s. 
 league, Stunde, f. ; many a 1., 
 
 stundenlang, meilenweit. 
 lean, (sich) lehnen. 
 lean, mager. 
 leap, springen, hinwegsetzen (iiber, 
 
 ace), 
 leap, Bewegung, f., Munterkeit, 
 
 f . ; Sprung, m., -s, -iinge. 
 learn, lernen. 
 learning, Gelehrsamkeit, f., 
 
 Kenntnisse, f. plu., Wissen- 
 
 schaft, f. 
 least, kleinst. 
 leather, ledern. 
 leave, lassen, verlassen, hinter- 
 
 lassen. 
 leave, Urlaub, m., -s. 
 leave, Blatt, n., -s, -atter. 
 lecture, Vorlesung, f., Vortrag, 
 
 m , -s, -age. 
 lecture-room, Horsaal, m., -s, 
 
 -sale, Vorlesungszimmer, n., -s, 
 
 left, iibrig. 
 leg, Bein, n., -s, -e. 
 legation, Legation, f., Gesandt- 
 schaft, f. 
 
 legend, Legende, f. 
 
 legion, Legion, f., Schar, f, -en. 
 
 legitimate, gesetzmassig, recht. 
 
 Leipzig, n., -s. 
 
 leisure, Musse, f. ; at 1., M. haben. 
 
 Lengefelds, Lengefelds, die Fa- 
 
 milie Lengefeld. 
 length, at 1., endlich. 
 less, weniger, minder. 
 Lessing, m., -s. 
 let, lassen. 
 
 letter, Brief, m., -s, -e. 
 level, Ebene, f . 
 level, flach. 
 
 level, fallen, niederfallen. 
 Leviathan, Leviathan, m., -s, -e ; 
 
 huge 1., Riesenschiff, n., -s, -e. 
 liberal, giitig, freundlich. 
 Liberalism, Liberalismus, m., — . 
 
 Freisinnigkeit, f. 
 liberty, Freiheit, f. 
 librarian, Bibliothekar, m., -s, -e. 
 library, Bibliothek, f. 
 lie, liegen. 
 lie, Luge, f. 
 lieutenant, Lieutenant (Leut- 
 
 nant), m., -s, -s. 
 life, Leben, n., -s, — . 
 lift, erheben, sich hoher zeigen, 
 
 ermuntern, erwecken, starken, 
 
 treiben (zu). 
 light, Licht, n., -s, -e and -jr, 
 
 Glanz, m., -es. 
 light, leicht. 
 lighted, beleuchtet. . 
 light-house, Leuchtturm, m., -s, 
 
 -iirme. 
 like, ahnlich (dat.), gleich (dat), 
 
 wie. 
 likely, wahrscheinlich. 
 likewise, auch, ebenso. 
 limb, Zweig, m., -s, -e, Glied, n., 
 
 -s, -er. 
 
LIMIT 
 
 120 
 
 MAGNITUDE 
 
 limit, verhindern (dass). 
 
 linden, Linde, f. ; " die Linden," 
 
 (street), 
 line, Spur, f . ; Zeile, f. ; Umriss, 
 
 m., -es, -e. 
 line, begrenzen. 
 lion, Lowe, m., -n, -n. 
 lip, Lippe, f. 
 list, wollen. 
 listen, zuhoren (dat.). 
 literature, Litteratur, f. 
 literary, litterarisch. 
 little, klein. 
 live, gliihend. 
 lively, lebhaft. 
 living, lebend, lebendig. 
 Livy, Livius, m. 
 
 load, Ladung, f., Fuder, n., -s, — . 
 loafer, Bummler, m., -s, — , Miis- 
 
 sigganger, m., -s, — . 
 loan, Anleihe, f. 
 loan, verleihen. 
 loathsome, ekelhaft, ekel. 
 local, kleinstadtisch, ortlich, an 
 
 den Ort gebannt. 
 locality, Ort, m., -s, -Orter (Orte), 
 
 Ortlichkeit, f., Boden, m., -s. 
 lock, Locke, f., -n. 
 lodge, Hiitte, f. 
 Lodi, n., -s. 
 Logier, m., -s. 
 loiter, zogern. 
 London, n., -s. 
 loneliness, Einsamkeit, f. 
 long, lang, -gross ; as 1. as, so 
 
 lang (als) ; 1. odds of a start, 
 
 ein grosser Vorsprung voraus. 
 long-faced, mit dem langen Ge- 
 
 sicht. 
 longitude, Lange, f, die Lange- 
 
 grade, m. plu. 
 look, sehen ; zusehen ; aussehen ; 
 
 ausblicken , 1. out for, suchen, 
 
 aussuchen ; 1. forward, vor sich 
 
 hinblicken ; 1. higher, hoher 
 
 hinaufwollen ; 1. off towards, 
 
 nach . . . zusehen. 
 loose, schlaff, frei, los. 
 lope, Schritt, m., -s, Gangart, f. 
 lose, verlieren, einbiissen. 
 lot, Geschick, n., -s, -e, Los, n., -es, 
 
 -e. 
 loud, laut. 
 love, Liebe, f. 
 lover, Liebhaber, m., -s, — . 
 lovely, lieblich, schon. 
 low, niedrig. 
 
 low-born, von niedriger Geburt. 
 lowly, niedrig, bescheiden. 
 lucky, gliicklich. 
 luggage, Gepack, n., -s. 
 lull, sich legen. 
 luminous, leuchtend, strahlend, 
 
 hell, 
 lurid, leuchtend, duster, triib. 
 lustre, Glanz, m., -es. 
 lusty, frohlich, lustig, tuchtig, 
 
 weidlich, gehorig. 
 Luther, m., -s. 
 Lyons, Lyon, n., -s. 
 
 M. 
 
 macheer, (Machete?) Schwert, 
 
 n., -s, er, Messer, n., -s, — . 
 machine, Maschine, f. 
 mad, toll, 
 madame, Madame, f., gnadige 
 
 Frau, f. 
 madden, rasend (wiitend) ma- 
 
 chen, von Sinnen bringen. 
 madness, Wahnsinn, m., -s. 
 magnificent, herrlich, prachtig, 
 
 prachtvoll. 
 magnitude, Grosse, f. 
 
MAIN 
 
 121 
 
 MEDIEVAL 
 
 Main, Main, m., -s. 
 mainly, hauptsachlich. 
 maintain, behaupten, halten ; m. 
 
 privacy, zuriickgezogen blei- 
 
 ben. 
 majestic, majestatisch, herrlich, 
 
 gross, 
 major, Major, m., -s, -e. 
 majority, Mehrheit, f., die Meis- 
 
 ten. 
 make, machen, lassen, werden, 
 
 schliessen ; to m. good, ge- 
 
 schmeidig machen, temperie- 
 
 ren ; to m. merry, aufmuntern, 
 
 erheitern ; to m. out, ausfinden, 
 
 herausschlagen. 
 male, mannlich. 
 malicious, boshaft. 
 man, Mann, m., -s, -aimer, Mensch, 
 
 m., -en, -en. 
 manage, fiihren, leiten, treiben, 
 
 einrichten. 
 Manfredi, Manfred, m., -s. 
 manhood, Mannesalter, n., -s. 
 mankind, Menschheit, f. 
 Mannheim, n., -s. 
 manly, mannlich. 
 manner, Weise, f., Miene, f. 
 manuscript, Handschrift, f., -en. 
 many, manch, viel. 
 marble, Marmorbildwerk, n., -s, 
 
 -c 
 march, marschieren, schreiten. 
 mark, bezeichnen, auszeichnen, 
 
 stempeln, auspragen. 
 mark, Beweis, m., -es, -e, Zeichen, 
 
 n., -s, — . 
 marquis, Marquis, m., — , — . 
 marriage, Ehe, f., Heirat, f., Ver- 
 
 mahlung, f. 
 marriage-bed, Ehebett, n., -es, 
 
 -en. 
 marry, (ver)heiraten. 
 
 Mars, Mars, m., — . 
 
 marshal, Marschall, m., -s, -s and 
 
 -alle. 
 martial, kriegerisch. 
 martyr, Martyrer, m., -s, — , Dul- 
 
 der, m., -s, — . 
 marvel, m. at, bewundern. 
 marvellous, merkwurdig, erstaun- 
 
 lich. 
 Marylander, Marylander, m., -s, 
 
 mask, Maske, f. ; masked — , 
 
 Masken-. 
 masonry, of m., gemauert. 
 mass, m. of ruins, Ruinenmasse, 
 
 f. 
 massacred, verstiimmelt. 
 master, Meister, m., -s, — , Ilerr, 
 
 m., -n, -en. 
 master, bew'altigen. 
 material, Material, n., -s, -alien, 
 
 das Stoffliche, Stoff, m., -s, -e. 
 mathematical, mathematisch. 
 matter, Ding, n., -s, -e, Sache, f., 
 
 Gegenstand, m., -s, -ande. 
 maxim, Maxime, f., Grundsatz, 
 
 m., -es, -atze, Regel, f., -n. 
 may, Mai, m., -s, -e(n). 
 may, mogen, konnen. 
 mayor, Biirgermeister, m., -s, — , 
 
 Schultheiss, m., -en, -en. 
 mean, heissen, bedeuten. 
 means, Mittel, n., -s, — , Vermo- 
 
 gen, n., -s, — . 
 means, by no m., keineswegs. 
 meanwhile, inzwischen, indessen. 
 measure, messen. 
 measure, Versmass, n., -es, -e, 
 
 Massstab, m., -s, -abe ; in some 
 
 m., in gewissem Masse. 
 Mediterranean, Mittelmeer, n., 
 
 -s. 
 mediaeval, mittelalterlich. 
 
MEDLEY 
 
 122 
 
 MORNING-GOWN 
 
 medley, Gemisch, n., -es, Ge- 
 
 drange, n., -s. 
 meet, begegnen (dat), treffen 
 
 (ace.) zusammentreffen (mit), 
 
 sich nahen ; well met, einem 
 
 willkommen sein. 
 melancholy, Schwermut, f. 
 Melanchthon, m., -s. 
 melee, Gemetzel, n., -s. 
 melt, verschmelzen, verschwim- 
 
 men. 
 member, Mitglied, n., -s, -er. 
 memory, Gedachtnis, n., -isses, 
 
 -isse, Andenken, n., -s, Erin- 
 
 nerung, f. 
 mention, erwahnen, melden, er- 
 
 zahlen. 
 Menzel, m., -s. 
 merchant, Kaufmann, m., -s. 
 merciful, barmherzig, giitig. 
 merciless, unbarmherzig, erbar- 
 
 mungslos. 
 mere, lauter, bloss. 
 merit, verdienen. 
 merry, froh, munter ; make m., 
 
 erheitern, aufmuntern. 
 message, Botschaft, f., Auftrag, 
 
 m., -s, -age, Wort, n., -s. 
 method, Art (f.) and Weise (f.). 
 metropolis, Hauptstadt, f., -adte. 
 Mexico, n., -s. 
 middle, mittelst. 
 middle ages, das Mittelalter, -s. 
 midnight, (mitter)nachtlich, Mit- 
 
 ternacht, f., -achte. 
 midway, mitten (in, dat.). 
 might, Macht, f., -achte. 
 mighty, gewaltig. 
 mile, Meile, f. 
 military, militarisch, des Militars, 
 
 n. 
 mind, Gedachtnis, n., -isses, -isse, 
 
 Geist, m, -es, -er, Verstand, m , -s. 
 
 mine, Grube, f., Bergwerk, n., -s, 
 
 -e. 
 mingle, vermischen, hineinziehen 
 
 (in, ace), 
 ministry, Ministerium, n., (-s), 
 
 -rien. 
 minor, kleiner, jiinger. 
 minister, Minister, m., -s, — . 
 minster, Minister, n., -s, — . 
 minstrel, Sanger, m., -s, — ; San- 
 ger — . 
 miracle, Wunder, n., -s, — . 
 misanthropic, menschenfeind- 
 
 lich, Menschenhasser, m., -s, — . 
 misery, Elend, n., -s, Jammer, m., 
 
 -s, Ungliick, n., -s. 
 miss, vermissen, nicht sehen. 
 missionary, Missionar, m., -s, -e. 
 mistaken, misverstanden, falsch. 
 mistress, llerrin, f. 
 moan, without a m., ohne zu 
 
 achzen, stumm. 
 moat, Stadtgraben, m., -s, -aben. 
 mock, scheinbar, scherzhaft, 
 
 Schein-. 
 modern, modern, nener. 
 modesty, Bescheidenheit, f. 
 moment, Augenblick, m., -s, -e; 
 
 at the same m., zu gleicher 
 
 Zeit. 
 money, Geld, n., -s, -er. 
 monk, Monch, m., -s, -e. 
 monkey, Moncherei, f. 
 month, Monat, m., -s, -e. 
 mood, Stimmung, f. 
 moon, Mond, m., -s, -e. 
 moony, m. face, Mondgesicht, 
 
 n., -s. ; also, Vollmondgesicht. 
 more, mehr, langer. 
 moreover, dabei, sodann. 
 morning, Morgen, m., -s, — . 
 morning-gown, Schlafrock, m., 
 
 -s, -ocke. 
 
MORROW 
 
 123 
 
 NERVE 
 
 morrow, good m., guten Morgen. 
 mortal, Mensch, m., -en, -en, ein 
 
 Sterblicher. 
 Mossy-Head, bemoostes Haupt, 
 
 n., -s, -aupter. 
 most, meist. 
 mostly, hauptsachlich. 
 motley, bunt, 
 motionless, regungslos. 
 motto, Motto, n., -(s), -s. 
 mould, Staub, m., -s. 
 mountain, Berg, m., -s, -e or das 
 
 Gebirge. 
 mountain-flank, Bergflanke, f., 
 
 Bergwand, f., -ande. 
 mountain-town, Gebirgstadt- 
 
 chen, n., -s. 
 mount, aufsteigen, besteigen. 
 mounted, beritten. 
 mourner, der Trauernde; m.'s 
 
 prayer, trauernd beten. 
 mouth, Mund, m., -s, -e and -under, 
 
 Maul, n., -s, -auler. 
 Mr., Herr, m., -n, -en. 
 Mrs., Frau, f. 
 
 Mss., Handschriften, f. plu. 
 mulatto, Mulatte, m., -n, -n. 
 mule, Maultier, n., -s, -e. 
 multitude, Menge, f., das grosse 
 
 Publikum. 
 murderer, Morder, m.; -s, — . 
 murky, dicht. 
 muscle, Muskel, m., -s, -n. 
 Musen-Almanach, m., -s, -e, 
 music, Musik, f. 
 must, mussen. 
 mustache, Schnurbart, m., -s, 
 
 -'arte, 
 mysterious, geheimnisvoll, heim- 
 
 lich. 
 mystery, Geheimnis, n., -isses, 
 
 -isse. 
 mythology, Mythologie, f. 
 
 N. 
 
 naked, nackt, bloss, entblosst. 
 
 name, nennen. 
 
 name, Name(n), m., -ens, -en. 
 
 namely, namlich. 
 
 nankeen, Nanking — . 
 
 narrow, eng. 
 
 nasty, schmutzig, ekelhaft. 
 
 Nasty- Fox, krasser Fuchs, m., 
 
 -es, -iichse. 
 nation, Nation, f., Volk, n., -s, 
 
 -olker. 
 national, national, 
 native, eigen, heimisch, Vater-. 
 nativity, place of n., Geburts- 
 
 statte, f. 
 natural, naturlich. 
 nay, nein, ja. 
 near, nah (dat), neben. 
 nearing, sich naher zeigen. 
 nearly, beinah, fast, 
 neatly, hiibsch, nett. 
 necessary, notig, notwendig. 
 necessity, Not, f. ; matters of n., 
 
 notwendige Dinge, n. plu. 
 neck, Hals, m., -es, -alse, Nacken, 
 m., -s, — ; by a n., ura eine 
 Halslange ; neck and neck, 
 Nacken an Nacken. 
 Neckar, m., -s. 
 need, Not, f., -ote. 
 need, brauchen, bediirfen, notig 
 
 sein, mussen. 
 neglect, vernachlassigen. 
 negligence, Nachlassigkeit, f. 
 negotiation, Unterhandlung, f., 
 
 Verhandlung, i* 
 neighborhood, Nachbarschaft, f. 
 neither, weder, keins von Beiden. 
 nerve, Nerv, m., -s and -en, 
 
 -en. 
 nerve, efstarken, antreiben. 
 
NERVOUS 
 
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 ODDS 
 
 nervous, nervos, aufgeregt, reiz- 
 
 bar ; nervig, kraftig. 
 nether, Unter-; n. limbs, Beine. 
 never, niemals, nlmmer. 
 new, neu. 
 
 new-comer, Neuling, m., -s, -e. 
 New England, Neu-England, n., 
 
 -s. 
 newspaper, Zeitung, f. 
 New York, New- York — , Neu- 
 
 York, n., -s. 
 niche, Nische, f. 
 nigger, "Nigger," Neger, m., 
 
 -s, — . 
 night, Nacht, f., -achte, Abend, 
 
 m., -s, -e ; last n., gestern A. 
 nightingale, Nachtigall, f., -en. 
 nightly, bei Nacht. 
 nine, neun; half past n., halb 
 
 zehn. 
 nineteenth, neunzehnt. 
 ninety, neunzig. 
 no, kein, nein. 
 nobility, Adel, m., -s. 
 noble, herrlich, edel, ehrlich. 
 nook, Platzchen, n., -s, Winkel, 
 
 m., -s, — . 
 noon, Mittag, m., -s, -e. 
 nor, noch, weder. 
 Normandy, Normandie, f. 
 north, Nord-. 
 northern, nordisch. 
 North Sea, Nordsee, f. 
 northward, to the n., nach Nor- 
 
 den, nordwarts. 
 northwest, Nordwest-. 
 nose, Nase, f. 
 nostril, Niister, f., -n.. 
 not, nicht. 
 
 notable, merkwiirdig. 
 notary, m., Notar(ius), -s, e. 
 notch, Einschnitt, m., -s, -e, Thor, 
 
 n., -s, -e. 
 
 note, Wechsel, m., -s,— , (Bank-) 
 
 Note, f. 
 noteworthy, merkwiirdig. 
 notwithstanding, trotz (dat.) ; 
 
 trotzdem, ungeachtet dass, ob- 
 
 gleich. 
 nourish, bewahren, halten. 
 now, jetzt; n. and then, dann 
 
 und wann ; the Now, die Ge- 
 
 genwart. 
 nowise, keineswegs. 
 number, Anzahl, f., Zahl, f. 
 nurse, hegen. 
 
 oak, Eiche, f. ; Eichen — . 
 
 Oberkellner, m., -s, — . 
 
 object, Gegenstand, m., -s, -ande, 
 
 etwas. 
 oblige, to be obliged, miissen. 
 obliging, verbindlich, gefallig. 
 observation, Bemerkung, f. 
 obstacle, Hindernis, n., -isses, 
 
 -isse. 
 obtain, bekommen, haben. 
 occasion, Gelegenheit, f., Ereig- 
 
 nis, n., -isses, -isse. 
 occasion, verursachen, veranlas- 
 
 sen. 
 occasional, gelegentlich. 
 occasionally, zuweilen. 
 occupy, besetzen. 
 occur, einfallen (dat.), vorkom- 
 
 men (dat.). 
 ocean, Ocean, m., -s, -e. 
 ocean-stream, Meeresstrom, m., 
 
 -s, -ome, Weltstrom. 
 o'clock, Uhr, f. 
 octagon, achteckig. 
 October, Oktober, m., -s, — . 
 odds, see long. 
 
ODOR 
 
 125 
 
 PAIR 
 
 odor, Duft, m., -es, iifte 
 
 Odyssey, Odyssee, f. 
 
 off, ab, zuriick, fort. 
 
 offend, emporen, argern. 
 
 offensive, beleidigend. 
 
 offer, darbringen, erbieten, anbie- 
 
 ten. 
 offhand, aus dem Stegreif, leicht, 
 
 unbefangen, frei. 
 office, Bureau, n., -s, -s and -x ; 
 
 B— . 
 official, Beamte, m , -n, -n. 
 official, offiziell. 
 Oh, Ach so. 
 oilcloth-covered, mit Wachstuch 
 
 iiberzogen. 
 old, alt. 
 
 Old Ones, Alte, alte Hauser. 
 omen, Zeichen, n., -s, — , Omen, 
 
 n., -(s), Omina. 
 omnibus, Omnibus, m., — and 
 
 -usses, — and -usse. 
 omnipotency, Allmacht, f. 
 on, an, auf, iiber ; fest. 
 once, einmal ; at o., sogleich. 
 one, einer, man ; eins. 
 only, einzig ; nur, allein, bloss 
 open, offen, frei. 
 open, offnen, sich offnen [nach, in 
 
 (ace.)]. 
 opening, Gelegenheit, f. ; An- 
 
 fangs-. 
 opera, Oper, f. 
 opinion, Meinung, f. 
 opponent, Gegner, m., s, — 
 opportunity, Gelegenheit, f. 
 oppose, bekampfen. 
 opposite, gegeniiber. 
 opposition, Gegenpartei, f. 
 ordeal, Probe, f. 
 order, Stand, m , -es, -ande. 
 order, bestellen, lassen (with 
 
 verb). 
 
 ornament, (aus)schmiicken, 
 orthodox, the o., die Orthodoxen, 
 
 die Rechtglaubigen. 
 other, ander ; on the other hand, 
 
 im Gegenteil. 
 otherwise, anders, sonst, ausser- 
 
 dem. 
 ought, sollen. 
 out, aus. 
 
 outbid, uberbieten ( fiir ) . 
 outcast, ein Verbannter. 
 outrun, iiberfliigeln, ubertreffen. 
 outside, ausserhalb ; ausser (adj.). 
 outsider, ein Fernstehender, Un- 
 
 eingeweihter. 
 outstretch, ausstrecken. 
 over, iiber, vorbei. 
 overcome, iiberwinden, Uberwal- 
 
 tigen. 
 overgrown, iiberwachsen. 
 overhead, droben. 
 overlook, hinausblicken (iiber, 
 
 ace.) ; overlooking, mit dem 
 
 Blick auf (ace), 
 overshadowed, iiberschattet. 
 overthrow, umwerfen. 
 owe, verdanken (ace, and dat. of 
 
 person), 
 own, eigen. 
 oxygen, Sauerstoff, m., -s, -e. 
 
 pace, Schritt, m., -s, -e. 
 packing, as adj., driickend. 
 pack-mule, Saumtier, n., -s, -e, 
 
 Maultier, n. 
 paganism, Heidentum, n., -s. 
 pain, Schmerz, m., -es, -en. 
 paint, malen, zeichnen, darstellen. 
 painter, Maler, m , -s, — . 
 pair, Paar, n., -s, -e, zwei. 
 
PALACE 
 
 126 
 
 PEW 
 
 palace, Palais, n., — , — 
 
 pale, blass, bleich. 
 
 pallid, bleich. 
 
 paper, Papier, n., -s, -e. 
 
 parade, to make a p., prunken 
 
 (mit), sich viel darauf zu Gute 
 
 thun (dass). 
 parch, dorren. 
 pardon, verzeihen (dat.). 
 parental, elterlich, vaterlich. 
 parents, Eltern, Ahnen ; a p.. der 
 
 Vater. 
 Paris, n, 
 
 park, Park, m., -s, -e 
 parliamentary, parlamentarisch. 
 parsonage, Pfarrhaus, n., -es, 
 
 -auser. 
 part, Teil, m., -s, -e ; Gegend, f. 
 part, scheiden (von einander), 
 
 trennen. 
 particular, Einzelnheit, f. 
 party, Gesellschaft, f. 
 pass, passieren or reisen (durch) ; 
 
 verfliessen, vergehen ; vorbei- 
 
 reiten ; hinziehen ; bestehen, 
 
 ertragen ; p: out, heraustreten 
 
 (auf). 
 pass, Pass, m., -es, -asse. 
 passage, Stelle, f. ; Durchgang, 
 
 m., -s, -ange. 
 passenger, Passagier, m., -s, -e, 
 
 der Mitreisende. 
 passion, Leidenschaft, f., Liebe, f. 
 past, Vergangenheit, f. 
 past, nach. 
 pastor, Pfarrer, m., -s, — , Pastor, 
 
 m., -s, -en. 
 path, Pfad, m., -es, -e, Weg, m., -s, 
 
 -e, Bahn, f. 
 pathetic, pathetisch, riihrend. 
 pathway, see path. 
 Pauline, f. 
 pause, (still) stehen. 
 
 Pausilippo, m., -s. 
 
 pavement, Pflaster, n., -s, — 
 
 Fussboden, m., -s. See path. 
 pay ; bezahlen, machen, abstatten. 
 pea, Erbse, f. . 
 peace, Friede(n), m., -ens; Frie- 
 
 dens*; peace! ruhig. 
 peaceful, friedlich. 
 peak, Spitze, f. 
 peasant, Bauer, m , s and -n, n ; 
 
 Bauern-. 
 peasantry, Bauer(n)schaft, £. 
 pectoral, Brust-. 
 pedantic, gelehrt, lehrhaft. 
 pedestal, Fussgestell, n., -s. 
 pedigree, Stammbaum, m., -s, 
 
 Herkunft, f. 
 peep, (hinein) gucken. 
 pen, Feder, f. 
 pencil, Bleistift, m., -s, -e. 
 Pentecost, Pfingst-. 
 people, Leute, plu. ; Volk, n., -s, 
 
 -olker, Bevolkerung, f. 
 perch, anbringen, befestigen, ein- 
 
 pferchen. 
 perfect, vollkommen. 
 perfectly, vollig. 
 performance, Unternehmen, n., -s. 
 period, Periode, f. 
 perish, sterben. 
 permanent, dauerhaft. 
 permit, to be permitted, diirfen. 
 perpetuate, aufbewahren. 
 person, Mensch, m., -en, -en, Per- 
 son, f., Personlichkeit, f. 
 personage, see person ; high p., 
 
 Hoheit, f. 
 personal, personlich, eigen. 
 personally, personlich. 
 Peter, Peter, Petrus, m. 
 Petersburg, n., -s. 
 pew, p. bench, Kirchenstuhl, del, 
 
 -s, -iihle. 
 
PHALANX 
 
 127 
 
 PORTCULLIS 
 
 phalanx, Schar, f., -en 
 philosopher's walk, Philosophen- 
 
 weg, m , -s. 
 philosophic, philosophisch. 
 physical, korperlich. 
 physics, Physik, f . ; in p., physi- 
 
 kalisch. 
 pick, zahlen; p. up, aufheben. 
 picture, Bild, n., -s, -er, Gemalde, 
 
 n , -s, — . 
 piece, Stiick, n., -s, -e. 
 piercing, durchdringend. 
 pinch, kneipen, n., -s, Angriff, m., 
 
 -s, (auf, ace), 
 pinched, gekniffen. 
 pine, Fichte, f . 
 pinion, Fittich, m., s, -e 
 pink, ausschneiden. 
 pinnacle, Gipfel, m., -s, — . 
 pipe, Brunnenrohr, n., -s, -e, or 
 
 Brunnenrohre, f. ; Pfeife, f. 
 Pipers - Doomsday, Pfeifenge- 
 
 richt, n., -s. 
 pistol, Pistole, f. 
 place, Platz, m., -es, -atze, Platz- 
 
 chen, n., -s, Ort, m., -s, en and 
 
 -orter, St'atte, f . ; Stelle, f . ; to 
 
 this p., hierher. 
 place, stellen, legen, setzen, sein, 
 
 bringen, driicken. 
 plain, einfach. 
 plain, Ebene, f., Prairie — . 
 plan, Plan, m., -s, -e and -ane, 
 
 Entwurf, m., -s, -iirfe. 
 planet, Planet, m., -en, -en. 
 planetary, planetarisch, weltbiir 
 
 gerlich. 
 plank, Brett, n., -s, -er. 
 plant, stecken, pflanzen. 
 plaster of Paris, Gips, m , -es, -e 
 play, spielen. 
 plaything, Spielzeug, n., -s, -e 
 
 Spielzeit, f. 
 
 plead, rlehen, Anspriiche machen 
 
 (auf, ace), 
 pleasant, angenehm, lieblich. 
 please, gefallen ; be pleased, sich 
 
 freuen; please! bitte 
 pleasure, Vergnugen. n , -s, Freu 
 
 de, f. 
 plenipotentiary, (adj.), ausseror 
 
 dentlich. 
 plough-share, Pfltigschar, f., -en. 
 plunge, fallen, stiirzen, straucheln. 
 Plymouth, n., -s. 
 pocket, Tasche, f. 
 pocket-book, Beutel, m., -s, — . 
 poem, Gedicht, n., -s, -e. 
 poet, Dichter, m., -s, — . 
 poetic, poetisch. 
 poetry, Poesie, f. 
 point, Punkt, m., -s, -e, Hinsicht, 
 
 f. 
 point, sichten, zeigen, hinweisen 
 
 (nach). 
 pointed, zugespitzt. 
 poke, stecken. 
 polemic, Polemik, f. 
 polemic, polemisch, streitbar, 
 
 streitartig. 
 polish, Vollendung, f., Verfei- 
 
 nerung* f. 
 polished, fein. 
 polite, hbflich. 
 
 politician, Politiker, m., -s, — . 
 politics, Politik, f. 
 Pomatum-Stallions, Pomaden- 
 
 hengst, m., -es, -e. 
 Pomeranian, pommersch ; (noun) 
 
 Pommer, m., -n, -n. 
 pomp, Pracht, f. 
 poodle. Pudel, m., -s, — . 
 poor, arm. 
 
 Pope, Papst, m., -es, -apste. 
 popular, volkstiimlich. 
 portcullis, Fallgatter, n., s, — . 
 
PORTER 
 
 128 
 
 PROFESSOR 
 
 porter, Hausknecht, m., -s, -e. 
 portion, Teil, m., -s, -e. 
 portmanteau, Reisetasche, f. 
 portrait, Bild, n., -s, -er. 
 poseur, m., as adj., prahlerisch. 
 position, Stellung, f. 
 possess, besitzen. 
 possession, Besitz, m., -es. 
 possibility, Moglichkeit, f. 
 possible, moglich. 
 possibly, moglicherweise. 
 post, Post, f., -en. 
 postal service, Postwesen, n., -s. 
 postilion, Reitknecht, m., -s, -e. 
 post-road, Poststrasse, f. 
 posture, Stellung, f., Haltung, f. 
 potent, wirksam. 
 Potsdam, n., -s. 
 pounce, p. upon, bestiirmen. 
 pour, giessen, aushauchen. 
 Poussades, Poussaden, f. plu. 
 power, Kraft, f., -afte, Macht, f., 
 
 -achte, Gabe, f. 
 powerful, kraftig, machtig. 
 powerless, kraftlos. 
 practical, praktisch. 
 praise, riihmen, preisen. 
 pray, beten , pray ! bitte. 
 prayer, Gebet, n., -s, -e." 
 preach, predigen. 
 pre-arrange, vorausbestimmen. 
 precious, kostbar. 
 precisely, gerade, Punkt. 
 prefer, vorziehen. 
 preliminaries, Praliminarien,Vor- 
 
 bereitungen. 
 prepare, bereiten. 
 prepared, bereit, fertig. 
 preponderating, uberwiegend, 
 
 uberragend. 
 presence, Gegenwart, f. 
 present, Gegenwart, f.; Geschenk, 
 
 present, p. oneself, sich vorstel- 
 
 len ; p. itself, sich darstellen. 
 present, jetzig ; anwesend ; at p., 
 
 gegenwartig. 
 presentation, Vorstellung, f. 
 presently, bald, 
 preside, President sein. 
 President, Prasident, m., -en, -en. 
 press, Gedrange, n., -s. 
 press, p. on, vorwarts dringen; 
 
 p. after, nachfolgen, nacheilen. 
 pretend, sich stellen, daran denken. 
 pretty, niedlich, hiibsch, schon. 
 previous, vorig. 
 priceless, unschatzbar. 
 prick, stacheln, treiben, (zu). 
 pride, Stolz, m., -es. 
 priest, Priester, m., -s, — . 
 prim, steif. 
 
 prince, Prinz, m., -en, -en. 
 princess, Prinzessin, f. 
 principal, bedeutendst, Haupt-. 
 principle, Grundsatz, m., -es, -atze. 
 print, drucken. 
 prior, alter, 
 prisoner's cell, Kerkerloch, n., -s, 
 
 Gefangnis, n., -isses. 
 privacy, Zuriickgezogenheit, f. 
 private, einzeln, eigen, Privat-. 
 probably, wahrscheinlich, vermut- 
 
 lich. 
 problem, Aufgabe, f. 
 proceed, hervorgehen (von), rei- 
 
 sen. 
 proceeding, Schritt, m., -s, -e, 
 
 Unterhandlung, f. 
 procession, Zug, m., -s, -iige. 
 produce, hervorbringen. 
 profession, Beruf, m., -s, -e, Be- 
 
 schaftigung, f. 
 professional, professionell, be- 
 
 rufsmassig, von Beruf. 
 professor, Professor, m., -s, -en. 
 
PROFOUND 
 
 129 
 
 RACE 
 
 profound, tief. 
 
 profusely, reichlich. 
 
 progress, Fortschritt, m., -s, -e, 
 
 Beforderung, f. ; in p., im Gange, 
 
 angefangen, unterwegs. 
 prolix, weitlaufig. 
 prominent, Haupt-. 
 promiscuously, unbefangen, 
 
 zwanglos. 
 promise, versprechen (dat.), ver- 
 
 sichern (ace. or dat.). 
 promise, Versprechen, n., -s. 
 promontory, Vorgebirge, n., -s, 
 
 Klippe, f. 
 promote, befordern. 
 promotion, Beforderung, f., Auf- 
 
 riicken, n., -s, Avancement, n., 
 
 -s. 
 promptly, rasch. 
 pronounce, halten. 
 proper, gehorig, richtig, beteiligt. 
 properly, gehorig. 
 prophecy, Weissagung, f., Pro- 
 
 phezeiung, f. 
 prophetic, Propheten-. 
 prospect, Aussicht, f., -en. 
 prosperity, Wohlfahrt, f. 
 prostitution, Feilbieten, n., -s, 
 
 Entehrung, f., Unzucht, f. 
 protege, Zogling, m., s, Schiitz- 
 
 ling, rn., -s. 
 Protestant, Protestant, m., -en, 
 
 -en. 
 proud, stolz. 
 prove, zeigen, beweisen. 
 proverb, Sprichwort, n., -s, -orter. 
 provide, versorgen. 
 province, Provinz, f., -en. 
 Prussia, Preussen, n., -s. 
 public, offentlich, Volks-. 
 public, Publikum, n., -s. 
 publish, veroffentlichen. 
 puff, (Wind-) Stoss, m., -es, -osse. 
 
 pulpit, Kanzel, f., -n., Katheder, 
 
 n., -s. 
 pump, ausfragen. 
 purple, blaulich. 
 purpling, dunkelnd. 
 purpose, Vorhaben, n., -s, Ent- 
 
 schluss, m., -es, -iisse, Zweck, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 pursue, verfolgen. 
 pursuit, Verfolgung, f. 
 push, verfolgen; p. behind, zu- 
 
 riickdrangen ; p. on, weiter eilen, 
 
 vorwarts dringen. 
 put, p. in, bringen (in, ace), geben 
 
 (in, ace); p. on, aufsetzen ; p. 
 
 out of, befreien (von). 
 
 Q. 
 
 quadrangle, Viereck, n., -s, -e, 
 Hof, Schlosshof, m., -s, -ofe. 
 
 qualify, befahigen, berechtigen. 
 
 quarter, Weltteil, m., -s, -e, Ge- 
 gend, f., -en, Viertel, n., -s, — , 
 Quartier, n., -s, -e, Wohnung, f. 
 
 quarter to nine, drei Viertel neun. 
 
 quay, Kai, m., -s, -e. 
 
 queer, wunderlich, seltsam, eigen- 
 tiimlich. 
 
 question, Frage, f. 
 
 question, fragen, zweifeln. 
 
 quick, rasch, schnell. 
 
 quicken, beschleunigen, 
 
 quiet, still, ruhig. 
 
 quiet-looking, ruhig aussehen. 
 
 quite, ganz. 
 
 race, Volk, n., -s, -olker, Ge- 
 schlecht, n., -s, -er. Rasse, f. ; 
 Wettrennen, n., -s, — . 
 
RAIL 
 
 130 
 
 RELATION 
 
 rail, schelten, spotteln. 
 
 rail, Gelander, n., -s, Wandleiste, 
 
 f., Balustrade, f. ; by r., auf der 
 
 Eisenbahn. 
 railway, Eisenbahn, f., Bahn, f., 
 
 by r., mit der E., or, zu E. 
 rain, Regen, m., -s. 
 rainy, regnerisch. 
 raise, heben, in die Hohe ziehen. 
 range, Gebirge, n., -s, Bergkette, 
 
 f. 
 range, reihen ; r. up, sich an 
 
 einander reihen, ereilen, ein 
 
 holen. 
 rank, sich reihen (zu). 
 rank, Rang, m., -es, -ange, Stel- 
 
 lung, f. 
 rapid, schnell, rasch. 
 rapture, Wonne, f., Gliick, n., -s. 
 rascal, Taugenichts, m., Schurke, 
 
 m., -n, -n. 
 rather, lieber, ziemlich. 
 ravine, Schlucht, f., -en. 
 reach, erreichen. 
 reach, ankommen, (in, dat), er- 
 
 langen. 
 read, lesen, vorlesen. 
 readings, Studien, f. plu. 
 ready, fertig, bereit, im Begriff . 
 really, wirklich. 
 rear, emporheben. 
 reason, for the very r. that, ge- 
 
 rade deshalb, weil. 
 reason, Grund, m., -s, -iinde. 
 rebel, Rebell, m., -en, -en. 
 recall, sich besinnen (gen.), sich 
 
 erinnern (gen., or an with ace), 
 recant, widerriifen. 
 receive, erhalten, empfangen, be- 
 
 griissen. 
 reception, Empfang, m., -s 
 recite, hersagen, ergriinden, vor- 
 
 tragen, anfiihren. 
 
 recognize, erkennen (als). 
 recollect, sich erinnern (gen., or 
 
 an with ace), 
 recommendation, Empfehlung, f. 
 record, Verzeichnis, n., -isses, 
 
 -isse. 
 record, aufzeichnen. 
 reconcile, versohnen (mit). 
 recover, retten, erhaschen. 
 rector, Rektor, m., -s, -en. 
 red, rot. 
 
 redeem, retten, erlosen. 
 redemption, Erlosung, f. 
 reduce, umwandeln (in, ace), zu- 
 
 ruckfuhren (auf, ace), 
 reflect, zuruckstrahlen. 
 reform, reformatorisch. 
 refresh, erholen. 
 refuse, versagen (dat.), nicht wol- 
 
 len. 
 regain, wieder gewinnen, zuriick 
 
 erhalten, wieder einnehmen. 
 regards, Griisse (an, ace), m. plu. 
 regardless, nicht achtend, riick- 
 
 sichtslos, ohne sich zu bekum- 
 
 mern (um). 
 regiment, Regiment, n., -s, -er. 
 regimentals, Uniformen, f. plu. 
 region, Gegend, f., Landschaft, f. 
 register, traveller's r., Fremden- 
 
 buch, n., -s, -iicher. 
 regret, Bedauern, n., -s. 
 regular, regelmassig; the r. thing, 
 
 ganz in der Ordnung. 
 regularity, Regelmiissigkeit, f. 
 reign, Herrschaft, f. 
 rein, Ziigel, m., -s, — . 
 reiterate, wiederholen. 
 reject, zuriickweisen. 
 rejoice, sich freuen. 
 relation, Verwandte, m., -n, -n ; 
 
 Beziehung, f., Verhaltnis, n., 
 
 -isses, -isse. 
 
RELICS 
 
 131 
 
 RHYTHMICAL 
 
 relics, Reliquien, f. plu. 
 
 relieve, abhelfen, erleichtern (ei- 
 
 nem etwas). 
 religion, Religion, f. 
 religious, religios. 
 remain, bleiben, verweilen. 
 remaining, iibrig. 
 remark, Bemerkung, f. 
 remarkably, ausserordentlich. 
 remedy, Heilmittel, n., -s, — . 
 remember, sich erinnern (gen., or 
 
 an with ace), ins Gedachtnis 
 
 zuriickrufen, nicht vergessen, 
 
 denken (an, ace), 
 remembrance, Erinnerung, f. ; 
 
 Empfehlung, f. 
 remorse, Vorwurf, m., -s, -iirfe, 
 
 Reue, f. 
 renounce, verleugnen, versagen. 
 renown, renommieren. 
 renowner, Renommist, m., -en, 
 
 -en. 
 rent, gesprengt. 
 rent, Miete, f. 
 
 repay, wieder bezahlen, belohnen. 
 repeat, wiederholen. 
 repentance, Busse, f. 
 repetition, Wiederholung, f. 
 reply, erwiedern. 
 reporter, Berichterstatter, m., -s, 
 
 repose, Ruhe, f. 
 
 represent, vertreten. 
 
 reproach, Vorwurf, m., -s, -iirfe, 
 
 Tadel, m., -s, 
 repulse, zuruckschlagen, zuriick- 
 
 werfen. 
 require, bediirfen, kosten (dat), 
 
 erfordern, notig sein. 
 rescue, retten. 
 
 resemblance, Ahnlichkeit, f. 
 resemble, gleichen (dat.), ahnlich 
 
 (dat.) sein j see cut. 
 
 reserve, Ruckhalt, m., -s, -e. 
 reserve, vorbehalten. 
 reside, wohnen. 
 residence, Wohnung, f. 
 resident, Einwohner, m., -s, — ; 
 
 minister resident, Minister- 
 resident, m., -en, -en. 
 resonant, stampfend, klingend. 
 resort, benutzen. 
 resounding, hallend. 
 respect, Beziehung, f., Hinsicht, 
 
 t ; Achtung, f. 
 respectability, Vornehmheit, f., 
 
 Ansehen, n., -s, Wiirde, f., Acht- 
 
 barkeit, f. 
 respectful, achtungsvoll. 
 respective, gegenseitig. 
 rest, Rast, f. 
 rest, iibrig, ander. 
 rest, bleiben, ruhen, weilen. 
 " Restauration," f. 
 restore, wiedersetzen (in, ace), 
 restorer, Erneuerer, in-, -s, — . 
 result, Wirkung, f. 
 result, enden. 
 retire, zuruckziehen. 
 retort, Kolben, m., -s, — . 
 retreat, Schlupfwinkel, m., -s, — , 
 
 Ruheplatzchen, n., -s. 
 return, Ruckkehr, f., Riickreise, f. 
 return, zuriickkehren. 
 revanche, en r., the same, or, 
 
 zur Vergeltung. 
 revenge, Rache, f. 
 revengeless, ohne Rache, f. 
 Reverie, f., Traumerei, f. 
 reverse, Ungluck, n., -s. 
 reward, belohnen. 
 Rhine, Rhein, m., -s. 
 Rhone, R. valley, Rhonethal, n., -s. 
 rhymed, gereimt. 
 rhythmical, taktmassig, abgemes- 
 
 sen, eintonig. 
 
RIBBON 
 
 182 
 
 SAFETY 
 
 ribbon, Band, n., -s, -ander. 
 
 rib, Rippe, f. 
 
 rich, fruchtbar, gesegnet, reich, an 
 
 (dat.), schon. 
 Richmond, n., -s, 
 riddle, Ratsel, n., -s, — . 
 ride, reiten, fahren. 
 rider, Reiter, m., -s, — . 
 riding, Reit-. 
 
 ridge, Bergriicken, m., -s, — . 
 ridiculous, lacherlich. 
 rift, sich aufthun, sich offnen. 
 rift, Riss, m., -es, -e. 
 right, recht ; rechts ; to set r , 
 
 gut machen, wieder in Ordnung 
 
 bringen. 
 right, Recht, n., -s, -e. 
 right and left, rechts und links, 
 
 hin und her. 
 ring, klirren, klingen ; r. through, 
 
 durchfahren. 
 ring, Klingen, n., -s, Schlag, m., 
 
 -s, -age. 
 ripe, reif, gut. 
 ripen, zur Reife bringen. 
 ripeness, Reife, f. 
 ripple, Bewegung, f., Erregung, f. 
 rise, sich erheben. 
 rise, Beforderung, f. 
 rival, Nebenbuhler, m., -s, — . 
 rivalry, Kampf, m., -s, -ampfe, 
 
 Streit, m., -s, -e. 
 river, Fluss, m., -es, -iisse ; Strom, 
 
 m., -s, -ome. 
 road, (Land-)Strasse, f., Fahrweg, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 road-maker, wegebauend. 
 roar, Gebrull, n., -s , r. of laughter, 
 
 schallendes Gelachter. 
 rock, Fels, m., -en, -en ; Stein, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 Roilighnesses, the same, or, (ko- 
 
 nigliche) Hoheiten. 
 
 roll, r. of blankets, aufgerollte 
 
 Decken, f. plu. 
 roll, drehen ; r. together, zusam- 
 
 menrollen. 
 rolling, wellenformig. 
 Roman, romisch. 
 romantic, romantisch. 
 Rome, Rom, n., -s. 
 roof, Dach, n., -s, -acher. 
 room, Zimmer, n., -s, — , Stube, f. 
 roost, to r., zum Schlafen. 
 rose-bush, Rosengebusch, n., -es, 
 
 -e. 
 rosy, rosig. 
 
 rough, hart, rauh, verwildert. 
 round, rund, roll ; herum. 
 round, Runde, f., Reihe, f. 
 royal, koniglich. 
 rouse, ermannen, auf ! 
 ruin, Ruine, f., Verderben, n., -s. 
 ruined, zerstort, verfallen. 
 run, fortfliessen, weiterziehen, lau- 
 
 fen, hinziehen, ablaufen, hin- 
 
 fahren ; r. over, durchblattern. 
 runner, Laufbursch, m., -en, -en. 
 rush, stiirzen, eilen, sich werfen. 
 rush, Sprung, m., -s, -iinge. 
 Russia, Russland, n., -s. 
 Russie, de R., russisch. 
 rusty, rostig, alt. 
 ruthless, unbarmherzig. 
 
 s. 
 
 Saale, f. 
 
 sacred, heilig. 
 
 sacrifice, Opfer, n., -s, — . 
 
 sacrifice, aufopfern, preisgeben. 
 
 saddle, Sattel, m., -s, -attel. 
 
 Sadowa, n., -s. 
 
 safe, sicher, gerettet. 
 
 safety, in s., sicher, wohlbehalten. 
 
SAGACITY 
 
 133 SELF-REGISTERING 
 
 sagacity, Klugheit, f., Scharfsinn, 
 
 m., -s. 
 sage, Salbei, f. 
 saint, Sankt-. 
 salary, Gehalt, n. and m., -s, 
 
 -e. 
 salutation, Gruss, m., -es, -iisse. 
 Salzburg, n., -s. 
 same, selb, gleich. 
 sanction, genehmigen, bestatigen. 
 sand, i. e. Uhr, f., Stundenglas, n., 
 
 -es. 
 Sandwich, Sandwich-. 
 Sandy-Hook. 
 
 satellite, Satcllit, m., -en, -en. 
 satire, Spottrede, f., Witz, m., -es, 
 
 e. 
 satisfaction, Vergniigen, n., -s. 
 saunterings, Streifereien, f. plu. 
 save, bewahren (vor, dat.), retten 
 
 (von) ; aufsparen. 
 saw-teeth, i. e., Zackenkante, f. 
 Saxe- Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar, 
 
 n., -s. 
 say, sagen. 
 
 saying, Sprichwort, n., -s, -orter. 
 Scandinavian, Skandinavisch. 
 scar, Narbe, f. 
 scarred, narbig. 
 scarcely, kaum. 
 scatter, zerstreuen. 
 scene, Scene, f., Ort, m., -s, -e. 
 schedule, Verzeichnis, n., -isses, 
 
 -isse, Liste, f. 
 scheme, Plan, m., -s, -e und -ane. 
 Schlager, m., -s, — . 
 Schleswig-Holstein, schleswig- 
 
 holsteinisch. 
 scholar, Schuler, m., -s, — , Ge- 
 
 lehrte, m., -n, -n. 
 school, Schule, f. 
 school-mate, Schulkamerad, m., 
 
 -en and -s, -en. 
 
 science, Wissenschaft, f. 
 
 Scilly Islands, Scilly-Inseln, f. 
 plu. 
 
 scorching, brennend. 
 
 scorn, Verachtung, f. ; in s., spot- 
 tisch, hohnisch. 
 
 Scotch, schottisch. 
 
 scream, Schrei, m., -s, -e. 
 
 scream, schreien. 
 
 sculptor, Bildhauer, m., -s, -mk 
 
 sculptress, Bildhauerin, f. 
 
 sculpture-gallery, Skulpturen- 
 sammlung, f. 
 
 sea, Meer, n., -s, -e. 
 
 seal, Siegel, n., -s, — . 
 
 seam, durchlaiifen, durchadern. 
 
 seasick, seekrank. 
 
 season, Jahreszeit, f. 
 
 seat, Platz, m., -es, -atze, Sitz, m., 
 -es, -e, Bank, f., -anke ; to be 
 firm in one's seat, festsitzen. 
 
 seat, sich setzen. 
 
 second, Sekundant, m., -en, -en; 
 Sekunde, f. 
 
 second, zweit. 
 
 secondly, zweitens. 
 
 secret, Geheimnis, n., -isses, -isse. 
 
 secret, heimlich, geheimnisvoll. 
 
 secretary, Sekretar, m., -s, -e, 
 Schriftwart, m., -s, -e. 
 
 secure, bestellen, belegen. 
 
 security, Sicherheit, f. 
 
 see, sehen, einsehen. 
 
 seek, suchen, versuchen; s. re- 
 pentance, Busse thun wollen. 
 
 seem, scheinen. 
 
 seize, ergreifen. 
 
 seldom, selten. 
 
 select, gewahlt, ausgewahlt. 
 
 self, Selbst, n. 
 
 self-possessed, besonnen. 
 
 self-registering, selbstregistrie- 
 rend. 
 
SELTZER WATER 
 
 134 
 
 SIGHT-SEEING 
 
 seltzer water, Selterwasser, n., 
 
 s. 
 senior, Senior, m., -s, -en. 
 sense, Gefiihl, n., s, -e. 
 sensible, verstandig. 
 separate, von einander gehen, 
 
 scheiden, trennen. 
 sere, diirr, ode. 
 serene, heiter. 
 
 serious, ernsthaft, bedenklich. 
 seriously, ernstlich. 
 sermon, Predigt, f. 
 servant, Diener, m., -s, — . 
 serve, dienen (dat.) ; s. as, die- 
 
 nen ais. 
 service, Dienst, m., -es, -e. 
 set, setzen; s. forth, ausgehen, 
 
 s. down as, halten fur; s. in, 
 
 beginnen ; s. up, erfrischen ; 
 
 s. upon, hangen or setzen (an, 
 
 ace.) ; s. to, setzen an (ace), 
 set, aufgesetzt. 
 settle, abmachen, einrichten; s. 
 
 down, sich niederlassen. 
 seventeenth, siebzent. 
 seventy, sieb(en)zig. 
 seventy-five, fiinfundsiebzig. 
 several, mehrere. 
 severe, ernst. 
 
 shabby, schabig, abgeschabt. 
 shade, Schatten, m., -s, — ; in 
 
 the s., im Dunkeln, im Hinter- 
 
 grund. 
 shady, schattig. 
 shaggy, zottig. 
 shake, schweben, wallen, zittern, 
 
 zusammenzuckCn. 
 shaky, stolpernd, unsicher. 
 shame, Schande, f. 
 shape, Gestalt, f. 
 share, teilen. 
 sharp, scharf, tief. 
 shatter, zerbrechen, erschuttern. 
 
 shaved, geschoren. 
 
 shed, breiten (iiber, ace), s. the 
 
 light on, leuchten lassen (iiber, 
 
 dat., auf, ace), 
 sheeny, glanzend. 
 sheet, Platte, f., Stiick, n., -s, -e ; 
 
 a s. of glass, spiegelglatt. 
 shelter, schlitzen. 
 shelter, for s., zum Schutz, m., -es. 
 shift, andern. 
 
 shine, schimmern, leuchten. 
 ship, Schiff, n., -s, -e. 
 shirt, Hemd(e), n., -es, -en. 
 shiver, zerscheitern. 
 shoot, schiessen. 
 shooting-jacket, Jagdrock, m., -s, 
 
 -ocke. 
 short, kurz. 
 
 shortcomings, Fehler, m., s, — . 
 shot, Schuss, m , -es, -iisse, Kugel, 
 
 f,-n. 
 shoulder, Schulter, f., -n. 
 show, Spiel, n., -s, e. 
 show, zeigen, verraten, anwelsen 
 
 (ace. and dat), beweisen. . 
 show-room, Ausstellungszimmer, 
 
 n., -s, — ; show-rooms, Zimmer 
 
 die gezeigt werden. 
 shrewd, klug, verschlagen. 
 shriek, schreien. 
 shrink, weichen, verzagen, zuriick 
 
 schaudern (vor, dat.); s. back, 
 
 zuriickfahren. 
 shut, (zu)schliessen. 
 side, Seite, f. ; Seiten- ; take 
 
 sides for, Partei nehmen fiir. 
 Sierra, f. 
 
 sigh, Seufzer, m., -s, — . 
 sight, Sehenswlirdigkeit, f., Blick, 
 
 m., -s, -e, Anblick ; by s., von 
 
 Ansehen. 
 sight-seeing, Sehenswiirdigkeiten 
 
 besuchen. 
 
SIGN 
 
 135 
 
 SOON 
 
 sign, Spur, f 
 
 sign, unterzeichnen, unterschrei- 
 
 ben. 
 signal, Zeichen, n., -s, — . 
 silent, stumm, schweigsam ; to 
 
 be s.» schweigen. 
 Silentium, n., s. 
 Silesia, Schlesien, n., s. 
 silk, Seide, f. 
 
 silver-haired, silberhaarig. 
 simple, einfach. 
 simplicity, Einfachheit, f. 
 Simplon, m. 
 sin, Sunde, f. 
 since, seit, seitdem. 
 sincere, aufrichtig. 
 sing, singen. 
 single, einzig. 
 single, s. out, herauslesen (aus), 
 
 auserwahlen, ausersehen (zu). 
 sink, (hin)sinken, herabsinken, 
 
 sich neigen, 
 sinner, Siinder, m., s, — . 
 Sion, or Sitten, n. 
 sir, Sir, Herr, m., -n, -en. 
 sister-in-law, Schwagerin, f. 
 sit, sitzen, sich setzen ; s. in, be- 
 
 sitzen; s. for it accordingly, 
 
 demgemass sitzen. 
 situation, Lage, f. 
 six, sechs. 
 six-shooter, Revolver, m., -s, — , 
 
 sechslaufige Pistole, £. 
 sixty-five, fiinfundsechzig. 
 sketching-traps, plu. of Zeichen- 
 
 apparat, m., -s, e, or Malger'at, 
 
 n., -s, -e. 
 skulk, schlendern, schweifen. 
 skull, (Hirn)schadel, m., -s, — . 
 skull-cap, Tellermutze, f. 
 sky, Himmel, m., -s. 
 slave, Sklave, m., -n, -n. 
 slay, schlagen, toten. 
 
 sleep, schlafen. 
 slender, diinn. 
 slight, schlank. 
 slip, s. out of, abgleiten (an, dat); 
 
 entschwinden (dat ). 
 slippery, glatt, schliipfrig. 
 slow, langsam. 
 small, klein. 
 smart, schon, sauber. 
 smile, Lacheln, n., -s. 
 smile, lacheln, gunstig sein (dat.). 
 smiling, lachend, sonnig. 
 smite, schlagen (auf, ace.) ; s. off, 
 
 herunterschlagen. 
 smoke, Qualm, m., -s. 
 smoke, rauchen. 
 smoky, rauchig, raucherfullt. 
 smooth, zart, glatt, ruhig, still, 
 smoothness, Sanftheit, f., Milde, 
 
 f. 
 smouldering, dunkel, dumpf. 
 snaffle, Trense, f. 
 snatch, ergreifen. 
 snuff, take s., eine Prise nehmen. 
 soap, Seife, f. 
 social, gesellschaftlich. 
 society, Gesellschaft, f., Verein, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 soft, zart, sanft. 
 soften, lindern, mildern. 
 soil, Grund (m., -s,) und Boden 
 
 (m., -s), Bodenart, f., -en, 
 sojourn, Aufenthalt, m., -s. 
 solemn, feierlich, ernst. 
 solidarity, Solidaritat, f., Einheit, 
 
 f. 
 solidity, Soliditat, f., Dauerhaf- 
 
 tigkeit, f., Festigkeit, f. 
 some, einige, plu. 
 something, etwas. 
 son, Sohn, m., -s, -ohne. 
 song, Lied, n., -s, -er. 
 soon, bald. 
 
SOOTHSAYING 
 
 136 
 
 STEADY 
 
 soothsaying, Weissagung, f., 
 
 Spruch, m., -s, -iiche. 
 sordid, karg. 
 sore, empfindlich (in, dat., liber, 
 
 acc.j. 
 sort, Sorte, Klasse, Art, f. 
 soul, Seele, f. 
 sound, Gerausch, n., -es, -e, Larm, 
 
 m., -s, Laut, m., -s, -e, Schall, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 sound, klingen, blasen. 
 sour, sauer, bitter, 
 source, Quelle, f. 
 southern, siidlich, Slid-, 
 southward, sudwarts, nach Siiden, 
 
 m., siidlich. 
 space, Raum, m., -s, -aume. 
 spare, schonen; sparen, iibrig 
 
 haben. 
 sparkle, Perlen, n., -s. 
 sparkle, sprudeln. 
 spasm, with a s., krampfhaft. 
 speak, sprechen. 
 specially, hauptsachlich, beson- 
 
 ders. 
 specimen, Exemplar, n., -s, Bei- 
 
 spiel, n., -s, Muster, n., -s, Vertre- 
 
 ter, m., -s. 
 speckled, fleckig, bunt, 
 speculate, spekulieren, sich wun- 
 
 dern, berechnen. 
 speed, at s., at top s., in vollem 
 
 Laufe (m., -s), im vollen Galopp, 
 
 or Fluge, (m., -s). 
 spend, verbringen, zubringen, 
 
 spenden, ausgeben. 
 spire, Turmspitze, f. 
 spirit, Geist, m., -s, -er, Seele, f. ; 
 
 spirits, Gefuhle, n. plu., Stim- 
 
 mung, f. 
 spiritual, geistig. 
 spite, in s. of, trotz (dat). 
 splendid, prachtig, herrlich. 
 
 sport, Spass, m., -s, -asse, some 
 
 s., etwas Lustiges for s., zum 
 
 Scherz (m., s). 
 spot, Stelle, f., Ort, m., -e and 
 
 Orter. 
 spotless, fleckenlos. 
 spring, Friihling, m., -s, -e, Friih- 
 
 jahr, n., -s ; Quelle, f. 
 spring, springen, s. up, auf- 
 
 springen. 
 spry, flink, lebhaft. 
 spur, Sporn, m.. -s, -oren. 
 spur, spornen ; spurred, gespornt. 
 spurn, verhohnen. 
 square, breit. 
 
 square, Platz, m., -es, -atze. 
 staff age, (environment), f. 
 stagger, stolpern ; erschiittern. 
 stain, Flecken, m., -s, — ; s. of 
 
 blood, Blutschuld, f. 
 stain, beflecken. 
 stalk, schreiten. 
 stand, stehen, dastehen. 
 star, Stern, m., -s, -e; stars and 
 
 stripes, das Stern(en)banner. 
 stare, angaffen, anstarren, drohen. 
 start, Vorsprung, m., -s, -iinge. 
 start, aufbrecken, fortreiten, sich 
 
 auf dem Weg machen. 
 startled, erstaunt, iiberrascht. 
 state, Zustand, m., -s, Stellung, f. ; 
 
 Staats-. 
 state, aussprechen, berichten, mel- 
 
 den. 
 stately, stattlich. 
 station, Bahnhof, m., -s, -ofe, Sta- 
 tion, f. 
 statue, Standbild, n., -s, -er, Bild- 
 
 saule, f. 
 stature, Gestalt, f. 
 stay, Aufenthalt, m., -s, -e. 
 steadily, stets, immer. 
 steady, ruhig. 
 
STEADY 
 
 137 
 
 SUBJECT 
 
 steady, festhalten. 
 
 steal, schleichen, gleiten (iiber, 
 
 ace), s. through, durchwan- 
 
 deln. 
 steam, Dampf-. 
 steamer, Dampfer, m., -s, — . 
 steep, steil. 
 Stendal, n. 
 step, Schritt, m., -s, -e, Stufe, f., 
 
 Gang, m., -s. 
 step, wandeln. 
 stern, streng, ernst. 
 Stettiner. 
 
 stick, riicken (auf, ace), 
 still, noch. 
 stimulus, Erregung, f., Antrieb, 
 
 m., -s, -e. 
 sting, Stachel, m., -s, -n. 
 stipulation, Bedingung, f. 
 stir, Larm, m., -s. 
 stitch, sticken. 
 stock, Geschlecht, n., -s, -er, Fa- 
 
 milie, f. 
 stone, Stein, m., -s, -e; stones, 
 
 Gerolle, n., -s. 
 stone, steinern. 
 stool, Stuhl, m., -s, -iihle. 
 stoop, sich biicken, sich neigen 
 
 (iiber, dat.). 
 stop, halt ! 
 stop, innehalten, einhalten, auf- 
 
 horen. 
 storm, Gewitter, n., -s, — . 
 stormy, stiirmisch. 
 story, Geschichte, f., Lebenslauf, 
 
 m., -s. 
 stout, dick, stramm, stark, 
 stove, Ofen, m., -s, Ofen. 
 stove-pipe hat, Cylinder, m., -s, 
 
 — , Cylinderhut, m., ~s. 
 St. Petersburg, Petersburg, n., -s. 
 straight, gerade, stracks. 
 straight-way, ein gerader Weg 
 
 strain, anspannen. 
 strait, Strasse, f., Meerenge, f. 
 strange, eigentiimlich, seltsam. 
 stranger, Fremde, m., -n, -n. 
 Strasburg, Strassburg, n., -s, 
 
 Strassburger. 
 stray, sich zerstreuen. 
 stream, stromen, streben. 
 street, Strasse, f. 
 strength, Starke, f., Kraft, f. ; to 
 
 gain s., erstarken. 
 stretch, Strecke, f., Stuck, n., s, 
 
 -iicke. 
 stretch, s. forth, ausstrecken. 
 stride, Schritt, m., -s, -e. 
 strike, schlagen, anstossen, tref- 
 
 fen, niederschlagen, fallen. 
 string, Reihe, f., Menge, f. 
 strip, Streife, f. 
 stripe, Streife, f. 
 strive, eifern (gegen, ace), 
 stroll, Spaziergang, m., -s, -ange. 
 strong, stark, kraftig, gross. 
 strongly, ernst, nachdrucklich, 
 
 dringend. 
 struggle, Kampf, m., -s, -ampfe, 
 
 Anstrengung, f. 
 struggle, sich bemuhen ; s. on- 
 ward, weiter strebend. 
 student, Student, m., -en, -en. 
 studio, Werkstatte, f., Arbeits- 
 
 zimmer, n., -s. 
 study, studieren, arbeiten. 
 stupid, dumm, Dummkopf, m., -s, 
 
 -bpfe. 
 style, Stil, m., -s, -e, Schreibart, 
 
 f., Weise, f. 
 Suabian, schwabisch. 
 suavity, s. of, sanft, gewinnend. 
 subdivide, sich einteilen, sich ab- 
 
 fachen. 
 sublime, erhaben 
 subject, Gegenstand, m.,-s ; -ande. 
 
SUBSEQUENTLY 
 
 138 
 
 TASTE 
 
 subsequently, nachher. 
 
 subside, abnehmen, sich legen. 
 
 succeed, gliicklich sein, Erfolg 
 haben. 
 
 succeeding, folgend. 
 
 success, Gliick, n., -s, Erfolg, m., 
 -s, -e. 
 
 succession, in quick s., rasch 
 hinter einander. 
 
 successive, verschieden, auf ein- 
 ander folgend. 
 
 such, solch, das. 
 
 suddenly, plotzlich, jah. 
 
 suffering, Leiden, n., -s, — . 
 
 sufficient, genug ; to be s., genii- 
 gen. 
 
 suggest, andeuten, empfehlen. 
 
 suit, Anzug, m., -s, -iige. 
 
 suitable, passend, schicklich, an- 
 standig. 
 
 sullen, triibe, traurig, gramlich. 
 
 sum, Summe, f. 
 
 summit, Gipfel, m., -s, — , Spitze, 
 f. 
 
 sun, Sonne, f. 
 
 sunbeam, Sonnenstrahl, m., -s, 
 -en. 
 
 Sunday, Sonntag, m., -s, 
 
 sunlight, Sonnenlicht, n., -s. 
 
 sunny, sonnig. 
 
 sunshine, Sonnenschein, m., -s. 
 
 superb, prachtig, prachtvoll. 
 
 superiority, Vornehmheit, f., 
 Uberlegenheit, f. 
 
 supreme, hochst, grosst. 
 
 supper, Abendessen, n., -s. 
 
 suppliant, der or die Bittende. 
 
 support, helfen (dat), eine Stiitze 
 sein. 
 
 suppress, unterdrucken. 
 
 sure, sicher, recht. 
 
 surface, Oberflache, f. 
 
 surprise, Uberraschung, f. 
 
 surprised, iiberrascht, erstaunt. 
 surtout, Surtout, m., -s, -s, Uber- 
 
 rock, m., -s, -ocke. 
 sustain, unterstiitzen, erhalten. 
 swagger, s. about, einherstol- 
 
 zieren. 
 swear, fluchen. 
 sweat, schwitzen. 
 sweet, siiss. 
 swell, anschwellen. 
 swift, schnell. 
 switch cane, Spazierstockchen, 
 
 n., -s. 
 Switzerland, Schweiz, f. 
 sword, Klinge, f., Schwert, n., -s, 
 
 -er, Degen, m., -s, — . 
 sylvan, Wald-. 
 
 symmetry, Ebenmass, n., -es. 
 sympathy, Sympathie, f., Ge- 
 
 fiihl, n., -es, -e. 
 Syne, Auld Lang S., die gute 
 
 alte Zeit. 
 system, System, n., -s, -e. 
 
 table-talk, Tischreden, f. plu. 
 
 tablets, i. e. Ileiligtum, n., -s. 
 
 Tacitus, m. 
 
 take, (hin)fiihren, ergreifen, neh- 
 men, halten ; t. away, wegneh- 
 men ; t. fire, feurig werden, in 
 Feuer gesetzt werden, Feuer 
 fangen. 
 
 talent, Talent, n., -s, -e. 
 
 talk, sprechen, (von ; iiber, ace). 
 
 talk, Spojteln, n., -s, Worte, n. plu. 
 
 tall, gross, lang. 
 
 tallow, Talg-. 
 
 TannhSuser, m., -s. 
 
 task, Aufgabe, f. 
 
 taste, Geschmack, m., -s. 
 
TAVERN 
 
 139 
 
 TILT 
 
 tavern, Wirtshaus, n., -es, -auser. 
 
 tea, Thee, m., -s. 
 
 teach, lehren. 
 
 tear, t. down, hinabjagen. 
 
 tear, Thrane, f. 
 
 teeth, Zahn, m., -s, -ahne. 
 
 telegram, Depesche, f. 
 
 telegraph, Telegraph, m., -en, -en. 
 
 tell, sagen, erzahlen ; zahlen, be- 
 
 zahlen; gelten, wirken, wichtig 
 
 sein. 
 temper, geschmeidig machen,tem- 
 
 perieren, stahlen. 
 tempt, versuchen, verlocken or 
 
 reizen (zu). 
 temptation, Versuchung, f. 
 tend, beitragen, darauf abzielen. 
 tendency, Richtung, f., Neigung, 
 
 f., Hang, m., -s. 
 tenderly, zartlich. 
 tense, gespannt, toll, 
 tent, Zelt, n., -s, -e. 
 term, Semester, n., -s, — . 
 terms, Bedingungen, t pi. 
 terrace, Terrasse, f. 
 terraced, abgestuft. 
 terrible, schrecklich, furchtbar. 
 Testament, Testament, n., -s. 
 testimony, t. of respect, Ehren- 
 
 bezeugung, f. 
 thank, t. Heaven, dem Himmel 
 
 (Gott) sei Dank ! 
 thanks, Danksagung, f., Dank, 
 
 m., -s. 
 thankful, dankbar. 
 thaw, t. towards, auftauen (ge 
 
 geniiber, bei). 
 their, ihr. 
 then, dann, denn , now and t., 
 
 hie und da. 
 theology, Theologie, f. 
 theorem, Lehi satz, m., -es, -atze. 
 there, da, es. 
 
 thereabouts, rings umher, dortig. 
 
 therefrom, daraus. 
 
 thick, dick, dicht, gross. 
 
 Thiers, m. 
 
 thin, mager. 
 
 thing, Ding, n., -s, -e(r), Sache, f.; 
 
 these t., dergleichen. 
 think, glauben, denken (an, ace), 
 
 meinen. 
 third, dritt. 
 thirteen hundred, dreizehnhun- 
 
 dert. 
 thirty, dreissig. 
 thong, Riemen, m., -s. 
 thorn, Dorn, m., -s, -e, -en and 
 
 -orner. 
 thoroughfare, i. e. Strasse, f. 
 thoroughly, grundlich, ganzlich. 
 though, obgleich. 
 thought, Gedanke, m., -ns, -n. 
 thousand, tausend. 
 three, drei. 
 thrice, dreimal. 
 thrifty, sparsam. 
 thrill, schlagen, klopfen, zittern; 
 
 t. towards, (dat.), entgegen etc. 
 thrill, Gefiihl, n., -s, -e. 
 throat, Gurgel, f., Kehle, f , Hals, 
 
 m., -s, -alse. 
 through, durch. 
 throw, werfen (auf, ace.) , t into, 
 
 hineinwerfen ; t. open, aufreis- 
 
 sen. 
 thunderbolt, Donnerschlag, m., 
 
 -s, -age; Blitz, m., -es, -e. 
 thus, so, also, 
 tie, Verbindung, f., Freundschaft, 
 
 f. 
 tight, knapp, eng. 
 tighten, zusammenziehen, eng 
 
 ziehen. 
 till, bis. 
 tilt, stemmen (gegen). 
 
TIME 
 
 140 
 
 TRUSTY 
 
 time, Zeit, f., -en ; at such times, 
 
 dann, da ; t. enough, friih 
 
 genug. 
 time-smoothed, verwittert. 
 timid, furchtsam. 
 tip, schicken, kritzeln. 
 tire, miide werden. 
 tireless, unermiidlich, unermiidet. 
 tobacco, Tabak, m., -s. 
 tobacco-pipe, Tabakspfeife, f. 
 together, zusammen, gemein- 
 
 schaftlich, gleich; t. with, 
 
 nebst. 
 toil, Arbeit, f. 
 toil, arbeiten. 
 toilsome, muhevoll. 
 token, Zeichen, n., -s. 
 tolerate, leiden. 
 tomb, Grab, n., -s, -aber. 
 to-morrow, morgen. 
 tone, Ton, m., -s, -one. 
 top, Hohe, f., oben. 
 topic, Thema, n., -s, -ta, -men and 
 
 -s. 
 torchlight procession, Fackel- 
 
 zug, m., s, -iige. 
 torments, i. e. Hollenpein, f. 
 torrent, Strom, m., -s, -ome. 
 toss-up, Gliickswurf, m., -s, Wiir- 
 
 felspiel, n., -s, Lotterie, f., Zufall, 
 
 m., -s. 
 total, Summe, f. 
 touch, beriihren. 
 toward, gegen, gen, nach. 
 towards, nach (. . . zu). 
 tower, Turm, m., -s, -iirme. 
 tower, hervorragen ; t. above, 
 
 iiberragen. 
 town, Stadt, f. 
 
 trace, t. out, verfolgen, ausspiiren. 
 track, Spur, f., Weg, m., -s, -e. 
 tract, Strecke, f. 
 tragically, tragisch. 
 
 trail, Fahrte, f., Landstrasse, f. 
 
 trait, Zug, m., -s, -iige. 
 
 traitor, Verrater, m., -s, — . 
 
 tramp, treten, t. over, hinweg fah- 
 ren (uber ; dat ). 
 
 tramp, Getrampel, n , -s. 
 
 trample, zertreten, t. down, nie- 
 derstampfen. 
 
 tranquil, ruhig. 
 
 translate, ubersetzen. 
 
 translation, Ubersetzung, f. 
 
 transplant, verpflanzen. 
 
 transport, versetzen (nach), ver- 
 legeu (in, ace). 
 
 travel, reisen, gehen. 
 
 traveller, Reisende, m., -n, -n, 
 Wanderer, m., -s, — ; t.'s regis- 
 ter, Fremdenbuch, n., -s, -iicher. 
 
 tread-mill, (as adj.) abgedroschen, 
 eintonig. 
 
 treasure, Schatz, m., -es, -atze. 
 
 treat, behandeln. 
 
 tree, Baum, m., -s, -aume. 
 
 tremble, zittern. 
 
 tremendous, fiirchterlich, er- 
 staunlich, inhaltschwer. 
 
 trifling, unbedeutend. 
 
 triumph, Sieg, m., -s, -e, Erfolg, 
 m., -s, -e. 
 
 triumph, siegen ; t. over, iiber- 
 winden. 
 
 triumphant, siegend, Sieges — . 
 
 trodden, zertreten. 
 
 trouble, belastigen. 
 
 true, wahr, treu (dat.). 
 
 truly, wahrhaft, wirklich. 
 
 trumpet, Trompete, f., t. sound- 
 ing, trompetenblasend. 
 
 trunk, Stamm, m., -s, amme ; Kof 
 fer, m. and n., -s, — . 
 
 trust, glauben (dat.) sich verlas- 
 sen (auf, ace). 
 
 trusty, treu, zuverlassig. 
 
TRUTH 
 
 141 
 
 URGE 
 
 truth, Wahrheit, f. 
 
 try, suchen, versuchen. 
 
 tuft, Biischel, m. and n., -s, — . 
 
 tumult, Larm, m., -s, Skandal, 
 m., -s. 
 
 tun, Fass, n., -es. 
 
 tunnel, Trichter, m., -s, — . 
 
 turbulent, unruhig, rastlos. 
 
 turn, in t., zur Abwechslung, zum 
 Ablosen. 
 
 turn, einschlagen or einlenken 
 (in, ace.) ; sich abwenden (von) ; 
 sich zuwenden (dat.) ; sich wen- 
 den (nach); t. round, umdrehen. 
 
 tutor, Lehrer, m., -s, — . 
 
 twain, die Beiden. 
 
 twenty, zwanzig. 
 
 twenty-second, zweiundzwan- 
 zigst. 
 
 twenty-sixth, sechsundzwanzigst. 
 
 twice, zweimal, doppelt. 
 
 twilight, Zwielicht, n., -s. 
 
 twined, t. with ivy, epheuum- 
 schlungen. 
 
 twist, t. into, flechten (in, ace). 
 
 two, zwei. 
 
 two-by two, paarweise, je zwei 
 und zwei. e . 
 
 type, Bild, n., -s, -er. 
 
 u. 
 
 ultimo, vorig. 
 
 unable, nicht konnen, nicht im 
 
 Stande sein. 
 unadorned, schmucklos. 
 unaffected, ungezwnngen, unbe- 
 
 fangen. 
 un-American, unamerikanisch. 
 uncled, geonkelt, Onkel genannt. 
 unconscious, stumm, bewusstlos. 
 unconsumed, unversehrt. 
 uncontrollable, unaufhaltsam. 
 
 under, unter. * 
 underneath, unten. 
 understand, verstehen. 
 unearthly, unheimlich. 
 unerring, sicher, unfehlbar. 
 unfortunate, ungliicklich. 
 unfortunately, ungliicklicher- 
 
 weise. 
 ungrateful, undankbar. 
 uniform, Uniform, f. 
 unimpassioned, leidenschaftslos. 
 Union Jack, m. 
 unite, einstimmen (mit), sich 
 
 vereinigen (mit), sich vereinen ; 
 
 u. with, unterstiitzen. 
 United States, Vereinigte Staa- 
 
 ten. 
 unity, Einheit, f. 
 universally, allgemein. 
 university, Universitat, f. 
 unkempt, ungepflegt. 
 unknown, unbekannt. 
 unlearn, unzulernen, eine Mei- 
 
 nung, or Vorstellung, andern, 
 
 verlernen. 
 unless, wenn nicht, es ware denn. 
 unlike, unahnlich (dat.). 
 unmistakable, unverkennbar. 
 unnecessary, unnotig. 
 unrelieved, nicht erleichtert. 
 unsaddle, absatteln. 
 unsophisticated, i. e. einfach, un- 
 
 verdorben. 
 until, bis, bis zu. 
 
 unwary, nachlassig, unvorsichtig. 
 up, hinauf, auf. 
 upon, auf 
 upper, Ober — . 
 uproar, Gerausch, n.. -es ; of u., 
 
 larmig. 
 upset, umwerfen. 
 urge, dringen (in, ace), darauf 
 
 bestehen. 
 
USE 
 
 142 
 
 WANDERER 
 
 use, pflegen; verbrauchen; ge- 
 
 wohnlich (with verb), 
 use, Gebrauch, m., -s. 
 usher, fiihren, weisen. 
 usual, gewohnlich. 
 usurer, Wucherer, m., -s. 
 utter, aussprechen. 
 utterly, ausserst, hochst, ganzlich. 
 
 V. 
 
 vacant, leer. 
 
 valley, Thai, n., -s, -aler. 
 
 valor, Tapferkeit, f. 
 
 value, schatzen. 
 
 value, Nutzen, m., -s, — . 
 
 varnish, schwinden, verschwin- 
 
 den. 
 vary, umschlagen, umspringen, 
 
 sich andern or drehen. 
 vast, grossartig, ungeheuer, weit, 
 
 gross. 
 veil, Schleier, m., -s, — . 
 vein, Ader, f., -n. 
 vellum-binding, i. e. Pergament- 
 
 bande, m. plu. 
 venerate, verehren. 
 vengeance, Rache, f. 
 Venus, f. 
 verge, Rand, m., -s, Grenze, f. ; 
 
 to be on the v., auf dem Punkte 
 
 stehen. 
 veriest, eigentlichst, niedrigst. 
 versify, in Verse bringen. 
 very, sehr, ganz, hochst. 
 Vesuvius, Vesuv, m., -s. 
 vexed, to be v., sich argern. 
 Vice-Consul, Vice-Konsul, m., 
 
 -s, -n. 
 Vicksburg, n., -s. 
 victim, Opfer, n., -s, — . 
 victorious, siegreich ; to be v., 
 
 siegen. 
 
 victory, Sieg, m., -s, -e. 
 
 Vienna, Wien, n., -s. 
 
 view, Aussicht, I, -en ; Anschau- 
 
 ung, f., Ansicht, f. 
 vigor, Eifer, m., -s. 
 vigorous, tiichtig. 
 village, Dorf, n., -orfer. 
 vindicate, rechtfertigen, vertei- 
 
 digen, loben. 
 vineyard, Weingarten, m., -s, 
 
 -arten. 
 Virgil, m., -s. 
 virgin, jungfraiilich. 
 Virginia, — . 
 Virorum, the same, 
 virtue, Tugend, f. -en, Unschuld, f. 
 visible, sichtbar. 
 visit, Besuch, m., -s, -e. 
 visit, besuchen. 
 Visp, n., -s. 
 voice, Stimme, f. 
 volcanic, vulkanisch. 
 voluntarily, freiwillig. 
 Vosges, Vogesen, plu. 
 vouchsafe, vergonnen (dat.)- 
 
 w. 
 
 wagon, Wagen, m., -s, — . 
 
 waist, Leib, m., -s, -er. 
 
 wait, warten, aushalten, ausdau- 
 
 ern , w. on, aufwarten (dat.). 
 waiter, Kellner, m., -s, — . 
 waiting-room, Wartezimmer, n., 
 
 -s, — . 
 wake, wecken. 
 walk, Weg, m., -s, -e, Spaziergang, 
 
 m., -s, -ange. 
 walk, gehen, spazieren. 
 wall, Mauer, f., -n, Wand, f ., -ande. 
 wander, wandern, umherwandeln. 
 wanderer, Wanderer, m., -s, — . 
 
WANDERING 
 
 143 
 
 WILLIAM 
 
 wandering way, Wanderweg, m .. 
 
 •s, -e. 
 wane, vergehen, verrinnen. 
 want, wollen, wiinschen ; fehlen 
 
 (an, dat ) ; notig haben (ace), 
 
 bedurfen (ace or gen.); brau- 
 
 chen, verlangen. 
 wanton, mutwillig. 
 wantonness, Obermut, m., -s. 
 war, Kneg, m , -s, -e. 
 ward, verhindern j w. away, ab- 
 
 wehren. 
 warm, warm, 
 warmly, herzlich. 
 warrant, dafiir stehen, wetten. 
 warring, entgegengesetzt. 
 waste, verschwenden, vergeuden. 
 watch, Wache, f. 
 watchfire, Wachfeuer, n., -s, — . 
 water, Wasser, n., -s. 
 watering-place, Bad, n M -s, ader; 
 
 trip to a w., Badereise, f. 
 wave, wehen,schweben; w. aside, 
 
 abweisen (mit der Hand), zu- 
 
 riickwinken; w. off, zuriick- 
 
 weisen, zuriickwinken , schwen- 
 
 ken, winken or griissen (mit). 
 way, Weg, m., -s, -e ; Weise, f. ; 
 
 w. homeward, Riickweg. 
 way-bill, Personenliste, f., Fracht- 
 
 bnef, m , -s, -e. 
 wayward, w. track, Irrfahrt, f., 
 
 -en. 
 weakness, Schwache, f. 
 weapon, Waffe, f, n. 
 wear, tragen, zeigen; wearing 
 
 etc., mit etc. 
 weary, mlide. 
 weather, Wetter, n., -s 
 weather-beaten, verwittert, ge- 
 
 braunt. 
 Wednesday, Mittwoch, m., -s, -e. 
 week, Woche, f. 
 
 weep, vveinen. 
 
 weight, Wucht, f., Gewicht, n., -s, 
 
 Burde, f. 
 Weimar, n., .s. 
 welcome, willkommen. 
 welcome, begriissen. 
 well, gut, wohl. 
 well-behaved, vvohlgesittet, hof- 
 
 lich, artig. 
 well-conducted, wohlerzogen. 
 well-known, wohlbekannt. 
 well-nigh, beinahe. 
 well-worn, abgetragen. 
 west, Westen, m., -s. 
 when, wenn, als, da 
 whence, von wo. 
 where, wo, dahin wo. 
 wherever, iiberall wo. 
 whether, ob. 
 while, wahrend, so lange. 
 while, Weile, f. 
 whip, peitschen. 
 whisper, flustern. 
 whistle, zupfeifen (dat ). 
 white, weiss, blass. 
 white-haired, weisshaarig. 
 Whitehall, the same, 
 whole, ganz 
 
 wholesome, heilsam, gesund. 
 wide, weit, breit, ganz. 
 widow, Wittwe, f., -n. 
 width, w. of, weit or breit. 
 wife, Weib, n., -s, -er, Frau, f. ; -en 
 wigwam, m. and n., -s. 
 wild, wild. 
 
 wild-fowl, wiides Gefliigel. 
 wildly, heiss. 
 wild-sage, Salbei'-. 
 will, wollen, wiinschen. 
 will, Wunsch, m., es, unsche 
 willing, to be w., wollen, willens 
 
 sein. 
 William, Wilhelm, m., -s. 
 
WIN 
 
 144 
 
 ZOBEL 
 
 win, errmgen. 
 
 wind, Wind, m., -s, -e. 
 
 winding, krumm, schlangelnd, 
 
 gevvunden. 
 window, Fenster, n., -s, — 
 wine, Wein, m., -s, e. 
 wings, Schwingen, f. plu Fliigel, 
 
 m. plu. 
 wisdom, Weisheit, f. 
 wise, klug. 
 
 wish, Wunsch, m., -es, -iinsche. 
 wit, Witz, m., -es. 
 witchery, Hexenwesen, n., -s, 
 
 Zauberspiel, n., -s. 
 with, mit, nebst. 
 withhold, vorenthalten (dat), 
 
 zuruckhalten 
 within, innerhalb (gen.), in. 
 without, ohne, ohne dass. 
 witness, Zeuge, m., -n, -n. 
 witticism, Witz, m., -es, -e. 
 witty, witzig 
 woe, Schmerz, m., -es, -en, Leiden, 
 
 n., -s, — . 
 woman, Weib, n., -es, -er ; weib- 
 
 lich. 
 wonder, Wunder, n., -s, — . 
 wonderful, wunderbar, wunder- 
 
 schon. 
 wondrous, wunderbar. 
 wondrously, wunderbar, merk 
 
 wiirdig, sehr. 
 woo, huldigen (dat.), freien, anbe 
 
 ten. 
 woods, W'alder, plu. (Wald, m., 
 
 -s). 
 word, Wort, n., s, -e and orter. 
 work, arbeiten , machen ; sich 
 
 Miihe geben ; w. out, erwirken. 
 work, Werk, n., -s, -e ; Arbeit, f. 
 world, Welt, f. 
 worldly, Welt- 
 worry, Sorge, f., Plage, f. 
 
 worth, gelten, wert sein (gen.), 
 worthless, unwiirdig, mchtswur- 
 
 dig. 
 worst, schlimmst. 
 would-be, the same, or : der gern 
 
 sein mochte. 
 wreath, Kranz, m., -es, -anze. 
 wretched, erbiirmlich, elend. 
 wring, erpressen (dat.), abzwin- 
 
 gen (dat., or von), 
 wrist, Handgelenk, n., s. 
 wristlet, i. e. Rand, m , -s. 
 write, schreiben. 
 writer, Schriftsteller, m, -s, — . 
 writhing, w. agony of speed, 
 
 fieberhaftes Vorwartsstreben. 
 writings, Schriften, f. plu. 
 wrong, Unrecht, n., -s 
 wrong, unrichtig. 
 Wurtemberg, n., -s. 
 
 Y. 
 
 yard, Hof, m., -s, -ofe, Schritt, m , 
 
 -s, -e. 
 yea, ja, auch. 
 year, Jahr, n., »s, -e 
 yell, Ruf, m , s, -e. 
 yellow, gelb. 
 
 Yellowplush, Yellowplush. 
 yesterday, gestern. 
 yet, doch, noch. 
 you, Sie, du, man. 
 young, jung. 
 your, Ihr, dein. 
 youth, Jungling, m., -s, -e, junger 
 
 Mensch, m., -en, -en; Jugend, f 
 
 z. 
 
 zigzag, Zickzack-. 
 Zobel, m., -s, — . 
 
NOTES. 
 
INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 The following bibliographical notes may be of some 
 benefit to teachers. 
 
 DICTIONARIES. 
 I. [In German only.] 
 
 Grimm, J. und W. Deutsches Worterbuch. Fortgesetzt von 
 M. Heyne, R. Hildebrand, M. Lexer, K. Weigand und E. Wiilcker. 
 Leipzig, 1854-91. [Incomplete, — A-Geriesel ; H-Roman; T-ver- 
 leihen, — costing about $40,00.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Worterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Mit Belegen 
 von Luther bis auf die Gegenwart. 3 Bde. Leipzig, 1860-65. 8° 
 marks. As a supplementary volume : Erganzungswbrterbuch. Ber- 
 lin, 1885. [50 marks.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Worterbuch der Zeitworter. Berlin, 1882. 2 Aufl. 
 [50 pfennigs]. 
 
 Campe, J. H. Worterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 5 Theile. 
 Braunschweig, 1807-11. [About 20 marks.] 
 
 Adelung, J. Ch. Versuch eines vollstiindigen grammatisch- 
 kritischen Worterbuches der hochdeutschen Mundart. 5 Theile. 
 Leipzig, 1774-86. [About 10 marks.] 
 
 Weigand, Fr. L. K. Deutsches Worterbuch. 2 Bde. Giessen, 
 1881-82. 4. Aufl. [34 marks.] 
 
 Kluge, Fr. Etymologisches Worterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 
 Strassburg, 1889. 4- Aufl. [10 marks.] 
 
148 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 [The Same.] An Etymological Dictionary of the German Lan- 
 guage by Fr. Kluge. Translated from the 4th German edition by 
 J. F. Davis. London and New York. Macmillan, 1891. [$3.00.] 
 
 Andresen, K. G. Uber deutsche Volksetymologie. Heilbronn, 
 1890. 6. Aufl. [5 50 marks.] 
 
 Heyne, M. Deutsches Worterbuch. Leipzig, 1889-. [Incom- 
 plete. Erster Band, A-Gyps. 1889-90. About 30 marks when 
 finished.] 
 
 Wenig, Chr. Handworterbuch der deutschen Sprache, Neubear- 
 beitet von G. Schumann. Koln, 1885. 7. Aufl. [9 marks.] 
 
 Kapff, R. Deutsche Vornamen mit den von ihnen abstammenden 
 Geschlechtsnamen, sprachlich erlautert. Niirtingen am Neckar, 1889. 
 [1 mark.] 
 
 Petri, Fr. E. Handbuch der Fremdworter in der deutschen 
 Schrift- und Umgangssprache. Neubearbeitet von E. Samostz. Leip- 
 zig* 1879. I 3- Aufl. [6 marks.] 
 
 Heyse, T. Ch. A. Allgemeines Fremdworterbuch. Neubear- 
 beitet von G. Heyse. Hannover, 1879. 16. Aufl. Berliner Ausgabe, 
 14. Ster.- Aufl. Berlin, 1889. [5.50 marks.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Fremdworterbuch. Leipzig, 1879. [10.50 marks.] 
 2. Aufl., 1891-. 
 
 Weber. J. Fremdworterbuch enthaltend liber 14,000 fremde 
 Worter und Redensarten welche in Zeitungen etc. vorkommen. 
 Leipzig, 1883. [1.25 marks.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Verdeutschungsworterbuch. Leipzig, 1884. [5 
 marks.] 
 
 Sarrazin, O. Verdeutschungsworterbuch. Berlin, 1886. [4.60 
 marks.] 
 
 Lyon, O. Zeichensetzung und Fremdworterverdeutschung. Dres- 
 den, 1889. [30 pfennigs.] 
 
 Duden, K. Vollstandiges orthographisches Worterbuch der 
 deutschen Sprache mit etymologischen Angaben, kurzen Sacherkla- 
 rungen und Verdeutschungen der Fremdworter. Nach den neuen 
 amtlichen Regeln. 3. Aufl. Leipzig, 1887. [1.60 marks] 
 
 Rohrig, E. Technologisches Worterbuch. Deutsch-Englisch- 
 Franzosisch. 3. Aufl. Wiesbaden, 1887. [32 marks.] 
 
NOTES. 149 
 
 Academica Juventus. Die deutschen Studenten nach Sprache 
 und Sitte. Celle und Leipzig, 1887. [1 mark.] 
 
 Burschikoses Worterbuch, oder Studentensprache. Miinchen, 
 1878. [50 pfennigs.] 
 
 Neues Worterbuch der Studentensprache. 2. Aufl. Wien, 
 1888. [50 pfennigs.] 
 
 Eberhard. J. A. Synonymisches Handworterbuch der dentschen 
 Sprache. 14. Aufl. Umgearbeitet von O Lyon. Leipzig, 1889. [11 
 marks.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Worterbuch der deutschen Synonymen. Hamburg, 
 1882. 2. Aufl. [10 marks.] 
 
 Wander, K. F. W. Deutsches Sprichwbrterlexikon. 5 Bde. 
 Leipzig, 1867-80. [150 marks. May be found second hand for about 
 100 marks.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Worterbuch der Hauptschwierigkeiten in der deut- 
 schen Sprache. Grosse Ausgabe. 19. Aufl. Berlin, 1889. [3 marks.] 
 
 Wessely, I. E. Grammatisch-stilistisches Worterbuch der deut- 
 schen Sprache. Leipzig, 1883. [2 marks.] 
 
 II. [German and English.] 
 
 Lucas, N. I. A Dictionary of the English and German and Ger- 
 man and English Language. 2 vols. Bremen and London, 1854. 
 [Out of print. About $50.00?] 
 
 Hilpert, J. L. A Dictionary of the German and English Lan- 
 guages. 3 vols. Karlsruhe and London, 1828-57. [About £3, 
 new. Out of print.] 
 
 Grieb, C. F. A Dictionary of the German and English Lan- 
 guages. 2 vols. 9. Ster.- Aufl. 1885. [17 marks.] 
 
 Thieme-Preusser. New and Complete Critical Dictionary of 
 the German and English Languages. Revised by I. E. Wessely. 
 Hamburg and New York. ( Westermann.) Neue reich-vermehrte 
 Stereotypausgabe, 1890. 
 
 Cassell. New German Dictionary in two parts : German-English 
 and English-German. By Elizabeth Weir. Boston, Heath & Co. 
 [n. d., recent, $1.35.] 
 
150 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Whitney, W. D. A compendious German and English Diction- 
 ary, with notation of correspondencies and brief etymologies. New 
 York. [n. d., after 1877, $3.25.] 
 
 Longman, F. W. Pocket Dictionary of the German and English 
 Languages. London and New York, 5th edition, 1889. [$ 0.90.] 
 
 Hoppe, A. Englisch-Deutsches Supplementlexikon. Erste Abtei- 
 lung : A-Close. Berlin, 1888. [32 marks when complete.] 
 
 Flugel, F. A Universal English-German and German-English 
 Dictionary. First part, A-Bok. Braunschweig, 1890. [At present, 
 as far as I. 36 marks when finished.] 
 
 Sachs, K. Encyclopadisches Worterbuch der franzosischen und 
 deutschen Sprache. Grosse Ausgabe. 2 Thle. Berlin, 1887-88. [5. 
 Aufl. 74 marks.] Hand- und Schulausgabe. 2 Thle. Berlin, 1889. 
 [50. Aufl. 13.50 marks, bound.] 
 
 Vistor, W. German Pronunciation : Practice and Theory. Heil- 
 bronn, 1885. New York, Westermann. [2 marks.] 
 
 Huss, H. Lehre vom Accent der deutschen Sprache. Alten- 
 burg, 1877. t 1 - 20 marks.] 
 
 GRAMMARS. 
 I. [In German.] 
 
 Grimm, J. Deutsche Grammatik. 2. Ausgabe. Neuer ver- 
 mehrter Abdruck. Besorgt durch W. Scherer. 2. Bde. Berlin, 
 1870-78. [36 marks.] 3. Bd. [Von E. Schroeder.] 1. Th. 1889. 
 [15 marks.] 
 
 Heyse, J. Ch. A. Deutsche Schulgrammatik oder Lehrbuch 
 der deutschen Sprache. Neubearbeitet von O. Lyon. 24. Aufl. 
 Hannover, 1886. [4 marks.] 
 
 Becker, K. F. Handbuch der deutschen Sprache. Neubear- 
 beitet von Th. Becker. 11. Aufl. Prag, 1876. [6 marks.] 
 
 Blatz, Fr. Neuhochdeutsche Grammatik mit Beriicksichtigung 
 der historischen Entwickelung der deutschen Sprache. Tauberbi- 
 schofsheim. 2. Aufl. 1880. [12 marks.] 
 
NOTES. 151 
 
 WlLMANNS, W. Deutsche Grammatik fur die Unter- und Mittel- 
 klassen hoherer Lehranstalten. Nebst Regeln und Worterverzeichnis 
 fiir die deutsche Orthographic 8. Aufl. Berlin, 1891. [2 marks.] 
 
 Jahns, J. Ch. Lehrbuch der deutschen Sprache. 10. Aufl. 
 Hannover, 1886. 
 
 Vernaleken, Th. Deutsche Schulgrammatik. Mit Berticksich- 
 tigung des Mittelhochdeutschen und mit Einschluss der deutschen 
 Verslehre. 2. Aufl. Wien, 1872. [2.80 marks.] 
 
 II. [In English.] 
 
 Brandt, H. C. G. A Grammar of the German Language for 
 High Schools and Colleges. 4th ed. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 
 1888. [$1.25.] 
 
 Joynes, E. S. A German Grammar for Schools and Colleges. 
 (Based on A. L. Meissner's.) Boston : Heath, 1888. [Revised 
 edition, $1.25.] 
 
 Whitney, W. D. A Compendious German Grammar. New 
 York : Holt, 1869. [Revised edition in 1888. $1.50.] 
 
 Sheldon, E. S. A Short German Grammar for High Schools 
 and Colleges. Boston: Heath, 1879. [$0.65.] 
 
 Syntax and Style. 
 
 Vernaleken, Th. Deutsche Syntax. 2 Thle. Wien, 1861-63. 
 [16 marks.] 
 
 Becker, K. F. Der deutsche Stil. Neubearbeitet von O. Lyon. 
 3. Aufl. Prag, 1883. [6-50 marks.] 
 
 Andresen, K. G. Sprachgebrauch und Sprachrichtigkeit im 
 Deutschen. 6. Aufl. Heilbronn, 1890. [5 marks.] 
 
 Sanders, D. Deutsches Stil-Musterbuch mit Erlauterungen und 
 Anmerkungen. Berlin, 1886. [6 marks.] 
 
 Zeitschrift fur den deutschen Unterricht. Herausgege- 
 ben von O. Lyon. Leipzig, 1887-. [Six numbers annually, 10 
 marks.] 
 
152 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Zeitschrift fur Deutsche Sprache. Herausgegeben von D. 
 Sanders. Hamburg, 1887-. [Monthly, 12 marks.] 
 
 v. Bahder, K. Dit deutsche Philologie im Grundriss. Paderborn, 
 1883. [6 marks.] 
 
 Note. — The dictionaries of Grimm (incomplete) and Sanders are 
 the best for definitions of German words. They supersede Campe 
 and Adelung, which however are still valuable historically, and occa- 
 sionally supply some additional information. Weigand, whose articles 
 should be compared with Kluge's for verification, and Klnge afford 
 chiefly etymologies rather than definitions. Andresen presents the 
 best summary of "popular" etymologies. Heyne (incomplete) is 
 planned to be a German " Webster," without illustrations or appen- 
 dices. Wenig is a useful hand dictionary, with indication of the pro- 
 nunciation. Kapff treats succinctly of a subject to which little attention 
 is given in the ordinary lexicons. Either Petri's, Heyse's, or Sanders's 
 Fremdworterbuch would be adequate for ordinary needs. The Ver- 
 deutschungnvorterbiicher give German equivalents for foreign words 
 rather than definitions. Lyon's treatise is useful for details of punc- 
 tuation. Duden is valuable for identifying the revised orthography. 
 Ro'/irig, the well-known work of Rumpf, Mothes, etc., is essential for 
 the study of scientific or technical German. The Academica Juventus, 
 etc., are rather light-weight collections of student slang. Eberhard 
 (in the last edition) is the best authority on German synonyms. 
 Wander's collection of proverbial sayings is a mine of erudition, 
 invaluable for reference. Sanders's and Wessely's works, throwing 
 light on many obscure and difficult points of grammatical usage, are 
 indispensable for thorough teaching. 
 
 Of the German and English dictionaries, Lucas is a useful and 
 bulky jumble of definition, expensive and scarce. Hilpert is volu- 
 minous, but rare and out of date. Grieb is more modern, but also no 
 longer to be recommended in view of later productions in the same 
 field. The best work for students is either Thicme-Preusser or Cassell. 
 The former is more detailed ; the latter, for its size, remarkably com- 
 
NOTES. 153 
 
 prehensive and fresh. Whitney suggests etymologies, but by com- 
 parison is somewhat meagre in definition, and inadequate in the 
 German-English portion. Longman's is a truly admirable pocket 
 dictionary. Hoppe (incomplete) is to be an elaborate English-German 
 lexicon. Fliigel, when finished, (in 1892?) is likely to supplant all 
 other works in the same field, (excepting possibly the work of Muret 
 just announced ?) and must be in the hands of every teacher. Sachs, 
 through the medium of the French, will not infrequently prove of 
 much service. Vietor and Huss formulate conveniently the common 
 usage in pronunciation. 
 
 Of the grammars, Grimm, revised, is of course the standard 
 authority for the subjects which it covers. Heyse, on which Whit- 
 ney's is based, or Becker, affords a comprehensive treatment of the 
 whole field; while Blatz is specially to be recommended for a lucid 
 and detailed treatment, including the syntax, from the modern his- 
 torical standpoint. Shorter and convenient compendiums among the 
 many school grammars are those of Wilmanns, Vcrnaleken and Jahns, 
 the last-named containing a number of excellent practical exercises. 
 In English, Brandt may be mentioned as the only grammar contain- 
 ing any adequate account of the recent results of the investigations 
 of scientific German grammarians. Joynes and Whitney, as well as 
 Brandt, with their accompanying exercises and readers, are excellent 
 working grammars for ordinary classes in German composition ; and 
 Sheldon's grammar affords a brief but clear outline of grammatical 
 principles. 
 
 On points of syntax and style, Vemaleken, Becker, and Andresen 
 are authoritative, Cp. Sanders and Wessely above. Sanders's Stil- 
 Musterbuch contains extracts from German authors from Lessing to 
 Heine, with comments on points of grammatical and linguistic usage. 
 
 The periodicals edited by Lyon and by Sanders are interesting and 
 practical, and best for the teacher. 
 
 K. v. Bahder's manual includes exhaustive bibliographical lists on 
 the subjects above mentioned. 
 
154 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 HEIDELBERG. 
 
 Page 3, 1. i : w if you come to Heidelberg, you will never want 
 to go away/' conditional inversion, so in conclusion. Or, wenn Du 
 nach Heidelberg kommst, wirst Du gar nicht wieder fort wollen. (Kr., 
 i. e. Krummacher.) 1. 2: "is," heisst. 1. 3: "out of which," 
 aits welchen. 1. 5 : " there is no sense of imprisonment," man 
 fiihlt sick gar nicht eingeschrdnkt. 1. 5 : " the view is always wide 
 open to the great plains," man hat bestandig die freie Aussicht auf die 
 weite Ebene. 1. 7 : " goes," hinfiesst. 1. 8 : lachend rather than 
 lachelnd. 1. g: "without a desire to go farther, nor any wish," 
 ohne Lust weiter zu gehen, und ohne alien Wunsch. 1. 12: "what 
 the students can find to fight their little duels about," was fiir 
 Griinde die Studenten fur ihre kleinen Duelle finden konnen. (Kr.) 
 1. 13: "but fight they do," aber sie fechten dock. 1. 15: "many of 
 them," von denen viele. "stuck so far on the forehead," so weit 
 auf die Stirn geriickt. 1. 17: "like that worn by ladies," wie bei 
 Damen. 
 
 Page 4, 1. 2 : " across the breast," quer uber die Brust. 1. 5 : 
 "some like to," einigen gefallt es. 1. 9: "below . . . below . . . 
 farther down," unten . . . darunter . . . weiter unten. 1. 11 : 
 "beyond," dahinter. 1. 13: "beyond that,* jenseit (der Briicke). 
 1. 14 : " along which I see peasant women walking," auf welcher ich 
 Bauernweiber entlang gehen sehe. 1. 16: "down the river," fhiss- 
 abivdrts ; " above it," uber ihr or droben. 1. 18 : " which runs 
 along," welcher sick hinzieht. 1. 24 : " and the Neckar flowing 
 out of it," und den Neckar, wie er aus derselben in die Ebene fkvsst. 
 
NOTES. 155 
 
 1. 26 : " to the northward/' nach Norden zu. 1. 29 : " purple in 
 the last distance," blaulich in wetter Feme. 1. 30 : " throw a stone 
 into them," einen Stein hineinwerfen. 
 
 Page 5, 1. 5 : " goes down into the town," geht (fiikrt) in die 
 Stadt hinab. 1. 6 : " along which little houses cling to the hillside," 
 an welchem entlang eine Reihe Hduschen (sick) an den (or dem) Ber- 
 geshang nisten. 1. 7 : " whence," von wo. 1. 10 : ''I have only 
 to go a few steps up a street," ich brauche nur ein paar Schritte 
 weit eine Strasse hinaufzugehen. 1. 15 : " and seldom do go where 
 I intend when I set forth," tmd gehe selten wohin ich beim Ausgehen 
 mich hinwenden wollte. 1. 18 : " nor scarcely anything," und kaum 
 irgend etwas. 1. 22 : " that lead to winding walks of the terraced 
 hill," die zn gewundenen Wandelgangen ( Wegen) den abgestuften Berg 
 hinauffiihren, bis herum zu. 1. 23 : " overlooking, etc.," mit dem 
 Blick aufden JV. 1. 25 : " if we do," wenn wir dies thun. 1. 30 : 
 "cut to resemble, etc.," die (nom.) epheubewachsenen Baumstammen 
 nachgemeisselt sind. 
 
 Page 6, 1. 1 : u or rather go through," oder lieber durch . . . gehen. 
 1. 2 : " and under the teeth of the portcullis," und unter den Zahnen 
 des Fallgatters durch, in den Schlosshof. 1. 8 : il and from here we 
 pass out upon," und von hier treten wir heraus auf die. 1. 10 : " its 
 base," den Unterbau (accusative absolute) mit eine Fassade als 
 1. 11 : "below the town . . . and beyond the plain," unter sich . . . 
 den Fluss . . . und driiben die Ebene. 1. 12 : " sit and dream," sitzen 
 und traumen (infinitives). 1. 15: "and the sun over Heiligenberg 
 goes down upon his purpose," und die Sonne uber dem Heiligenberg 
 geht uber unserm Vorhaben unter. (Cp. Ephesians iv. 26 : " let not 
 the sun go down upon your wrath," /asset die Sonne nicht uber eurem 
 Zorn untergehen.) 
 
 II. 
 
 A BEER SCANDAL. 
 
 Page 7, 1. 1 : " on their way homeward," aufihrem Riickivege> or 
 beim Nachhausegehen. 1. 5 : t( he was a student," er war Student. 
 1. 17: "you are a baron," Sie sind ein Baron. 1. 18: "what you 
 
J.56 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 and I do," was Sie (Du) und ich thun, or, was wir Beide thun. 
 1. 19 : " urging him," als er in ihn drang. 
 
 Page 8, 1. 7 : " unless it were a Scandinavian heaven," es ware 
 denn ei7i skandinavischer Himmel. 1. 14 : " Mossy-Head," (bemoostes 
 Haupt), i. e. ein Stude?it in hohen Semestem, an " old boy." — " Prince 
 of Twilight," i. e. a "night-owl (?)." — "Pomatum-Stallion" (Poma- 
 denhengst), i. e. der nach Pomade riechende, "gay buck." Cp. Tenny- 
 son's " oiled and curled Assyrian bull " in Maud. 1. 16 : " Broad- 
 Stone," formerly a sort of footpath composed of big round paving 
 stones in the middle of the road (at least at Halle), though it may 
 elsewhere have been near the gutter. When two students met, each 
 tried to keep the footpath and oblige the other to step aside. (Kr.) 
 1. 18 : " Besens " and " Zobels," student slang for servant girls or 
 other women. " Poussades," sweethearts, love-affairs. (The latter 
 more properly, although it may also be used as a "concretum." Kr.) 
 
 Page 9, 1. 6 : " Foxes," Fuchs is the name applied to a German 
 University student in his first semester. 1. 10 : " made an enormous 
 pair of mustaches," malten einen ungeheuren Schnnrrbart atif die, etc. 
 1. 12: "beneath," unter (dat.) . . . hindurch gehen. 1. 25: "on 
 entering life," bei ihrem Eintritt ins Leben. 
 
 Page 10, 1. 16 : " to the brim," bis an den Rand. 1. 22 : " like 
 the crossing of swords," wie wenn (als ob) sich Schwerter kreuzten. 
 1. 29 : " hardly a long breath drawn between," kaum dass sie dazwi- 
 schen einen tiefen Atemzug thaten (Kr.), or, indent sie sich kaum Zeit 
 Hesse ft, A tern zu hoi en. 
 
 Page 11, 1. 1: "he was the first to drain," er lee7'te zuerst. 
 1. 5 : " hit," gelungen (getroffen). 1. 15 : " his coat was off, etc.," 
 " ohne Rock, im blossen liaise, fliegenden Haares, die Augejt weit 
 geoffnety (Note the interchangeable variety in construction of these 
 phrases.) 1. 20: use infinitive (with ohne), or clause with wahrend, 
 or independent sentence. 1. 22: "crushing," indent er zertrat. 
 1. 23 : " at his approach," bei seinem Anzug. 
 
 Page 12, 1. 2 : "on his hands," aufdem Halse. 
 
NOTES. 157 
 
 III. 
 
 THE MAN WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH. 
 
 Page 13, 1. 6: "going on ... on their way over the Simplon," 
 und . . . iiber den Simplon weiter reisen wollten. 1. 10 : " seemed to 
 expect," schien zu erwarten, dass man ihn verstehen miisse. 1. 12 : 
 ."as he always did," wie er immer that. 1. 17: "scarcely . . . 
 when," kaum . . . als. 
 
 Page 14, 1. 4: "suggested . . . as," schlugvor . . . als. 1. 11 : 
 mit seinem Mondscheingesicht oben anf item Kopfe. (Kr.) 1. 27, etc. : 
 translate the participial phrases by subordinate clauses introduced by 
 wie. 
 
 Page 15, 1. 5: "perched behind," der hinten angebracht war. 
 1. 19 : translate by a clause introduced by da ; " lost on the official," 
 fur den Beamten verloren. 
 
 Page 16, 1. 10: "gone to them," hinein i or, hinaufgegangen. 
 1. 11 : "to show me to my room," mir mein Zimmer anzuweisen. 
 1. 15 : " rolling his face about on the top of his head violently," indent 
 er sein Gesicht oben auf dem Kopf heftig herumdrehte. (Kr.) 1. 26: 
 " who cried out in indignation at being disturbed," die sick iiber die 
 Stbrung laut beschwerte, or, die bei der Storung entriistet ausrief. 
 
 Page 17, 1. 16 : "unite with us in," mit tins einstimmen um. 
 
 IV. 
 
 MARTIN LUTHER. 
 
 Page 18, 1. 17 : " at heart," innerlick. 1. 20 : "whether his act 
 be glorified or condemned, etc.," man mag seine That verherrlichen 
 oder verdammen: dass sein Volk hinter ihm stand kann niemand 
 leugnen. 1. 21 : " regions," Landschaften. 
 
 Page 19, 1. 1 : "for a long time," fur lange Zeit. 1. ig: "the 
 after-effects of the might of his spirit," die nachwirkende Macht seines 
 Geistes. 
 
158 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 V. 
 
 LESSING. 
 
 Page 20, 1. 1 : " without," ohne dass. 1. 7 : " but in, etc.," son- 
 dern indem er. 1. 18 : " as," need not be translated. 
 
 Page 21,1. 2: "there is nothing like," nichts gleicht. 1. 4: "ex- 
 cept lie for it," nur nicht liige?i. 1. 8 : "with," bei. 1. 15: trans- 
 late the participial phrases by relative clauses. 
 
 VI. 
 
 GOETHE. 
 
 Page 22, 1. 1: "what most interested our travellers," was unsre 
 Wanderer am meisten inter essierte. 
 
 Page 23, 1. 4 : Claudian (c. 400, A. d.), i. e. in his poem Giganto- 
 mackia, vss. 23-24 : 
 
 Hinc Atlantis apex flammantia pondera fulcit, 
 Et per canitiem glacies asperrima durat. 
 
 1. 10 : " hews into him lustily," haut tiichtig aufihn los. 1. 14 : " for 
 . . . being," deshalb . . . weil. 1. 23 : " he certainly was," das war 
 er geiviss. 1. 29 : " nothing more than," nichts weiter (or anders) 
 als. 
 
 Page 24, 1. 12 : " there was not wanting," esfehlte nicht an (dat.). 
 1. 27 : " for the very reason that," eben weil. 1. 29 : " while its 
 branches streaming magnificently toward heaven, etc.," weil seme 
 Zweige so prachtvoll bis in den Himtnel ragten, so dass es aussah, als 
 seien die Sterne, etc. 
 
 Page 25, 1. 6 : " drive the hens out of the garden without tramp- 
 ling down the beds," die Hiihner aus dem Garten treiben, ohne die 
 Beete zu zertreten. 
 
 Page 26, 1. 11: "the great I," das grosse Ich. 1. 12: "it is 
 both," Beides. 1. 13 : " that flings out before and behind," das vorn 
 und hinten ausschlagt. 1. 18 : " looked . . . on," blicklen . . . auf 
 (ace). 1. 22 : " were near," lagen neben (dat.). 
 
NOTES. 159 
 
 VII. 
 
 COLLEGE. 
 
 Page 27, 1. 4 : " with nothing of your fellow . . . but the name," 
 die (i. e. Bekanntschaft) mit deinem Kameraden . . « nur den Namen 
 gemein hat. 1. 10 : " but with ... it is diff erent," anders aber ist 
 es mit. 1. 22 : " you fall to thinking how/' du sinnst dariiber nach, 
 warum ; or, dufangst an, nachzudenken, wie. 
 
 Page 28, 1. 6 : "a giant of remorse," wie ein riesenhafter Vorwurf. 
 (riesengross und reuevoll.) 1. 9 : " the great Now" das grosse Jetzt. 
 1. 11 : " the temper of Life is to be made good by big honest blows," 
 das Leben muss man mit grossen tiichtigen Schldgen geschmeidig machen. 
 1. 14: " success rides on every hour," das Gliick fahrt mitjeder Stunde 
 vorbei ; or, jede Stunde kann dir Gliick bringen. 1. 18 : "there were 
 some seventy of us," es waren unser etwa siebzig. 1. 23 : " met wan- 
 dering," traf wandernd (not wandern), or, als er wander te. 1. 27 : 
 " and ran on to talk of our lives," und gingen dann zu unserm Leben 
 uber. 1. 28 : translate, " we sat down and told." 1. 29 : " looking 
 off upon that blue sea," der (i. e. der Felsenvorsprung) einen Blick 
 uber das graue Meer gewdhrte. 1. 30 : " and told each other our 
 respective stories," und erzdhlten uns gegenseitig unsern Lebenslauf. 
 
 Page 29, 1. 2 : " that was reflected from the walls," welcher von 
 den Mauern . . . zuruckgestrahlt wurde. 1. 4 : i( he to wander, . . . 
 and I," und er wander te . . . wahrendich. 1. 14 : " in our wayward 
 tracks," auf unsern Irrfahrten. 1. 16: "tire of comparing," miide 
 werden zu vergleicken. 1. 25 : " envied him the possession of his 
 wife," beneidete ihn tint seine Frau. 1. 30 : " were leaning back upon 
 the rail after the old fashion," lehnten sich nock nach alter Weise an die 
 Wandleiste zuriick. 
 
 Page 30, 1. 14 : " but as he went on with his rusty and polemic 
 vigor, etc./' aber wie er in seiner eingerosteteu Streitbarkeit fortfukr, 
 erwdrmte die Poesie seines Innern dann und wann seine Seele in einem 
 Erguss gliihender (or, feuriger) Beredsamkeit y tmd sein Antlitz strahlte 
 (or, glilkte), seine Hand zitterte, etc. (Kr.) 
 
 Page 31,1 1: "of tightening his cloak about his nether limbs," 
 
160 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 den Mantel um die Peine eng zu ziehen. 1. 2 : " nor," auch nicht. 
 1. 3 : " to catch at the handle of some witticism," nach irgend einem 
 Witze zu haschen. 1. 27 : " would have chosen for a scholar," als 
 Modell zu einem Gelehrten gewahlt hdtte. 
 
 Page 32, 1. 1 : " with all his polish of mind," bei all seiner feinen 
 Pildung war er*auch (not dock /). 1. 4 : " that used to be ranged 
 below," die sick einst dort unten reihten. 
 
 VIII. 
 THE YOUNG AMERICAN. 
 
 Page 33, 1. 3 : translate " born," " bred," etc., either as partici- 
 ples, or by relative clauses, i. e. der von guter Familie ist, etc. 1. 3 : 
 " bred in good principles," in guten Grundsdtzen erzogen. 1. 16 : 
 M their elegantly set heads, column-like necks," ihre vornehm aufgesetz- 
 ten Kopfe, sdulengleichen Hdlse. 1. 17 : " firm chins, deep chests," 
 das feste Kinn, die gerdumige Prust. 1. 19 : "it may well be ques- 
 tioned," es liisst sick wohl fragen, 1. 21 : " local, not planetary," 
 engumgrenzt nicht erdumspannend. 
 
 Page 34, 1. 5 : u above all things, if he aspired to know as well as 
 to enjoy," vor allem : wenn er ebensowohl nach Erkenntnis als nach 
 Genuss strebte i fan der, etc. (Kr.) 1. 10 : "to be sought for only as 
 gold is sought," so dass man es wie Gold . . . suchen musste. 1. 11 : 
 " never was there anything like the condition," nie gab es irgend etwas 
 wie den Zustand. 1. 14 : u having in possession or in prospect," im 
 gegenwdrtigen oder kiinftigen Pesitz. 1. 15 : " with all its climates to 
 choose from," mit der freien Auswahl alter ihrer Klimate. 1. 20 : 
 " with huge leviathans always ready," indem riesige Leviathane immer 
 bereit sind. 1. 28: "knit into the most absolute solidarity with 
 mankind," zur tmbeditigtesten Solidaritat (Einheit) mit der Menschheit 
 verkniipft durch, etc. (Kr.) 1. 30: "free to form his opinions," 
 
 ungehindert seine Meinungen zu bilden. 
 
 Page 35, 1. 3 : " that of stating the laws, etc," namlich die (i. e. die 
 Freiheit) : die Gesetze . . . auszusprechen. 1. 4 : " without hindrance 
 except from," ohne ein Hindernis ausser durch. 1. 5 : "he seems," 
 
NOTES. l6l 
 
 scheint er (or, so scheint er, or even, er scheint, i. e. the normal order 
 may be followed in such a conclusion, although earlier not so com- 
 monly employed), nichts zu entbehren, was zu einem . . . Leben gehort. 
 1. 7 : "is that he will think," ist die (i. e. Gefahr) dass er glanben 
 konnte. 1. 7 : " is made for him," seifiir ihn da. 1. 13: "society 
 has subdivided itself enough to have a place," die Gesellschaft hat sick 
 genug eingeteilt (abgefacht) um fiirjede Form des Talentes eincn Platz 
 zu haben. Wenn zum Beispiel ein Mann auch nur eine Spur von 
 Begabung zum Bildhauer oder Maler verrat. (Kr.) 1. 22: * belongs 
 where he is wanted," gehort dahin, wo man ihn braucht. 1. 25: 
 ■ head," Haupt. 
 
 IX. 
 
 A GALLOP OF THREE. 
 
 Page 36, Ein Galopp zu Dreien. — 1. 1 : "we were off, we three, 
 on our gallop to save and to slay ," fort sprengten wir drei aufunserm 
 Ritt zu retten und zu rachen. 1. 3 : " they were ready to burst into . 
 their top speed," sie wollten im vollen Laufe lossprengen (in vollen 
 Lauf kommen)y und wiitend fortjagen (in rasendem Laufe dahinstur- 
 men). 1. 5 : u this long easy lope," diesen langen, leichten Schritt 
 (gestreckte bequeme Gangart). 1. 12: "the sound of galloping hoofs," 
 das Gerausch des Hufschlags (Kr.), or, das Getose der stampfendeu 
 Pferde (der Pferde Gctrampel). 1.22t "they have terrible hours 
 the start," sie sind uns um schreckliche Stunden voraus. (Kr.) 
 
 Page 37, 1. 6 : "it is long odds of a start," sie sind tens um eine 
 weite Strecke (einen weiten Weg) voraus. 1. 18 : "I made a good 
 omen of this remembrance," ich Hess diese Erinnerung filr ein gutes 
 Zeichen gelten. 1. 23 : " brave enough for," tapfer genug fur. 1. 24 : 
 "led off by a neck, we ranging up instantly," kam wieder um eine 
 Halslange voraus, aber wir holten ihn gleich wieder ein. 
 
 Page 38, 1. 1 : " we rode side by side, taking our strides together. 
 It was a waiting race," wir ritten nebeneinander mit gleichem Schritte. 
 Es war ein aushaltendes Wettrennen (ein Rennen mit Abwarten. 
 Kr.). 1. 5 : " spend, but waste not," spenden aber nichts verspenden 
 (verschwenden). 1. 9 : "make the most of," aufs beste benutzen (ver~ 
 
1 62 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 werten). 1. n : " came and sang in my ears to the flinging cadence, 
 etc.," klang mir in die Ohren zu dem brausenden Takt der stampfenden 
 Hufe, die iiber hohlen Gewblbeu . . . und iiber grossen leer en Gricnden 
 (Klilften) hinwegfuhren. 1. 17: "but nearing now and lifting step 
 by step," die aber mit jedem Schritte immer naher und kbker sick 
 zeigten. 1. 25 : " drew down," zug herunter. 1. 27 : " were lifted 
 anew to their work," und legten sick wieder mit neuer Kraft (gestdrkt) 
 daran. 
 
 Page 39, 1. 3 : " as a lane rifts in the press of hurrying legions 
 'mid the crush of a city thoroughfare," wie eine Gasse sick mitten im 
 Gedrdnge von eilenden Tausenden auf einer wimmelnden Strasse der 
 Stadt aufthut. 1. 12 : " they sprang toward me," sie sprengten zu 
 mir hin. 1. 15 : " still going at speed and holding by one leg alone, 
 after the Indian fashion for sport or for shelter against an arrow or a 
 shot," noch im vollen Fluge, und sick nur mit einem Berne festhallend, 
 wie die Indianer entweder zum Scherz oder zum Schutz gegen einen Pfeil 
 oder einen Schuss {eine Kugel) es thun. 
 
 Page 40, 1. 20 : " stooped forward and hung over us as we rode," 
 bogen sick vor und hingen iiber uns %vie wir hinritten. 1. 22 : * where 
 it dipped suddenly down upon the plain," wo sie plbtzlick in die Ebene 
 sick senkte. 
 
 Page 41, 1. 7: "by the force of a purpose alone," nur vermoge 
 seines Entscklusses, 1. 28 : " noon's packing of hot air had been 
 dislodged by a mountain breeze drawing through," "die driickende 
 Hitze des Mittags war durch einen Luftzug vom Gebirge vertrieben 
 zvorden" 
 
 Page 42, 1. 11 : "it had made its way as water does, not straight- 
 way, etc.," er hatte sick, wie das Wasser thut, keinen geraden IVeg 
 gebaknt, son dem war nach der wirksamen Art der Weiber der duster n 
 Stirne jedes Hi?idernisses ausgewichen und hatte, ins Thai hinabgleitend, 
 den starren Fels sfeken lassen, der das wilde Geschbpf gem kdtte an- 
 halten mbgen. 1. 25 : " lifted him at a leap," tried ikn zu einem 
 Sprunge. 1. 27 : " he fell short," er trat zu kurz. 
 
 Page 43, 1. 2 : " at the knee," am Kniegelenk. 1. 5 : " the 
 scream went echoing high up the cliffs," " der Schrei wand sick im 
 Echo die Klippen hinauf" [halite wieder gegen die kohen Felsen). 
 
NOTES, 163 
 
 1. 17 : " rising up and swelling in a flood of thick uproar," der ( Wieder- 
 hall) sick erhob und zu einer grossen larmenden Flut anschwoll, bis er 
 uber den Gipfel stieg. 
 
 Page 44, 1. 3 : "macheers" (?), probably for Spanish machete, a 
 sword-like knife about three feet long, usually a part of the horse- 
 man's kit. 1. 7 : " was upon us," lag auf uns. 1. 8: " ior"fur, 
 im Verhaltnis zu (or, trotz) meiner Grbsse. 1. 14 : " striking true as 
 a thunderbolt," der sicher wie ein Donnerschlag traf. 1. 15 : " that 
 writhing agony of speed," " das fieberhafte Vorwartsstreben" 1. 17 : 
 u thrilling to mine, etc.," schlug (or klopfte) mir entgegen und der herr- 
 liche Korper gehorchte dem klopfenden Herzen. 1. 27 : * could have 
 held with the black," " hdtte es mit dem Rappen aufnehmen konnen" 
 
 Page 45, 1. 4 : " between the ring of the hoofs," zwischen dem 
 Klingen der Hufe. 
 
 Page 46, 1. 1 : " blindly," in blinder Eile. 
 
 THE LADY OF LYONS. 
 
 Page 47 9 1. 2 : " two years and a half from the date," zwei {und) 
 ein halb (or, drittehalb) yahre, or, zwei und m ein halbes Jahr, nach der 
 Zeit, etc., i.e. May 10, 1797 (cf. 48, 7 and 49, 17). 1. 4: "enter 
 left," treten (von) links ein. 1. 7 : "it is just two years and a half 
 since I," vor gerade zwei und einem halben yahre y or, es ist grade 
 dritthalb yahre her seit ich, etc. 1. 11 : "now the war in Italy is 
 over," nun (dass) der Krieg in Italien vorbei ist, or, da der Krieg 
 nun, etc. 
 
 Page 48, 1. 3 : "I shall make the best use of my time," ich werde 
 meine Zeitaufs beste verwerten (den besten Ge branch von . . . mac hen). 
 1. 6: "a professional cicerone," Cicerone von Beruf. — "by the way," 
 beildufig (gesagt). * 1. 20: "sore upon this point," empfindlich in 
 diesem Punkt. 1. 23 : " exeunt right," gehen rechts ab. 1. 26 : 
 " say (of) interest rather," sagen Sie vielmehr der Teilnahme. 1. 30 : 
 " all tend ," das alles tragi bet. — "as much . . . as," so wohl . . . als, 
 or, ebenso sehr . . . wie. 
 
1 64 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Page 49, 1. io : " no sooner did he enter Lyons than he waved his 
 hand to me," kaum war er in Lyon (angekommen), da (or so) winkle er 
 mir (or, als er mir winkte) mit der Ha?id. 1. 12: "I warrant," wet? 
 ich. 1. 15 : " success to him," ich wiinsche ihm Gliick. 1. 26 : a 
 humorous reference to the memorial verses in the Eton Latin 
 Grammar : 
 
 " Propria quae maribus tribuuntur, mascula dicas ; 
 Ut sunt divorum Mars, Bacchus, Apollo ; virorum 
 Ut Cato, Virgilius etc." 
 
 Page 50, 1. 19 : " heiress to what," Erbin — wovon ! or, was wird 
 sie von mir erben ? 1. 21 : H six pairs of white leather inexpressi- 
 bles/' seeks Paar weisse (better than weisser) Hosen. " Unaussprech- 
 liehe" *is sometimes heard, but is rare, and quite ludicrous. (Kr.) 
 1. 27: "all a toss up," das ist alles die reine Lotte?'ie. 1. 30: "not 
 like the rest of us soldiers," und nicht wie wir andern Soldaten. 
 
 Page 51, 1. 11 : " that is to make her mine," der sie zu der Meinigen 
 macht (or, wodureh sie die Meinige (or mein) wird), binnen einer Woche 
 nach dem Tage an welchem> etc. 1. 18: "well met," seien Sie 
 mir willkommen, or, gut, dass ich Sie treffe. 
 
 Page 52, 1. 20 : " who sets his heart upon a woman," der sein Herz 
 an ein Weib hangt. 1. 25 : " just as the gale varies from north to 
 south, from heat to cold," wie der Wind von Nord nach Sud, von 
 Hitze zu Kalte umspringt {umschlagt), or, warm wird oder kalt. 
 1. 28 : " thou art the author of such a book of follies in a man, that it 
 would need the tears of all the angels to blot the record out." 
 
 .!_ Es ist debt Werk 
 
 Itn Manne solch ein Buck voll arger Thorheit, 
 Dass alter Engel Thranen kaum geniigten, 
 Die .Schrift zu loschen. (Kr.) 
 
 Page 53, 1. 5 : " crosses left," geht iiber die Bukne nach links. 
 1. 10: "sate in my heart," besass mein Herz. 1. 12: "that did not 
 wear her shape," die ihre Gestalt nicht hegte. 1. 18 : "I went but 
 by the rumor of the town," ich Hess mich nur von Stadtgesprdch bestim- 
 men (or, ging nach dem Stadtgesprdch), 
 
NOTES. 165 
 
 Page 54, 1 1; " why should she keep, through years and silent 
 absence, the holy tablets of her virgin faith true to a traitor's name," 
 warum sollte sie wdhrend der Jahre meiner stummen Abwesenheit den 
 Namen des Verrdters im Heiligtum ihrer iungfrdulichen Treue auf- 
 bewahren ? 1. 5 . " than to be what I am," als (das) zu sein, was ich 
 nun bin. 1. 6: "so wildly welcomed," so lebhaft (or heiss) begriisst. 
 1. 7 : M singled out of time and marked for bliss," aus der Zeit heraus- 
 gelesen und zur Gliickseligkeit gestempelt. 1. 11 : "the bronzed hues 
 of time and toil," dein Gesicht durch Zeit und Arbeit gebrdunt (or, 
 verdndert). 1. 12 : " belief in your absence," der Glaube an deine 
 Abiuesenheit (or, dass du in der Fremde bist). 1. 22 : " the veriest 
 slave that ever crawled from danger," der elendeste Sklave der jemals 
 vor der Gefahr verkroch. 1. 27 : " that ever smiled destruction on 
 brave hearts," die lachelnd edle Herzen je gemordet, or, deren Ldch- 
 eln je tap fern Herzen Verderben brachte (Kr.), or, die je mit verder- 
 blichem Ldckeln tapfre Herzen bedrohten. 
 
 Page 55, 1. 15 : " have I lived to pray, etc.," muss ichs erleben, 
 dass ich bitten mbchte, du konntest, etc. 1. 23 : " that prouder 
 
 wealth," den edlern Schatz. 1. 27: "is there no hope ? no hope but 
 this," bleibt keine Hoffnung mehr? keine als nur diese ? 
 
 Page 56, 1. 3: "sinks to the west," nach Westen sinkt. 1. 5: 
 the reading is insolvent, or insolent. 1. 7 : " how pride has fallen," 
 wie ist der Stolz emiedrigt ! 1. 14: "love has no thought of self," 
 die Liebe denkt nicht an sick selbst. — " love buys not with the ruthless 
 usurer's gold, etc.," die Liebe kauft mit Wuchergolde nicht die ekle Un- 
 zucht einer Hand, vergeben ohne das Herz. (Kr.) 1. 25 : " my sand is 
 well-nigh run," mein Stundenglas ist beinahe abgelaufen. 1. 28 : 
 
 " are laid," liegen. 1. 30 : " that lays the beggar by the side of 
 kings," die den K'onig zuie den Bettler zu Boden streckl. 
 
 Page 57, 1. 3: "whose lips never knew one harsh word," von 
 dessen Lippen ich nie ein hartes Wort vernahm, 1. 10 : " thy state 
 will rank first 'mid the dames of Lyons," du wirst im Range die erste 
 Stelle einnehmen unter den Damen von Lyon. 1. 11 : "shelter," 
 schiitzen. 1. 17 : " shed the light," lass leuchten. 1. 18 : " lost 
 evermore to me," auf inn, den ich fiir immer verloren. 1. 19 : 
 "centre, left," links durch die Mitte. 1. 24- "we had once looked 
 
1 66 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 higher," einst machten wir hbhere Anspruche. 1. 29 : " have two 
 considerations," zwei Riicksichten haben. 
 
 Page 58, 1. 3 : "left centre," links von der Mitte. 1. 14 : " you 
 ask from me what I have not the sublime virtue to grant/' Sie ver- 
 langen von mir, was ich nicht die erhabene Tugend habe, zuzugeben. 
 1. 20: "retires to left of table," zieht sick an die linke Seite (or, zur 
 Linken) des Tisckes zuriick. 1. 22. "enter centre left," treten durch 
 die Mitte links ein. 1. 27 ; " crosses," geht hiniiber. 1. 28 : 
 "throws himself into a chair, left upper entrance/' wirft sick auf 
 einen Stuhl am oberen Eingang links. 
 
 Page 59, 1. 2 : " you are going to be divorced from poor Mel- 
 notte," Sie wollen sick von dem armen Me I not te scheiden las sen. 
 1. 26 : " the last plank to which I clung is shivered," das letzte Bret, 
 an welches ich mich geklammert, ist zerscheitert, or, so ist mir der letzte 
 Halt genommen. 
 
 Page 60, 1. 2 : " left centre," links in der Mitte. 1. 7 : " one 
 word, I beseech you," auf ein Wort, ich bitte Sie. . 1. 8 : " how the 
 old time comes o'er me," wie die alte Zeit mich ergreift. 1. 14 : " in 
 the dumb show," mit Geberdenspiel. 1. 21 "myself and misery 
 know the man," ich und das Ungliick, wir kennen ihn. 1 23 : " and 
 you will see him, and you will bear to him, etc.," und Sie werden ihn 
 sehen, und Sie werden ihm alles sagen, — ja Wort filr Wort — was dies 
 Herz, welches, wenn es von ihm scheidet, bricht, ihm sagen mb'chte. 
 1 28: "never nursed a thought that was not his ; — that on his wan- 
 dering way, daily and nightly pour'd a mourner's prayers," keinen 
 Gedanken gehegt, der nicht von ihm (or, nur an ihn gedacht), dass 
 Tag und Nacht auf seinen Wanderpfad sich einer Trauernden Gebet 
 ergoss. (Kr.) 
 
 Page 61, 1. 4 : " live upon the light of one kind smile from him," 
 (ich mochte) im Lichte seines Lachelns lieber leben. 1. 11: "read," 
 durchschauen, or, in meinem Herzen lesen. 1. 15 : " he calls his 
 child to save him," " er ruft sein Kind, damit es ihn errette" 1 20 : 
 " who is left," der links steht. 1. 26 : " were but your duty with your 
 faith united," "ware aber Ihre Pflicht vereint mit Ihrer Treue" 
 1. 28 : " Ah better death with, etc.," ach, lieber den Tod (sc. mochte ich 
 wdhlen) or, lieber tot, mit, etc. 
 
NOTES. 167 
 
 Page 62, I. 5 : " the instant she has signed," sobald sie unter- 
 schreibt, or, den Augenblick wo sie unterzeichnet. 1. 5 "you are 
 still the great House of Lyons,'* Ihr Haus bleibt noch immer gross in 
 Lyon. 1. 25 : " the stain is blotted from my name," der Flecken an 
 meinem Namen ist ausgel'dscht. 
 
 Page 63, 1.x: u thus have heard the beating of thy heart against 
 my own," das Klopfen deines Herzens an meinem so vernommen. 
 1. 3 " places Pauline in a chair," driickt Pauline in einen Siuhl. — 
 " goes off, centre left," geht durch die Mitte links ab. 1. 7 : " grow 
 sour and blackened into hate," bitter, schwarz und hdsslich werden, 
 1. 11 " curses are like young chickens, and still come home to roost," 
 Fliiche sind wie Kuchlein — sie kommen stets znr Huhnersteige heim. 
 (Kr.) Note the German sayings; der Fluch klebt an Niemand denn 
 am Flue her ; and, wie man in den Wald ruft y so ruft es wieder. 
 1. 18 : " right centre," rechts in der Mitte. 
 
 Page 64, 1. 6 : " Heaven smiled on conscience ! As the soldier 
 rose from rank to rank," der Himmel lachelte der Tugend zu (Kr.), or, 
 der Himmel war mir wegen meiner Reue (or Rechtschaffenheit) giinstig. 
 Als der Soldat von Rang zu Rang sick hob. in; " crosses to him," 
 peht zu ihm iiber. 1. 13 : " Ah ! the same love that tempts us into 
 sin, if it be true love, works out its redemption," ach dieselbe Liebe y 
 die uns zur Sunde reizt (or, verlockt), kann y wenn sie wahr ist, sich 
 selbst erlb'sen (or, ihre eigne Erlosung erwirken). — "he who seeks 
 repentance for the past should woo the Angel Virtue in the future," 
 wer Bus se fur Verga7tgenes will thun, muss 7nit der Tugend Etigel sich 
 ver einen (Kr.), or, muss dem Engel " Tugend '" huldigen, or, " Wer 
 fur die Vergangenheit Busse thun will, muss es fur die Zukunft mit 
 dem Engel * Tugend' halten." 
 
 XI. 
 
 FROM MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Page 65. I. Bismarck's own English. 1. 2 : " May 23, 1864," 
 den (am not so common) 23. Mai. Also: d. 23. Mai ; 23. Mai ; 23. v. 
 64; 23 /5 64. 1. 3: "where the devil are you," wo den (or, zum) 
 
1 68 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Henker steckst du? 1.6: "as well as looking on your feet tilted 
 against the wall of God knows what a dreary color," als deine Filsse 
 ansehen, die gegen eine Wand von Gott weiss welcher traurigen Farbe 
 gestemmt sind. 1. 14 : " the sweet restorer, sleep," den sussen 
 " Erneuerer" Schlaf. 1. 15: "Auld Lang Syne," use the same 
 words, or, die gute alte Zeit. 1. 19 : " make out the time," Zeit 
 gewinnen. 
 
 Page 66, 1. 3 : u let politics be hanged," lass die Politik zum Hen- 
 ker fahren. 1. 5 : " pour damnation upon the rebels," Verdanuiis 
 ilber die Rebellen giessen. 1. 13 : " haunted by the song, ' In good 
 old Colony Times,'" verfolgt vom Lied: (English title, or,) " In gute) 1 
 alten Kolonialzeiten" I. 22 : " this is all the commentary I shall 
 make to-day," heute mache ich keine Bemerkung mehr iiber die Ge- 
 schichte. 1. 23 : " to me the most interesting part of the Conferences 
 was," was mien an diesen Konferenzen am meisten inter essierte, war. 
 
 Page 67, 1. 4 : " there is nothing of the shabby-genteel, the would- 
 be-but-could n't-be fine gentleman," an ihm ist nichts Schabig-Vorneh- 
 mes, nichts von dem mochte-wohl-kann-nichtfeinen Herm (Kr.), or, der 
 ein feiner Herr gem sein mochte f aber es nicht vermag. Platen says : 
 " was kannst du mogen, das du nicht vermagst." Cp. Zimmermann : 
 keine Tugend kommt neben dem schdbichten Flitterstaat schmutziger uud 
 buntscheckiger Pettier vom Stande in Vergleichung (Sanders's Wor- 
 terbuch, III., 876). 1. 7 : " blundering occasionally, but through 
 blunders struggling onward towards what he believes the right," dann 
 und wann Fehler machend, aber durch seine Fehler vorandringend 
 zu dem, was er fur Recht halt. (Kr.) 1. 16: "I am delighted to 
 hear of you as improving in health and spirits," ich bin sehr froh 
 zu horen, dass deine Gesundheit und Stimmung sich bessert. (Kr.) 
 1. 24: "date August 6," "datiert vom 6. Aug*' 
 
 Page 68, 1. 1 : " since the days of Fort Donelson, few attacks 
 made in front upon entrenchments by either belligerent have suc- 
 ceeded," seit den Tagen von Fort Donelson haben wenig Front- Angriffe 
 auf Verschanzungen seitens einer der kriegfuhrenden Parteien Erfolg 
 gehabt. (Kr.) 1.6: "which I always thought would be his game," 
 was ich immer fitr sein Spiel geh alten. 1. 8: "the only ripple we 
 have had on our surface is when, etc.," der einzige Wellenschlag auf 
 
NOTES. 169 
 
 tmserer Wasserfl'dche entstand als. (Kr.) 1. 15: "can tolerate any 
 remaining at table after the finger-bowls," kann das Verweilen bei 
 Tafel nach den Fingerbecken (Fingergldsem, Mundglasern,) leiden. 
 1. 24 : "a dinner of a dozen," ein Diner von zw'dlf Gedecken, 
 
 Page 69, L 3: " your writing to me," dass du mir schreibst. 
 1. 13: "doubt, etc." Hamlet, II., 2. 1. 14: "for three weeks my 
 paper has been lying ready to write to you in London," " seit drei 
 Wochen lag das Papier fertig, um dir nach London zu schreiben." 
 1. 16 : " to make up for your secret flight across the ocean," " zur 
 Genugthunng filr deine heimliche Flucht iiber See" 
 
 Page 70, 1. 1 : " otherwise I would come and find you and bring 
 you to the backwoods here," " sonst suchte ich dick auf um dick hier 
 in die Backwoods abzuholen." 1. 24 : Banhoff, an apparent misprint 
 for Bahnhof. 1. 28 : " just in time for the dinner-bell," zur rechten 
 Zeitfur das Mittagsessen. 
 
 Page 71. V. This extract is Bismarck's own English. 1. 4: 
 " from the waggon to the wagen," i. e. from the car to the coach, 
 aus de7?i Waggon in den Wagen. 1. 14 : " your name is familiar to 
 her lips, and never came forth without a friendly smile," dein Namen 
 ist ihren Lippen vertraut, und ist niemals ohne ein freundliches Lacheln 
 ausgesprochen (or, genannt). 1. 21 : " give my most sincere regards 
 to her," ich bitte um meine aufrichtigeji Empfehlungen an sie (Kr.), or, 
 ich lasse mich ihr aufrichligst empfehlen. 
 
 Page 72, 1. 4: "with the Bancrofts," bei Bancrofts (plural). 
 1. 25 : " and made to sit down and go on with the dinner which was 
 about half through," und uns gleich setzen und am Essen teilnehmen 
 mussten, obgleich sie damit schon halbfertig waren, weil wir, etc. 
 
 Page 73, 1. 4 : " so full of laissez-aller" lasst sich so ganz gehen. 
 (Kr.) 1. 10: "that it is the regular thing to be," dass es das Ge- 
 wohnliche ist, einer zu sein (Kr.), or, als ob es alles ganz in der Ordnung 
 ware. 1. 13 : " who cast a far more chilling shade over those about 
 them than Bismarck does," welche eine7i viel kilhleren Schatten iiber 
 ihre Umgebung werfen als Bismarck. (Kr.) 1. 28 : " he is the least 
 of a poseur of any man I ever saw, little or big," er hat am wenigsten 
 vom Poseur (or, Wichtigthuer) an sich von alien Me7ischen> klein oder 
 gross, die ichjegesehen habe. (Kr.) 
 
170 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Page 74, 1. 1: "I wish there 'could always be attached to his 
 button-hole," ich wollte, es konnte an sein Knopfloch immer angehdngt 
 sein. 1. 6 : u the military opinion was bent on going to Vienna after 
 Sadowa," nach Sadowa ging die Meinung der Militdrs (or, der Ge- 
 nerate?) dahin, auf Wien zu marschieren. (Kr.) 1. 17: "crossed 
 the room/' ging durch das ganze Zimmer. 1. 23 : " as wise, etc.," 
 translate : weil er king, etc., or, wegen seiner Klugheit, etc. 
 
 Page 75, 1. 7 : " until," bis or vor. 1. 10 : " entirely at leisure," 
 der gdnzlich frei ist. 1. ig : " he talks away right and left about 
 anything and everything," er redet kin und her uber alles und jedes. 
 1. 21 : " than for," als wenn. 1. 23 : " as to Holland," in Betreff 
 Hollands. 1. 25 : " it had never occurred to him or to anybody," es 
 ware weder ihm noch sonst jemand jemals eingef alien. (Kr.) 1. 26: 
 " as to Belgium," was Belgien betrifft. 
 
 Page 76, 1. 4 : " for," zu. 1. 5 : " and he was perfectly hardened 
 against eloquence of any kind," und er ware vbllig abgehdrtet gegen 
 Beredsamkeit aller Art. 1. 7 : " as " to be omitted in translating. 
 1. ix j "to commit this letter to the bag," um diesen Brief dem Post- 
 beutel zu ubergeben. 1. 14: "so don't be frightened at getting one," 
 daher erschrick nicht wenn du eins bekommt. (Kr.) 
 
 XII. 
 FROM TAYLOR'S CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Page 77, 1, 2 : see note to p. 65, 1. 2. 1. 6 : " that one day has 
 only repeated the impression left by the previous one. We went out 
 on the smoothest of oceans that day, and carried calm weather with 
 us," dass jeder Tag nur den Eindruck seines Vorgdngers wiederholt 
 hat. Wir fuhren bei ga?iz ruhiger See ab und nahmen das ruhige 
 Wetter mit. (Kr.) 
 
 Page 78, 1. 1 : " as if we had gone from New York to dine in 
 Brooklyn," als wenn wir von New- York zum Mittagsessen nach Brook- 
 lyn gekommen waren. 1. 6: "I breathe an atmosphere," ich atme 
 eine Atmosphare. 1. 11: "a good broad stretch of sky," ein guter 
 breiter Streifen Himmel. 1. 12: "invite my soul to whatever sort 
 
NOTES. 171 
 
 of banquet she may prefer/' meine Seele einladen zu jeglichem Schmaus 
 den. 1. 14 : " to get away from the grooves in which one's life must 
 run," aus den alten Geleisen loszukommen, in zvelchen wiser Leben ver- 
 lauft. (Kr.) 1. 16 : "you walk further away from your canvas, and 
 see the truer relations," du trittst von deiner Leinwand wetter zuriick 
 und kannst rich tiger se/ien, etc. 
 
 Page 7£>, 1. 1 : " our ties, now, have the light and sparkle and 
 strength and smoothness of ripe old wine," uusere Freundschaften (or, 
 Verbindungen) haben jetzt den Glanz und das Perlen, die Kraft und 
 Milde des reifen alten Weines. (Kr.) 1. 7 : *I have done nothing 
 except to read a few books," ich habe nichts gethan als ein paar Bilcher 
 durchgelesen (or, durchzulesen). 1. 21 : " by," auf. 
 
 Page 80, 1. 4 : " this on account of ' Faust,' " das geschah wegen 
 meines "Faust." 1. 9 : "is a good thing for," befordert. 1. 13: 
 " which," was. 1. 14 : "I work half the day compiling for Scrib 
 ners," ich arbeite die, eine Halfte des Tages an Sammehverken filr 
 Scribners. 1. 16 : " and of such is not the kingdom of Heaven," 
 und sole her (genitive) isl nicht das Himmelreich. 1. 22 : omit that 
 in translating. 1. 23: "is," ware or set. "led," verleitete (or the 
 passive may be used). 1. 26: "showed so much interest in Long- 
 feUow, " fragten mit solchem Anteil nach Longfellow. 1. 27 : "I for- 
 got ceremony, and felt quite at home," ich-vergass vollig die Etikette 
 (or, ich machte keine Umstande), und fiihlte mich ganz heimiscfi. 
 
 Page 81, 1. 3: "so much was crowded into my two months' 
 sojourn," so viel drdngte sich in meinem zweimonatlichen Aufenthalt 
 zusammen. 1. 4: "where to begin to tell you about it" 'wo ich bei 
 meiner Erzdhlung anfangen soil. 1. 5 : "I had not been there many 
 days, before," nicht viele Tage hatte ich dort zugebracht, als (or da with 
 inversion). 1. 18: "thawed toward me," taute mir gegeniiber gdnz- 
 lich auf. 
 
 Page 82, 1. 10: "I was at once placed in the very relation to all 
 which I wished to have established," da wurde ich sogleich in eben die 
 Beziehungen zu Allen gebracht, die ich mir gewilnscht hatte. 
 
 Page 83, 1. 12 : " after knowing Weimar," nachdem ich Weimar 
 gesehen. 1. 15: I wish I had space to tell you more of what I 
 learned, and how immensely I have been encouraged," ich mbchte 
 
172 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 gem mehr Raum haben (or, hdtte ich nur Raum)> so konnte ich dir 
 mehr erzdhlen von alledem, was (or, iiber alles f was) ich gelernt (or, er- 
 fahren) und wie man mich so unendlich ermuntert hat. 1. 23 : " with 
 a mock reproach," tnit scheinbarem Tadel (Kr.), or, in scheinbar (or, 
 scherzhaft) vorwurfsvolle?n Tone. 1. 26 : " which I did," " das that 
 ich denn auch." 1. 28 : " otherwise only the family/' sonst war nur 
 die Familie dabei (or, anwesend). "it gave me a thrill of pride," es kam 
 ein Gefilhl des Stolzes iiber mich (or, es fiber kam mich ein Gefiihl, etc.). 
 
 Page 84, 1. 2 : " I lashed properly," ich geisselte gehbrig. 1. 5 : 
 Stedman, Stoddard, Aldrich, Ho wells. 1. 9 : " for," auf (with ac- 
 cusative). 1. 12 : " which will give me," so kann ich zusammen- 
 bringen. 1. 16: " done ," fer tig. "even allowing," selbst wenn ich 
 einrechne. 1. 20 : " intending this letter to be read by all," mit der 
 Absicht, dass der Brief von Allen gelesen wird (or, der Brief soil aber 
 von Allen gelesen werden). 1. 21 : " we are very busy just now 
 getting settled," augenblicklich (or, in diesem Augenblick) sind wir 
 sehr damit beschdftigt, alles einzurichten. 1 25 : " yesterday week," 
 gestern vor acht Tagen. 
 
 Page 85, 1. 6 : " M. and L. nearly saw the attempt," beinahe hdtten 
 M. und L. (or, es fehlte nicht viel und M. und L. hdtten) den Angriff 
 gesehen. 1. 12 : " we are busy looking out for a residence," wir 
 suchen fleissig eine (nach einer) Wohnung. 1. 14 : " adding, etc," 
 translate by the accusative absolute. 1. 15 : "I think," wahrschein- 
 lich. 1. 18 : " by," bis zum. " to buy all that is necessary," urn 
 damit alles Notige zu kaufen. 1. 19: "so far as I can judge, the 
 expenses will be just about what I calculated," so weit ich urteilen 
 kanttf werden unsere Ausgaben so ungefdhr meiner Berechnung ent- 
 sprechen. 1. 22: "gorgeous in his gold-banded stove-pipe hat," 
 prangend in seinem goldbetressten Cylinderhut. (Kr.) 1. 24: "adds 
 immensely to our respectability," erhbht unsere Achtbarkeit uner- 
 messlich* or, ganz bedeutend. (Kr.) 1. 26: "we know what to do, 
 and people are rather surprised to find that we know it," wir wissen 
 tins zu benehmen und die Leute sind ziemlich erstaunt bei der Erfahrung 
 (or, wenn sie finden)> dass wir es wissen. 1. 29: " take all the bother 
 off my hands, etc.," befreien mich von der ganzen Qualerei, und ich bin 
 in Betreff meiner literarischen Arbeit ganz heiter gestimmt. 
 
NOTES. 173 
 
 Page 86, 1. 1 : M full summer," Hochsommer. 1. 8 : " to," be/. 
 1. 12 : " he being accompanied," er wurde . . . begleitet, etc., or trans- 
 late "he" by the accusative and "dog" as nominative. 1. 17: 
 "an effect only a little less profound than the murder of Lincoln," 
 eine Wirkung die kaum minder tief ist t als beim Morde Lincolns. 
 
 Page 87, 1. 6: "my first intimation of his coming," die erste 
 Anzeige, die ich erhielt. 1. 14- "to arrange in advance for such 
 interviews and honors, etc.," im voraus Vorkehrungen zu treffen, 
 damit solche Besuche und Ehrenbezeigungen ihnen zu teil werden soll/eu, 
 die zu bewirken wdren in einer Zeit, wo alien solchen eine ausserordent- 
 liche Bedeutung beigelegt werden konnte. 1 19 : " to maintain her 
 privacy in the palace," im Palais zuruckgezogen zu bleiben. 1. 24 : 
 " the number of prearranged dinners and social assemblages arising 
 therefrom, etc.," die Menge der damit zusam?nenkdngenden und vor- 
 ausbestimmten Diners und Gesellschaften verhinderte, " dass dem Ex- 
 Prdsidenten diejenige Aufmerksamkeit zu teil wurde, welche er zujeder 
 andern Zeit (or, sonst) in vollem Masse hier gefunden (genossen) haben 
 wurde" 1. 28 : " after having arranged for a reception," nachdem 
 ich mit . . . einen Empfang verabredet hatte. 
 
 Page 88, 1. 15 : u invited to dine at the new palace in Potsdam the 
 next evening," " lud auf den nachsten Tag nach Potsdam zum Diner 
 im neuen Palais {cin)." 1. 18 : "I was surprised to find," fand ich zu 
 meiner Vberraschung, 1. 22 : " on reaching the palace," bet meiner 
 Ankunft im Palais. 1. 25 : " the Emperor's interest in General 
 Grant's history," " Interesse welches der Kaiser an dem Lebensgang 
 von General Grant nehme" 1. 28 " implied an authorization," 
 schien mich zu berechtigen f or, mir die Ermachtigung zu geben. 
 
 Page 89, 1. 4 : "he has the peace of the world at heart," der 
 allgemeine Weltfrieden liegt ihm am Herzen. 1. 5: "nothing so 
 much," nichts so sehr. 1. 6 : " to make it your task," zu Ihrer Auf- 
 gabe zu machen. 1. g : u this is the Emperor's message to you, and 
 he asked me to give it to you in his name as well as my own," "dieses 
 ist der Auftrag, den mir der Kaiser fur Sie gab, den ich Ihnen, wie 
 er mich bat, in seinem so wie in meinem Namen ausdriicken solle." 
 1. 18: "on reaching the station," bet unserer Ankunft (or, als wir 
 ankamen) am Bahnhof. 1. 20 : " to," bis zum. 1. 21 : *' on reach- 
 ing Potsdam," bet der Ankunft in Potsdam. 
 
174 GERMAN PROSE COMPOSITION. 
 
 Page 90, 1. i : " both being the places of honor/' " da dies die bei- 
 den Ehrenpldtze wareii" 1. 2 . "I did not consider it consistent with 
 the dignity of the government I represent, etc.," ich hielt es nicht 
 fiir vereinbar mit der Wiirde der Regierung welche ich vertrete (Kr.), 
 im voraus irgend welche Bedingungen betreffend (or, in Betrejf der) 
 die Etikette zu machen, noch irgend eine Frage dariiber zu thun. 
 1. 7 : " during the return to another station, by a longer drive through 
 the park, General Grant received every mark of respect from the peo- 
 ple, who crowded the streets to see him pass," wdhrend der RUckkekr 
 nach einer andern Station auf einer langeren Fahrt durch den Park 
 er hielt General Grant jede7i Beweis der Achtung von der Bev'dlkerung, 
 welche die Strassenfullten, um ihn vorbeifahren zu sehen. 
 
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