HISTORY OF GERMANY

Taylor T of ; iUchool liter/A 132U2Z YourCard inThis PocketKeep Books will bf> lisuixl on ofonly presentation proper oards.library unleii labeled otherwise, book* bt> witeifwdmay for four w<tfki Borrowers booknfinding marked, do- fiOftd or mutilfttod ar to mm fitx^otd wport otherwise the Imit borroworlibrary dbik; will ki hulci for all dioaovorod.riipqtibl tmporfcotiona The card holder in re8ponibl for all hooka drawn on thii card, for over-duePtnalty boob 2o a coat ofday plun notiotiii. Imi and of mutt bechange rt ported promptly* Public Library Kansas Mo.City, YourCard in ThisKeep PocketMO tKANSAS ( \\ V, OBMfllflV0001 !/A .SCHOQI, HISTORY OF GERMANY : Tufi EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GERMAN EMPIRE INTHE 18T1. Qtf EUJfDMD AM) TWELVE ANJ) MAPS.ILLUSTRATIONS SIX HES70RICAL BY BAYARD TAYLOR. NEW YORK: ANDD. .APPLETON COMPANY, AND 5 BOND STEEET.1, 8, 1884-4- 2 1 to Act of in thoaccording Congress, year 1874, 1 &I). AVl^KTON COMPANY, Jn tho Oillco ofllio Librarian of atCongress, Wasliljiglou,KTKODUCTORY WORDS, THE of is not the of aHistory Germany History Nation, but of a Eace. It has little therefore: it isunity, complicated, and attached on all sides to the histories of otherbroken, In its ofcountries. earlier it covers the-periods greater part and does not return to untilEurope, exclusively Germany after and the Italian States have beenFrance, Spain, England founded. the iteven before fall of the BomanThus, Empire, becomes the main trunk out of which branch the histories of all and must of be studiednearly European nations, necessity as the link between Ancient and Modern History.connecting The of no sorecords other race throw much thelight upon of all civilized a of fifteendevelopment lands, during period hundred years* The aneed of work of this kind havebeing evident, I endeavored to it thein such a manner as tosupply simplify task of both teachers and aim has been topupils. My present a continuous no ofclear, narrative, omitting episode impor a distinct line of connectionfromtance, yet preserving century to Besides to all the best Icentury. referring authorities, have based labors three recent Germanmy mainlyupon works, that of as the ofTon as the mostfullest;Dittmar, Eochau, and of Dr. David as the most readable.impartial, Mtiller, an narrative from comnewBy constructing entirely these, the material into less than half the which eachpressing space and the and whichchanges byoccupies, avoiding interruptions to this conall are characterized I have made , hope History venient and to our schools.acceptable an aid.The historical will be found to be importantmaps in of is now soThe constant use of themaps study Historyv iNDRODtrcftQBY WORDS. tothat it docs not need be recommended;generally applied lint I to tlic teacher the of theadvantage havingmay suggest and modernthe ancientoccasionally politicalpupil compare areboundaries. The attached to each meantquestions pnge the factsto the attention of the to ofprominentguide pupil the narrative. The of will or add toteacher, course, change athose to his own The value of Historyaccording judgment. it is used asof this land as much how ,depends quite upon its intrinsic character.upon I have had some in what rule todifficulty adoptdeciding in to the of German names. It seemedregard spelling proper best to retain the wherever not too unusual orform,original difficult of I have been forced to make ex;pronunciation yet characters suchin the case of well-known orceptions places, " are tooas and the whichlike,"Charlemagne," Cologne," aresettled to be Some brief directions apfirmly changed. thethe to most of Germanto enablepended, pupil pronounce with tolerable correctness.names toI remark whileIn endeavoringconclusion, may that, avoided aand I havewrite very simply intelligibly, purposely ofof narrative. There has been achildish tendency,stylo to thecertain kinds of School Histories downtolate, bring minds which are tolevel of enough studyhardly developed where it is eventsat all: followed, manyHistory consequently, Ibo or considermust omitted only imperfectly explained. tobesides that of isthat some necessaryeffort, memory, quite theand I am sure that none of them who havethe pupils; will to be treated as if a little insteadtrue older,spirit object able toall in the United boof States,younger. May such, the imfor and to retaindiscover life,themselves, through draw fromlessons which American mayportant political every oftho History Germany! 1873.August 12th, B.T.