Manual of Classical Literature: From the German (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Manual of Classical Literature: From the German

The 6th edition was the last published during the life of the author. But the work has been printed once or twice since his death. The following is taken from the {remarks prefixed to the seventh edition (berlin, N ov. 1, 4-the continued acknowledgement of the great excellence of this Manual of Classical Literature, which is proved by the constant demand for the book, renders it unnecessary to say much by way of preface to a new edition. After the death Of Eschenburg, the society of booksellers employed a well qualified editor, who has revised the work and superintended it with great care and fidelity. An examination will show, that in doing this, advantage has been taken of the important results of modern classical researches? It is, therefore, confidently believed, that this work, will still be found one of the most useful of the kind; perhaps the' very best Manual, both for the Gymna sia, and other Seminaries, and also for private use.

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Excerpt from Manual of Classical Literature: From the German

As to the translation itself, my aim has been throughout to express the author's meaning with strict fidelity; but in doing this I have endeavored to avoid the long periods and involved arrangement of words and clauses, for which the German language is of known celebrity; I have almost uniformly employed shorter sentences, and have sometimes departed very much from the phraseology of the original. - The alterations are not many; in some instances I have omitted a clause or sentence, and in a few 8. Whole section or paragraph, without any notice to the reader; in a few cases also Ihave altered the arrangement of the sections. Otherwise, wherever I have not presented the author entire and anal tered, a distinct intimation of some change by the translator is given to the reader, by one of the marks which will be explained below. - The additions are very considerable; and whatever maybe their pertinency or their value, they cer tulul have cost some labor. In making them, I have endeavored to kee con stan yin mind the grand design of the work, and to render it more comp etc in the cts, which, as has been before remarked, constitute its peculiari dis tingmng it from every other work on these subjects in our language. He ad ditions may generally be distinguished from the original, either y e size of the t or by particular marks as will be described under the E lanations below.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.