Anglo-saxon Reader Both Poetry & Prose Old English Grammar Vocabulary

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by  Baskervill W.M., Harrison A., Hall J.L.

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WOEKS
BY
JAMES A. HARRISON, L.H.D., LL.D.,
AND
Vr. M. BASKTiRVILLE, Ph.D. (Lips.).
A HANDY POETICAL ANGLO-SAXOH DICTIONARY.
Based onGroschopp's Geein. Edited,Revised,and
Corrected,withGrammaticalAppendix,ListofIrreg-
ularVerbs,andBriefEtymologicalFeatures. 318pp.
8vo. Halfleather. $2.40,net.
ANGLO-SAXON READER. (BothPoetryandProse),
forBeginnersinOldEnglish. WithGrammar Notes,
Vocabulary and Poetic Appendix. 200 pp. 12mo.
Cloth.11.30, net.
AN OUTLINE OF ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR.
WithaListofIrregularVerbs. 66pp. 8vo. Cloth.
60cents, net.
A. S. BARNES & CO., PUBLISHERS,
NEW YOEK.
ANGLO-SAXON READER
(BOTH POETRY AND PROSE)
for 'Begtnnerjs in flDlD Cngliji]^
PBEPAREO
WITH GBAMMAB, NOTES, VOCABULABT, AND
POETICAL APPENDIX
BT
W. M. BASKEEVILL, Ph.D. (lips.)
LATB FKOFESSOK OF ENGLISH IN YANDEBBILT UNIVEBSITY
JAMES A. HAERISON, LL.D., L.H.D,
FBOFESaOB OF TEUTONIC LANGUAGES IN THB
UNIVEBSITY OF VIEGINIA
AND
J. LESSLIE HALL, Ph.D. (j.h.u.)
PBOFESSOK OF BNOLISH IN THB COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND UAKT
NEW YORK
BARNES & COMPANY
S.
1901
OOPTBIQHT, 1898 AND 1900,
By a. S. BAENE8 & COMPANY.
Allrightsres&r'ved.
;
PREFACE.
In the preparation of this little manual the editors have
had in view several things: first, the supply of new and fresh
elementary prose texts for the use of students and teachers
desirous of varying the Anglo-Saxon primers and readers now
before the public second, a more complete and practical pres-
;
entation of working forms in the grammar proper. Along
with these items of fresh texts and more detailed grammatical
treatment, it seemed appropriate to associate an elementary
Syntax and a few Notes, giving explanations and references
where these seemed necessary, but leaving to a full Vocabu-
lary more explicit information on particular points.
During the preparation of the work the editors have been
especially encouraged and helped by the friendly suggestions
of Professors Bright, Mead, M. Calloway, Jr., and Blackburn
and in the first draft of the Vocabulary acknowledgments are
due to our friends and pupils, Mr. H. M. Blainand Miss Olive
Koss.
The editors would also gratefully acknowledge the kindness
of Professor Bright for permission to use the text of his St.
Luke and the Andreas legend in this book.
Teachers may find beneficial the following practical sugges-
tion for using the book successfully with beginners Devote
:
IV PREFACE.
tlie first month or six weeks to a rapid survey of the Grammar
proper, omitting the extended Phonology for later review,
learning only the essentials of pronunciation and declension,
and fixing the attention on the large outlines of the subject.
At the end of this period turn back, take up the details
omitted in the rapid survey, and begin to read the Short
Passages, the Old Testament pieces, and the Childhood of our
Lord.
A method of this sort systematically pursued will reduce
the apparent diflBculties of Anglo-Saxon to a minimum and
interest the student at an early stage in the study.
W. M. BASKERVILL.
Vanderbilt University.
JAMES A. HARRISON.
University of Virginia,
June29,1898.
NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The new edition of the Anglo-Saxon Reader appears with
—
a slightly changed title-page and an important addition
—
the "Poetical Appendix" due to the demand for some
poetical specimens of a literature whose most remarkable
monuments are in verse. Dr. J. Lesslie Hall, the translator
of Beowulf, has selectedthese extracts, which have notes and
a vocabulary of their own and which will, the editors trust,
increase the usefulness of the book.
Some additional notes on the Reign of King Alfred will be
found on p. 116 seq.
University of Vibqinia,
1900.