Henry Holt & Company, New York. Oxford University Press, Scribner, New York. Scott, Foresman & Company, Chicago. Helpful also are the lists in "Zur Jugendschriftfrage," Leipzig, 1903, a report of the Vereingte deutsche Prüfungsschüsse für Jugendschriften. DICTIONARIES A. FOR STUDENT USE GERMAN-ENGLISH ENGLISH-GERMAN Bellow's New German-English and English-German Dictionary. New York: Henry Holt & Company. Heath's German Dictionary. $1.75. (The Cassel's German Dictionary.) Boston: D. C. Heath & Company. $1.50. James's Dictionary of the English and German Language. New York: The Macmillan Company. $2.00. lent. Langenscheidts Taschen Wörterbücher. English-German, 1 vol.; German-English, 1 vol. Berlin: Schöneberg. Small print but clear. ExcelThe two volumes together, $1.00. Single volume $0.60. Muret-Sanders' Enzyklopädisches Wörterbuch der englischen und deutschen Sprache. Hand und Schulausgabe. Langenscheidt. Berlin: Schöneberg. 1909. Highly recommended. This is a smaller edition of the dictionary of the same name given below. $2.50. Whitney's Compendious German and English Dictionary. New York: Henry Holt & Company. GERMAN-GERMAN. $1.50. All the definitions given in German. Sanders Handwörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Leipzig. 1910. $2.50. Venns Deutsches Wörterbuch. Leipzig: Bergner. 1905. Good tho small. $0.75. B. FOR TEACHERS AND THE LIBRARY Flügels Allgemeines Englisch-Deutsches und Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch. 3 vols. Braunschweig: Westermann. 4th ed. 1908. A standard work. $12.00. Grieb-Schröer Englisch-Deutsches und Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch. 2 vols. Menter-Verlag. Berlin: Schöneberg. A standard work. Old spelling. $4.50. Muret-Sanders Enzyklopädisches Wörterbuch der englischen und deutschen Sprache. Grosse Ausgabe. 2 vols. Langenscheidt. BerlinSchöneberg. The best of all German-English dictionaries. $10.00. Wiegands Deutsches Wörterbuch. mann. 1909. A standard, and highly recommended. Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon. 16 vols. Leipzig. C. FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES The following serve special purposes, as is indicated by their titles. All are highly recommended. Dudens Orthographisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. LeipzigWien: Should be owned by every teacher. $0.40. Eberhard-Lyons' Synonymisches Handwörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Leipzig: Grieben. $3.50. Kluges Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Strassburg: Trübner. 8th ed. 1914. $1.50. D. TECHNICAL DICTIONARIES Egers Technologisches Wörterbuch. 2 parts. Braunschweig: Brandes. Lang's German-English Dictionary. Philadelphia: Blakiston. A dictionary for students of science and medicine. $4.00. REFERENCE BOOKS ON GERMAN LITERATURE A. GENERAL HISTORIES OF GERMAN LITERATURE WORKS OF ONE VOLUME All of these are of almost equal value and all are standard works. Francke, History of German Literature. New York: Henry Holt & Company. 1908. This is not a chronological or biographical account, or a survey of individual authors and writings, but an appreciative and excellent presentation of the social significance of literary epochs at different periods. The book should be in every school library. 1911. Hosmer, History of German Literature. New York: Scribner. 1909. Robertson, History of German Literature. New York: Putnam. 1908. Rather detailed for high-school students, but an excellent reference book. Should be in the school library. Outlines of the History of German Literature. Putnam. This is an excellent student edition of Robertson's History of German Literature. Thomas, German Literature. New York: Appleton & Company. 1909. Vögtlin, Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung. Zürich: Schulthess & Company. 2nd ed. 1913. One of the best of the shorter histories. WORKS OF MORE THAN ONE VOLUME. All standard works. Bartels, Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. 2 vols. Leipzig. Meyer, J., Einführung in die deutsche Literatur. 6 vols. Berlin. 1909. Extensive, but one of the most valuable reference works. It contains sources, critiques, and analyses of all the most important literary products of German writers. Should be in the school library. Scherer, Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. 2 vols. Berlin. Also translation by Conybear. 2 vols. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press. A standard work, tho not brought down to date. Vogt und Koch, Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Illustrated. 2 vols. Leipzig and Vienna. 3rd ed. 1910. One of the best books for general reference. B. HISTORIES OF NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE 1907. Biese, Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. 3 vols. Munich: Beck. Brandes, Die Hauptströmungen der Literatur des 19ten Jahrhunderts. From the Danish. 2 vols. 6th ed. Leipzig. 1899. Main Currents in 19th Century Literature. An English translation of the above. London. 1901-05. This is a general history of the world's literature, but contains excellent chapters on German literary movements in the nineteenth century. Gottschall, Deutsche National Literatur des 19ten Jahrhunderts. 2 vols. Breslau. 1901. Kummer, Deutsche Literaturgeschichte des 19ten Jahrhunderts. Dresden: Reissner. 1911. Up-to-date and very highly recommended for the school library. Meyer, R. M., Die Deutsche Literatur des 19ten Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Bondi. 1912. Collitz, Selections from Classical German Literature. Oxford Press. 1914. Müller, Max, German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century. 2 vols. New York: Scribner. Thomas, Anthology. Boston: D. C. Heath & Company. 1914. D. HELPFUL BOOKS Boyeson, Essays in German Literature. New York: Scribner. Francke, German Ideals of Today. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company. Hillebrand, German Thought. 1880. New York: Henry Holt & Company. Nollen, Chronology and Practical Bibliography of Modern German Literature. Chicago: Scott, Foresman & Company. 1903. Taylor, Studies in German Literature. New York: Putnam. 1902. Krüger, Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Biographisches und Bibliographisches Handbuch mit Motiven-Uebersichten- und Quellennachweisen. Könneke, Bilderatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen National Literatur. 1675 illustrations. Marburg. 1912. Contains reproductions of photographs of leading authors, of manuscript pages and pages of first editions, and other interesting and valuable material. An excellent book for the school library. Degener, Wer ist's. Leipzig. The German "Who's Who." LESSING E. THE CLASSIC WRITERS Rolleston, T. W., Life of G. E. Lessing. Great Writers Series. London. 1889. Sime, J., Lessing. 2 vols. London. 1890. Schmidt, E., Lessing: Geschichte seines Lebens und seiner Schriften. 2 vols. Berlin. 1892. A standard work. Stahr, A., G. E. Lessing. Sein Leben und seine Werke. Berlin. 1887. Also translation in English by E. P. Evans. 1866. GOETHE 9th ed. Boston. Boyeson, Goethe and Schiller. Scribner. 1907. Excellent. Should Bielschowski, Goethe, sein Leben und seine Werke. 2 vols. Munich. 15th ed. 1909. The Life of Goethe. Translation by Cooper. 3 vols. New York: Putnam. 1908. A standard work. 1909. A standard Boyeson, Goethe and Schiller. Scribner. 1907. Excellent. Should be in the school library. Nevison, Life of Schiller. London. 1887. Thomas, Life and Works of Schiller. New York: Henry Holt & Company. The best English biography. Should be in the school library. Minor, Schillers Leben und Werke. 2 vols. (Incomplete.) Berlin. A standard work. 1890. Kühnemann, Schiller. Munich. 1905. Excellent. Schiller. Translation by Royce. 2 vols. Ginn & Company. Wychgram, Schiller. Leipzig. 5th ed. 1906. Profusely illustrated. Very valuable on account of the illustrations. Palleske, Schillers Leben und Werke. Stuttgart. 1891. 13th ed. Translation into English by REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GERMAN HISTORY GENERAL Henderson, History of Germany. 2 vols. 1906. The Macmillan Company. Poplar and interesting. Also shorter, one-volume edition of the above. New York: The Macmillan Company. Kohlrausch, History of Germany. Translated by Haas. New York: Appleton & Company. Holland, Germany. Making of the Nation Series. Illustrated. New York: The Macmillan Company. Lewes, A History of Germany. Based on Müller's Geschichte des deutschen Volkes. American Book Company. Müller, Geschichte des deutschen Volkes. 18th ed. Berlin. 1902. Menzel, History of Germany. Translated from the German. 3 vols. New York: The Macmillan Company. Sime, History of Germany. New York: Henry Holt & Company. 1875. New Müller, History of Recent Times. With special reference to Germany. New York: Harper. Excellent. Only from 1815 to 1880. Bigelow, History of the German Struggle for Liberty. 4 vols. York: Harper. Takes up only the first half of the nineteenth century. Priest, Germany since 1740. Boston: Ginn & Company. 1914. Hull. 1880. New York: Scribner. 1914. Illustrated. New York: The Macmillan Dawson, Germany and the Germans. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Dawson, The Evolution of Modern Germany. New York: Scribner. Francke, German Ideals of Today. Boston and New York. Hillebrand, German Thought. New York: Henry Holt & Company. Müller-Bohn, Des Deutschen Vaterland. Illustrated. 2 vols. Stuttgart. 1913. Schauffler, Romantic Germany. Illustrated. New York: Century Company. 1909. See also books listed under Land und Leute, page 18. |