1 This article formed the preface to a collection of extracts
published in 1858, under the title of _German Classics_. The
extracts are arranged chronologically, and extend from the fourth to
the nineteenth century. They are given in the original Gothic, Old
High-German, and Middle High-German with translations, while in the
more modern portions the difficult words only are explained in
notes. A list of the principal works from which the extracts are
taken will be found at the end of the article, p. 44.
2 “Ut easdam homilias quisque (episcopus) aperte transferre studeat in
_rusticam romanam_ linguam aut _theodiscam_, quo facilius cuncti
possint intelligere quæ dicantur.”—Conc. Tur. can. 17. Wackernagel,
_Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur_, § 26.
_ 3 Lateinische Gedichte des X. und XI. Jahrhunderts_, von J. Grimm und
A. Schmeller. Göttingen, 1838.
_ 4 Reinhard Fuchs_, von Jacob Grimm. Berlin, 1834. _Sendschreiben_, an
Karl Lachmann. Leipzig, 1840.
_ 5 Poems of Grave Ruodolf von Fenis, Her Bernger von Horheim_; see
_Des Minnesangs Frühling_, by Lachmann and Haupt. Leipzig, 1857.
6 Poem of the _Kürenberger_; see _Des Minnesangs Frühling_, pp. 8 and
230.
7 See an account of the _Italian Guest_ of Thomasin von Zerclaria by
Eugene Oswald, in _Queene Elizabethe’s Achademy_, edited by F. J.
Furnivall. London, 1869. This thoughtful essay contains some
important information on Thomasin.
_ 8 Des Minnesangs Frühling._ Herausgegeben von Karl Lachmann und
Moritz Haupt. Leipzig, 1857.
9 Sebastian Brant’s _Narrenschiff_. Herausgegeben von Friedrich
Zarncke. Leipzig, 1857.
_ 10 Rede auf Schiller_, von Jacob Grimm. Berlin, 1859. (Address on
Schiller, by Jacob Grimm.)
_Schiller-Buch_, von Tannenberg; Wien. From the Imperial Printing
Press, 1859.
_Schiller’s Life and Works._ By Emil Palleske. Translated by Lady
Wallace. London, Longman and Co., 1860.
_Vie de Schiller._ Par Ad. Regnier, Membre de l’Institut. Paris,
Hachette, 1859.