Publisher's Synopsis
Already, a considerable time ago, when preparing pupils for the Higher University Examinations, I formed the intention of writing a Grammar which would at the same time contain Old, Middle, and Modern German. But though I set to work at once, yet I had so little time at my disposal that the Grammar progressed only very slowly. At the beginning of last year, when about two-thirds of the Phonology were written, I received the first number of Professor Wilmanns' Deutsche Grammatik, which, though on a larger scale, proceeded on the same lines which I had marked out to myself. I resolved, however, to go on with my work, the more so as my book was intended for English students, to many of whom a less exhaustive treatise of the German language would be more desirable. At the same time, I did not fail to avail myself of the advantages which Professor Wilmanns' excellent work afforded me. With regard to Old High German I principally followed Professor Braune's "Althochdeidsche Grammatik." I now give to the public the First Part of my Grammar, and hope that the little work, unpretentious as it is, may prove useful to some. The Second Part, containing the Accidence, will, I trust, soon follow.
-Albert J. W. Cerf.
