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Excerpt from Deutsches Echo: The German Echo, or Dialogues to Teach German Conversation; With an Adequate Vocabulary Work Which shall enable them to learn here at home the con versational language of. Germany. This the Eono, in the main a reprint of the german Eono by Wolfram, aims to supply. It is designed to furnish the learner with an exten sive vocabulary of words and expressions in common use; to free him from the embarrassments Which the peculiarities of his own tongue are likely to be to 'him; to make him thoroughly familiar with the use of proper idioms in short, to provide him With the material for intelligent, cor rect and varied conversation, andato enable the learner also to understand the language as spoken, one of the greatest difficulties to be encountered in the practical use of a foreign language. The method here adopted differs greatly from that generally developed in the conversational books. Itteaches the learner not to translate his thoughts but to think in the language which he is to speak. He is carried, as it were, into the very midst of the scenes of actual life, and is taught to sustain his share in the interchange of social talk. -at the same time, he learns much of the manners and customs of the country whose language he is seeking to mas ter, and is thus not only enlarging his familiarity with the lan guage, but also with the people themselves. As to the most advantageous use of the book, we can do no better than give the motto which Prendergast has adopted for his mastery seriesz. Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed scrape cadendo (the drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.