A Short History of Germany

A SHORT HISTORY OF GERMANY
MARY PLATT PARMELE
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1898
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY MARY PLATT PARMELE COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR A SHORT HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND A SHORT HISTORY OF FRANCE A SHORT HISTORY OF GERMANY A SHORT HISTORY OF SPAIN
It is more important to comprehend the forces which have created a great nation, and the progressive steps by which it has unfolded, than to know the multitudinous events and incidents which have attended such unfolding.
In order to forestall criticism for the absence of some events in this History of Germany the author desires to say, that there has been an effort to keep strictly to the main line of development and to resist the temptation of introducing details which do not bear directly upon such line.
The bypaths of history are fascinating, but they are of secondary importance, and may better be explored after the main road has been traveled and is thoroughly known.
Such is the ideal which has been very imperfectly followed in this book.
M. P. P. NEW YORK, June 21, 1897.
CONTENTS.
Indo-European Migrations—Divisions of the Aryan Family into European Races—The Teutonic Race