Conventions and Mechanical Notes

German of this period was printed in Fraktur, a very different typeface from the family of Latin typefaces we use now. Throughout the text, text which was NOT printed in Fraktur is presented in typewriter face.

There are a few illustrations, including some music. The music was badly damaged—in one case an entire staff was missing. The Music Team at PGDP has kindly re-engraved the music for the HTML edition.

The spacing of dashes follows the original as accurately as possible.

Corrections and editorial comments are noted [thus][I-1]. Note identifiers match between the HTML and text editions.

I am most grateful to the folks at Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofing. This is very likely the most accurate edition of Studien und Plaudereien ever prepared. The PGDP folks uncovered more than forty errors in the 16th edition, about half of which were corrected for the 18th edition.

La Monte H.P. Yarroll
piggy@baqaqi.chi.il.us
June 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Studien und Plaudereien

FIRST SERIES

SIGMON M. STERN

Author of Studien und Plaudereien Second Series, Étude Progressive de la Langue Française, and Editor of Selected German Comedies

WITH GRAMMATICAL TABLES

SIXTEENTH EDITION, REVISED

[with corrections from 18th edition and PGDP]

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

F. W. CHRISTERN

Boston: CARL SCHOENHOF

1895

»Prüfet alles, behaltet das Gute, und wenn etwas Besseres in euch selber gereift, so setzt es zu dem, was ich euch in diesen Bogen in Wahrheit und Liebe zu geben versuche, in Wahrheit und Liebe hinzu.«—Pestalozzi.