Criticism of the Paraphrase.
In many places the work is practically a translation, so closely has the original been followed. The style is agreeable and simple; but most of what is beautiful in the diction belongs to Simrock rather than to Frau Dahn.
The omissions are the most sensible that I have found in a paraphrase. Nothing of first importance has been lost.
[1.] See p. 662.
[ STOPFORD BROOKE’S SELECTIONS]
The History of Early English Literature, being the History of English Poetry from its Beginnings to the Accession of King Ælfred. By Stopford A. Brooke. New York and London: The Macmillan Co., 1892. 8o, Beowulf, pp. 12–92.
English Literature from the Beginning to the Norman Conquest. By Stopford A. Brooke. New York and London: The Macmillan Co., 1898. 8o, Beowulf, pp. 58–83.
Digest, Running Comment, and Translation of Copious Extracts into Imitative Measures.