A Norwegian-Danish Grammer and Reader with a Vocabulary Designed for American Students of the Norwegian-Danish Language

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PREFACE. Foreign languages and their literatures are becoming, more and more. objects of study among the American people. This is a natural consequence of the travels of Americans in Europe and of the constantly increasing intercourse between them and the many foreign immigrants coming to this country. . Among these, there are about 160, 000 Norwegians and 40, 000 Danes, and the knowledge of their language may be of practical as well as literary value to many Americans. With the purpose of assisting them in acquiring this knowledge, I have written this Grammar and Reader with a Vocabulary, and added thereto Remarks on the history of the language and Notes on the authors from whom selections have been made. The Grammar presupposes, that its students know the various grammatical definitions, and it presents to them, not a General Grammar of what is cornnJon to the languages, but a Special Grammar of what is peculiar to the Norwegian-Danish language. By the help of this book the students will find their way into the literary treasures of those two nations, which, although not great in numbers, have a great literature, and have, from the times of the Sagas and the Scalds, produced men who have made their mark in the history of the world, and have presented to it works of lasting value. The Norwegians and Danes belong to the great Teutonic race but as their history in ancient times was interwoven with that of the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans, so their language is in many respects similar to the English, of which, also, this Grammar and Reader will give evidence.