GERMAN PUBLICATIONS This selection does not profess to cover entirely new ground, as enly a limited portion of the letters is available for educational purposes, the remainder being beyond the reach of ordinary students; but while a few passages have been omitted which the editor deemed unsuitable or not sufficiently interesting, a large number have been added which have not appeared in previous selections. Two GERMAN READERS Easy Readings in German on Familiar Subjects. Consisting of 100 Easy German Stories, 89 pages, with Exercises for re-translation, 31 pages, and English-German and German-English vocabularies, 79 pages. By A. R. LECHNER, Senior Master of Modern Languages, Modern School, Bedford, England. Cloth, 50 cents. Most of the pieces here have been adapted from English sources, so that the probable acquaintance of most young people with the subjects will render them more interesting, and facilitate their translation into English. 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