COMPARED with the bulky collections of "Alte und Neue Lieder," which have appeared from time to time in Germany, this little volume must necessarily seem a crude and fragmentary representative of German Song Literature. It does not, indeed, aspire to completeness. The subject is far too ample to be exhausted within the compass of a few hundred pages; for there is scarcely a department of German song writing, whether it be that of popular songs (Volkslieder), sacred and moral songs (Geistliche Lieder), or students' songs (Studenten-und Burschenlieder), which would not present sufficient material for a book of goodly size;-and however carefully a volume like the present one may be prepared, much that is essential must necessarily be omitted from mere lack of space.

With this preliminary apology to all who honour these English versions of German songs with a perusal,

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