Excerpt from A Handbook of German Grammar The subject matter has been arranged topically, and not in the form of lessons. For reviews and for convenience of reference this plan should prove most serviceable. Abundant examples are given in the text to illustrate the various points of grammar, and, in addi tion, English exercises to be translated into German are given in the back part of the book. The list of nouns given under sections 322 - 339, will, it is hoped, help to simplify vowel mutation and the declension of nouns