Excerpt from Diutiska: An Historical and Critical Survey of the Literature of Germany, From the Earliest Period to the Death of Gothe Of the many difficulties 1 had to contend with, one of the greatest - the materials once collected - has been to give to every group its symmetrical proportions, to assign to the prominent figures their proper places, so as to enable the Reader to survey with ease the whole literary landscape like a vast panorama. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.