PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SERIES, No. XXV. Germany in the Nineteenth Century Published by the University of Manchester at LONGMANS, GREEN & Co. London: 39 Paternoster Row New York: 443-449 Fourth Avenue, and Thirtieth Street Calcutta: 303 Bowbazar Street Madras: 167 Mount Road [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]. Nineteenth Century UMW OF A Series of Lectures EDITED BY C. H. HERFORD MANCHESTER LONGMANS, GREEN & Co. London, New York, Bombay, &c. Pages 1 to 127 constituting the First Series of these Lectures may be had separately at the price of 2/6 net; pages 128 to end (the Second Series) at the price of 3/6 net. SHERRATT & HUGHES, Printers, Manchester and London. NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION. THIS BOOK, first published in 1912, was based upon a course of lectures delivered in 1911 in the University, largely through the initiative of Professor Herford. The relations between England and Germany had long left much to be desired, and it was believed that appreciations by British scholars of the part played by Germany in the development of modern civilisation might serve to promote more friendly feelings between the two nations. The welcome given to the volume by the press of both countries, the exhaustion of two large editions within less than two years, and the issue of a German translation by Professor Breul, of Cambridge, suggested that this expectation was not wholly a vain one. The studies embraced in the earlier editions were designedly drawn upon broad lines, and omitted much. Accordingly, when, in the early part of 1914, it was clear that a third edition would soon be wanted, three other scholars were invited to contribute additional studies from fresh points of view. The University was fortunate in securing the co-operation of experts, such as Dr. Bernard Bosanquet, who has written on philosophy, of Professor Peake, who has contributed a study on theology, and of Mr. Ferruccio Bonavia, who has treated of music. The lectures on these subjects were delivered in the University during the course of last spring, and by the summer of this year, all three studies were in type. The sudden outbreak of the present calamitous war frustrated the hopes of those who had steadily believed that the best method to promote international |