OF LAND-HOLDING AMONG THE GERMANS. BY DENMAN W. ROSS, PH. D. L'idée formulée par les faits représente la science. CLAUDE BERNARD. BOSTON: SOULE AND BUGBEE. 1883. THIS volume is the result of an investigation into the early history of land-holding among the Germans. The investigation was begun in the year 1875, and it has been continued, with occasional interruptions, since then. The collections of early records were, most of them, read through. Passages bearing upon the subject of the investigation were noted. They were then carefully classified; passages establishing certain facts being grouped together. A general theory was then formed, to bring the facts thus collected into a natural order and relationship. This theory is now offered to readers and students for their consideration. In order to reach a just judgment of the theory, three inquiries should be made: -1. Are the passages of the records, which are described or referred to, correctly interpreted? 2. Have any passages in the records been overlooked, which are inconsistent with the theory offered? 3. Are the facts which have been ascertained well arranged and fully described? |
