partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy. The object has been to treat the material in
the early American magazines which gave readers information about
Germany and other Teutonic countries. While the primary aim has been
to discuss the translations of poetry and the original poems bearing
on the subject, all relevant prose articles have also been listed.
Since many of the magazines used are extremely rare and almost unique,
the texts from them are here reprinted in order to make such
information accessible. As some of the translations and poems,
however, have been traced to Thomas Campbell, Sir Walter Scott,
William Wordsworth, Thomas Gray and others, whose works are to be
found in almost any library, reprinting was unnecessary in these
cases. M. G. Lewis' _Tales of Terror and Wonder_ has had, besides many
early imprints, a recent edition by Henry Morley in 1887 and the poems
from it that appeared in the American magazines are here mentioned by
title only, the one exception being _The Erl-King_, which is included
because of several variants. Long poems like _The Wanderer of
Switzerland_ (which itself would make a small book) are not reprinted.

Parts II to V are arranged chronologically, so as to show the gradual
growth of the German influence. Translations and poems are therefore
reprinted under the date of their first appearance; later publications
of them in the magazines are here recorded simply by title, with a
note giving the earliest date. The texts are reprinted exactly as they
appeared in the early American periodicals, thus presenting the
information about Germany in the same form in which readers of a
century ago received it. Mistakes are often interesting as
illustrative of an ignorance about German names and words. Only the
most evident typographical errors have been corrected, such as
"spweep" for "sweep," "bilssful" for "blissful," and "fustain" for
"sustain." Differences due to eighteenth century orthography are
retained.

The subject has been investigated to the end of the year 1840, but
this volume treats only the period ending with 1810. Often for the
sake of complete lists, however, poems of a later date are mentioned.
Throughout Parts II to V, notes by the present author, except mention
of sources from which the reprints are made, are inclosed in brackets.

The courtesy and assistance rendered in obtaining the magazines make
me indebted to the attendants in t