PREFACE HIS book aims to give the English-speaking student a reading knowledge and to some extent a speaking knowledge of present-day Norse. It lays no claim to being a complete treatise on Norse grammar. Only such principles and details of grammar are presented as were thought necessary to make plain the differences between Norse and English. The book is chiefly intended for the classroom, and much is left to the instructor, especially drill and review work, pronunciation, and conversation. However, it is hoped that anyone wishing to acquire a knowledge of elementary Norse, who has no access to a classroom course, will delve some benefit from the book in private study. The exact intonation, however, can only be gotten from the spoken word. As to the plan of the book, but little need be said. The vocabulary of each Iesson aims to give a group of words which are associated with one another in common use. These words are then used in the reading, exercise, in somewhat connected discourse. The composition exercises are made up chiefly of detached sentences, applying as much as possible the principles presented in the respective lessons. It was planned to take up literature as early as possible to furnish the desired element of interest.....