How to Learn Russian, a Manual for Students of Russian, Based Upon the Ollendorffian System of Teaching Languages, and Adapted for Self-Instruction (Classic Reprint)

Russian who attempted to learn the language without the help of a teacher have been met by a grave initial difficulty the want of a good Grammar. As a general rule they availed themselves of ReifP sE nglishR ussian Grammar but it left much to be desired. There existed, it is true, in French and German, Grammars on theO llendorff System, but in English there was little aid to be obtained beyond what Reiff could give. In order to meet the demand caused by the growing interest in the Russian language a language which has been neglected in a manner for which it is difficult to account, but to which political circumstances have lately given a novel importance Mr. Triibner has caused the present work to be prepared, and he has asked me to supply it with a few lines of Preface, which I do willingly. I am far from thinking OllendorfF sS ystem the best possible, but in the present instance there was not much choice. For Mr.
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