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"THE MEISTERSCHAFT SYSTEM" was written by me twenty-two years ago. The science of practical linguistry has so rapidly advanced of late years that I became dissatisfied with my former works, and after twenty years' experience I have at last matured an improved system for studying

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The Rosenthal Method of Practical Linguistry." It teaches languages from the pupil's standpoint, and the lessons are so natural, easy and practical that any one is enabled to learn to speak fluently and correctly, German, French or Spanish. Thousands of educators have sent me their enthusiastic endorsements, and I most heartily commend my latest work to all persons desirous of speaking foreign languages. RICHARD S. ROSENTHAL. Mastered in ten

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