August Schleicher (1821 1868) is often credited with being the first scholar to apply a 'family tree' model to language groups, and with taking an evolutionist approach to language even before Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Schleicher had published extensively on individual European languages, notably the first formal description of Lithuanian, by the time his ground-breaking comparative Indo-European Compendium appeared in 1861 1862. This book was derived from his lectures, and was intended to save his students note-taking and copying from the blackboard. Each section begins with...

Eine umfassende und liebevoll zusammengetragene Sammlung von Marchen, Ratseln und Liedern aus dem Litauen vor der Jahrhundertwende.

Reprint des Originals von 1857

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