to the
traveller, not merely one particular country, but the whole of Europe.

The book also aims at affording a practical guide to Esperanto for the
student, who will find, in the section on Grammar, all that he needs to
give him full insight into and grasp of the language, enabling him with
very little effort to read, write and speak correctly.

By joining an Esperanto Group the learner may have frequent opportunity
of conversational practice, and he will soon find that it is by no means
a difficult matter to become as fluent in the auxiliary language as in
his mother-tongue.[1]

Esperanto is not merely a language for tourists, but already possesses a
rich literature of considerable extent, the beginnings of that
"Weltlitteratur" foreseen by Goethe; it has a press of its own
representing every country of importance in the world, and is constantly
being made use of for professional purposes by doctors, scientists,
teachers, lawyers, soldiers, sailors, merchants, etc., in every quarter
of the globe. It is undoubtedly destined, ere many years have passed, to
become a very important factor in the progress of the world.

WILLIAM W. MANN.

_London, 1908._

_PRINTED AND MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN._

Letchworth: THE GARDEN CITY PRESS LTD.

_Fifth Impression_

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Alphabet, with English Phonetic Pronunciation 5

Preliminary Notes.--Accents, Vowels, Diphthongs, etc. 8

Vocabularies.--Pages 9 to 76.
Amusement, Recreation and 41
Animals, Vegetables, &c.:
Animals, Birds and Fishes 12
Fruit, Trees, Flowers and Vegetables 15
Reptiles and Insects 14
Colours 17
Commercial Terms 56
Correspondence 61
Countries and Nations 40
Cycling 44
Cooking and Table Utensils 29
House and Furniture, The 34
Legal Terms