This is a conventional book of grammar lessons, remarkable for two things: It was written and revised in the United States during World War II, with help from a German expat. And it is the most recent book I know of to make use of the Fraktur script, with its elaborate letter forms that used to give such difficulties to students of German. My copy of this book is from a 1965 reprinting, long after Fraktur had supposedly become obsolete. So it's an interesting footnote to the history of typography, at least.

This would be an excellent guide to learning German, if it weren't for a huge obstacle: The book uses the old German script, not the current "Latin" one. When s's look like f's to the native English speaker, it makes for a very difficult time reading German text. Futhermore, standard use of the old Fraktur and Schwabacher fonts was abolished in 1941.

Old language books are often clearer than recent ones, but it's to little avail when the language has moved on. ( )