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Easily the most interesting textbook from my collection, "Pleasant English" is a textbook for German schools from 1939, published before war was declared between Britain and Germany. It traces the learning curve of a German family who have recently moved to England, but adds a sprinkling of nationalist, political comments to avoid "an unworthy idolisation of all that is English" (my translation).
Read all about it here.

English Life and Thought

A little background: on the rare occasions that I manage to dig myself out from the mountains of vocab cards that accumulate around me, I go to flea markets to find old English textbooks. Here's one from 1927. Hop over to my other blog for a full description with pictures, quotes and everything.