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Rh of Luther and certainly its pinnacle of achievement. Much was also accomplished here in the way of printing, something which only he can appreciate who knows a little of the typographical difficulties in connection with a work of this kind, and who, like the writer of this, has had an opportunity to look into the different phases of the proof sheets.28 At the head of this undertaking at first stood Knaake, then Pietsch, and at the present time Drescher, all of whom were subordinated to the greater commission. Among the collaborators I shall name Kawerau, Walther, Buchwald, Cohrs, Albrecht, N. Mueller, J. Ficker, Thiele, Koffmane, Kroker and Brenner. After the appearance of every single volume Kolde wrote a valuable and thoroughly critical review in the "Goettinger Gelehrte Anzeigen." Brieger, of Leipzig, did the same for a number of years in "Zeitschrift fuer Kirchengeschichte." The researches, especially in regard to the volume containing the catechisms, extended far beyond the limits of Germany.

Beginning with 1883 editions have also been published to meet the requirements of the cultured home, for the great critical Weimar edition can never be common property, for the reason that it is too voluminous and expensive, and because of its entire arrangement. I shall only direct attention to the three volumes, "Luther als ein Klassiker" (Frankfurt, 1883), to the three small volumes, "Martin Luther ausgewaehlt und erlaeutert durch R. Neubauer" (Halle, 1903), to the volume "Luther's Werke, ausgewaehlt fuer das Volk und herausgegeben von J. Boehmer" (Stuttgart, 1907). All of these are excelled by an edition of Luther, undertaken by Buchwald, Kawerau, Koestlin, Rade, Schneider and others, printed by C. A. Schwetschkc und Sohn in Braun-