Lexicon of Upper Lusatian Writers and Artists

gratitude publicly. Your particular humanity, as well as the interest you primarily take in everything that concerns our beloved fatherland, allow me to hope that the way in which I publicly acknowledge myself as your grateful and respectful admirer might not be disapproved of by you. Accept this open confession, which I make to you with high esteem upon the dedication of this laboriously compiled work, with that kind and liberal disposition that I have so often had occasion to admire in you, and especially