Excerpt from The German: How to Give It, How to Lead It, How to Dance It
Of the almost countless varieties of that "poetry of motion" that has served in the past for the recreation, the entertainment and, at times, even the occupation of society in its hours of ease, perhaps no other has presented so many claims to popular favor, or promised to be so lasting a favourite, as the modern "German." From the stately Minuet and lively Gavottes of our ancestors, down through the graceful Waltz and sprightly Polkas, Mazurkas, Galops, and their various rivals of later years, each has had its points of attraction, and has in turn been celebrated by the poet and illustrated by the artist; but the "German" - embracing and claiming as its own all the graces, all the sprightliness, and more than all the variety of all its predecessors combined--is as yet without a literature or a history.
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