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It is in the nature of a lengthy review to emphasise the negative
aspects of the book considered; there would otherwise be little
basis for discussion and the reviewer would run the risk of writing
a panegyric. I would like therefore in conclusion to stress that
Krause's Die Sprache der urnordischen Runeninschriften is an
extremely accurate and careful work, and together with his Die
Runeninschriften im iilteren Futhark provides the most comprehensive
guide we have to the runic inscriptions in the older fu}ark
and the earliest known language of Scandinavia. Both books will
doubtless remain standard works for many years to come.