The Reverend Friedrich August Wendeborn, minister of the German Chapel in London, published a German grammar in 1770, in the preface of which he took note of the growing popularity of the German language in Europe. Particularly in France and England, Wendeborn observed, interest in German literature was on the rise: "If we compare a German writer of the beginning of this century, with others who have written within these thirty years, we should hardly be able to persuade ourselves that they lived in the same age.... The French, who, in general, are thought to be rather partial to their own productions, have lately begun to study the German language, and to think favourably of German literature; against which they formerly entertained great prejudices. Among the English the German has been hitherto very little known; but there is reason to expect, that within a few years, even this country...