It will be well to remember that the revolutionary Socialist Party, even as far back as 1913, published in the United States some 200 or more papers and periodicals in English, German, Bohemian, Polish, Jewish, Slovac, Slavonic, Danish, Italian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, lettish, Norwegian, Croatian, Russian and Swedish.
"The Red Conspiracy"
Joseph J. Mereto
But the substance of many of the spells must be older still, since the incantations prescribed show a remarkable similarity to old German, Russian and lettish charms.
"Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch"
Charles Eliot
lettish is the language now spoken in Kurland and Livonia.
"Lectures on The Science of Language"
Max Müller