A Method of Instruction in Latin, Being a Companion and Guide in the Study of Latin Grammar (Classic Reprint)

This book has been prepared under the conviction that too much time is generally spent upon the study of Latin Grammar. It is intended to be learned by a good class under good instruction where this is made the chief study in three months, or, if not so much time daily can be afforded, in six; and, if well learned, it will prepare the student for any college entrance-examination in this subject. A familiar and accurate knowledge of forms is first of all necessary, and is here fully provided for, by noting in detail and progressively the essential parts of the etymology to be learned. To learn the grammar in bulky as is still sometimes attempted, we consider one of the most unhappy departures from the true method of a classical education. Some special features of this book may require to be pointed out. First, we have desired that all the instruction given should be founded on a strictly scientific etymology. With this view, we begin with the fundamental distinction of Root andS tem, the basis of all true philology, training the learners eye from the start to recognize the radical forms of the language. A gain, in indicating the quantity of syllables, we have marked all vowels naturally long, made so by laws of inflection (vowel-increase ), or by certain combinations, as and ns. With the same view, we have called special attention to the development of the verb-stem from the root, and have given unusually full instruction on the principles of derivation and composition of words.
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