A First Latin Reader and Writer

An excerpt from the Author's Preface: Great pains have been taken to make this book interesting. Continuous passages and stories have been introduced as early and as often as possible, both in the English and the Latin parts. It is astonishing how small an equipment of grammar is necessary for translating a story, even one of considerable length (e.g. Exercises 18 - 24). Quotations too from great writers - English as well as Latin - have been introduced from time to time;...
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An excerpt from the Author's Preface:

Great pains have been taken to make this book interesting. Continuous passages and stories have been introduced as early and as often as possible, both in the English and the Latin parts. It is astonishing how small an equipment of grammar is necessary for translating a story, even one of considerable length (e.g. Exercises 18 - 24). Quotations too from great writers - English as well as Latin - have been introduced from time to time; some of the most noteworthy sayings in literature present no grammatical difficulty, and may serve to 'set the learner on thinking.' Even the disconnected sentences, which ring the changes on the various inflected forms, are, it is hoped, sometimes instructive, sometimes perhaps even amusing, never absolutely dull or meaningless.

In the Latin part care has been taken to avoid words of doubtful Latinity; in the English part, to have some regard for style, and to avoid the depressing jargon that still masquerades as English in many an elementary book.

The English Exercises are modelled, more or less closely, on the corresponding Latin Exercises: the writing of Latin thus grows naturally out of the experience gained in reading; reading, writing, and grammar, go on side by side and illustrate one another.