The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most Approved Grammars Extant, With an Appendix and Complete Index; For the Use of Schools and Colleges (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most Approved Grammars Extant, With an Appendix and Complete Index; For the Use of Schools and CollegesThe system adopted by Dr. Bullions in his series of Grammars is SO well known, that it requires no lengthy explanation now. H is view was, that while all efforts should be made by the teacher and by the writer of text-books, to make pupils understand the princi ples Of what they were taught, it was still of the greatest advantage that the main facts of the subject should be presented in such a way that they might readily be committed to memory, and that thus young persons should easily be furnished with a succinct and scian tific statement of the chief doctrines imparted to them, expressed in a more compendious and logical form than they could be expected to frame for themselves. In this edition of Dr. Bullions' Latin Grammar, this fundamental conception of the proper way of pre senting the subject has been in no degree departed from. In the subordinate treatment of the subject, however, some alterations have been made, which the Editor hopes may be thought improvements, and which he must now briefly particularize.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.