Lessons. I have endeavored to lead the learner on by gradual advances and in a natural way to a mastery, by careful study and use of forms and constructions, of the main facts of the language as stated in Professor Goodwin's Grammar. This is so admirably arranged and printed, that while it is complete to meet the needs of advanced students it is also eminently a book for beginners. And it cannot, I think, but be an advantage to be able to begin with a book which is ample for the requirements of advanced studies. I cannot hope that my own book will meet with unqualified approval, and I publish it in England with unfeigned diffidence. But I bespeak for its plan careful consideration. The pleasure remains to me of expressing my grateful thanks to the many friends, both in England and America, who have given me their assistance in writing and rewriting these Lessons. A very great part of what is good in the book is due to them; if there remain mistakes, they are my own. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JOHN WILLIAMS WHITE. FIRST LESSONS IN GREEK. INTRODUCTORY.1 THE portions of the Grammar designated by the following numerals are to be well learnt before taking up Lesson I.2 The parts which are here included of § 15, § 16, and § 17 are given that teachers who think it advisable may give their pupils at the outset a comprehensive view of the Euphony of Consonants, the principles of which, however, will be cited singly in the Lessons as they are needed. But these may be omitted, if thought best, until Lesson XVI. is reached. Before any attempt to learn the following paragraphs, the teacher should go over them carefully with the class, pointing out in each case how the examples illustrate the principle. GRAMMAR3: § 1, with N. 1, together with the system of pronunciation given on page xi; § 2, with N.; § 3, with N.; § 4, 1 (with N. 1) and 2; § 5, 1 and 2; § 6, with 1 and 2, and N.; § 7, with N.; § 15, 1 and 2; § 16, with 1 (and N. 2), 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; § 17, 1, 2, and 3; § 18, 1 and 2; § 19, 1, 2, and 3; § 20, with 1, 2, and 3; § 21, 1, 2, and 3; § 22, 1 and 2; § 23, 1; § 31. After learning § 1, with the system of pronunciation, give the name and English equivalent of each letter in the following Exercise. After § 2 and § 3 point out the vowels and diphthongs and give their sounds. After § 5 classify the consonants, and after § 6 classify them a second time, minutely. |