A SCHOOL GREEK GRAMMAR BY WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, LL.D., ELIOT FROFESSOR OF GREEK LITERATURE IN HARVARD COLLEGE, London MACMILLAN AND CO. The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved PREFACE. THIS work is an abridgment of the author's Greek Grammar which was published in 1879 in London and in Boston, U.S. The larger work was written primarily for the higher classes of classical schools, in the hope that it might supply the wants (for both study and reference) of even the best scholars until the beginning of their university studies. At the same time, it was thought that the parts in larger type with the paradigms could be used to advantage even with beginners in Greek. The author's experience with a much smaller grammar in the United States had shown that nearly all classical teachers there preferred to use the same text-book in all their classes, and that the grammar with which a boy began his study of Greek and Latin at school was generally carried to college, and was not always discarded even there. This abridgment is intended for those who wish to begin the study of Greek with a small book, with the expectation of using a larger grammar after the elements are mastered. With this idea nearly all the notes which were |