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JOSIAH WRIGHT, M.A.

TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; HEAD MASTER OF SUTTON COLDFIELD
GRAMMAR SCHOOL; EDITOR OF "HELLENICA, &c."

Cambridge:
MACMILLAN & CO.

M.DCCC.LV.

305. c. 61.

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PREFACE.

I OFFER this volume as a help to boys beginning to learn Latin, in the hope that it will remove some of the obstacles, which they are sure to meet with in their difficult task.

I trust also that it may be found of service by those engaged in the no less difficult task of teaching the Elements of Latin. It is not intended as a rival to any of the excellent Grammars now in use; but perhaps it may help the beginner to understand them. Whatever Grammar he uses, he may, I trust with advantage, uso this Help by its side. For it appeared to me that a book. might be made to do in some measure the work of the teacher; and that his labour would be considerably diminished, if he were enabled to lay before his pupils a written explanation of difficult points, instead of going over the same ground with them again and again by word of mouth.

Such an explanation I have attempted to supply in the following pages. I have in them directed attention chiefly to the Use of Words. At the same time, in order to render the work complete in itself, I have introduced all such Examples and Forms, as it is usual or expedient for a boy to learn before beginning to translate. But I have not touched on Roots or Crude Forms, as I hardly think that they can be studied with

My aim then throughout has been to call into play a

much as possible the faculties of the student himself;
to compel him to exercise, not merely his memory, but
his reason; and to inculcate accuracy both of thought and
expression. I shall be glad if I have so far succeeded as
in any measure to facilitate the progress of the pupil, and
lighten the toil of his instructor.

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