Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Progressive Series of Inductive Lessons in Latin, Based on Material Drawn From Classical Sources, Especially From Caesar's Commentaries
From the character of the material used in the exercises and read ing lessons of this manual, it will be seen that I do not agree with those who think that the pupil should be introduced to the study of Latin through the medium of entertaining stories written by modern Latinists. On the contrary, that method seems to me the best which takes the pupil by the shortest road into the domain of classical antiquity, and which, by bringing him into direct contact with the subject-matter, the modes of thought, the forms of expres sion, and the choice and arrangement of words peculiar to the clas sicel writers, most thoroughly equips him for the intelligent study of the acknowledged masterpieces of Latin literature. Accordingly, I have drawn not merely the examples used for purposes of expo sitiou, but also the short sentences supplied for practice on forms and constructions, and the longer passages selected for connected translation, from classical sources.
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