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Rh Besides the author's own, there are various other notes, for which ''the author is indebted to Professors Munro and Conington. All the'' ''citations have been taken anew from the original authors. “A painstaking'' and critical edition” —. “For really ripe scholarship, extensive acquaintance with Latin literature, and familiar knowledge of continental criticism, ancient and modern, it is unsurpassed among English editions.” —

The system of this table has been borrowed from the excellent Greek Grammar of Dr. Curtius.

A selection of short passages, serving to illustrate especially the Greek ''Accidence. A good deal of syntax is incidentally taught, and Madvig and'' other books are cited, for the use of masters: but no learner is expected to know more of syntax than is contained in the Notes and Vocabulary. A preface “To the Reader,” not only explains the aim and method of ''the volume, but also deals with classical instruction generally. The'' ''extracts are uniformly in the Attic dialect. This book may be used in'' connection with Mayor's “Greek for Beginners,” “After a careful examination we are inclined to consider this volume unrivalled in the hold which its pithy sentences are likely to take on the memory, and for the amount of true scholarship embodied in the annotations.” — .

The distinctive method of this book consists in building up a boy's knowledge of Greek upon the foundation of his knowledge of English and