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6 ''Latin, instead of trusting everything to the unassisted memory. Greek'' words have been used in the earlier part of the book except such as have ''connections either in English or Latin. Each step leads naturally on'' to its successor; grammatical forms and rules are at once applied in a series of graduated exercises, accompanied by ample vocabularies. ''Thus the book serves as Grammar, Exercise book, and Vocabulary. The'' ordinary ten declensions are reduced to three, which correspond to the first three in Latin; and the system of stems ''is adopted. A general'' ''Vocabulary, and Index of Greek words, completes the work. “We know'' of no book of the same scope so complete in itself, or so well calculated to make the study of Greek interesting at the very commencement.” — .

These Philological Lectures are the result of Notes made during the ''author's reading for several years. These Notes were put into the shape of'' Lectures, delivered at Christ's College, as one set in the “Intercollegiate” ''list. They are now printed with some additions and modifications,'' “The hook may be accepted as a very valuable contribution to the science of language.” —

An introductory notice supplies some account of the life of Plato, and ''the translation is preceded by an elaborate analysis. “The translators'' have,” in the judgment of the, “produced a book which any reader, whether acquainted with the original or not, can peruse with pleasure as well as profit.”