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LATIN TEXT BOOKS.

Abbott's Latin Prose through English Idiom. Rules and Exercises on Latin Prose Composition. By the Rev. EDWIN A. ABBOTT, D.D., Head-Master of the City of London School. With Additions by E. R. HUMPHREYS, A.M., LL.D. 18mo, 205 pages, $0.90.

The author's object is to prepare students for the study and composition of Latin Prose, by calling their attention first to the peculiarities of English idiom, and then to the methods of representing the English in the corresponding Latin idiom. A good deal of space has been given to the Prepositions. The Exercises are purposely unarranged, as connected examples are useless to test a pupil's knowledge.

Prof. Geo. O. Holbrooke, Trinity College, Hartford. — Abbott's Latin Prose is the best book of the kind with which I am acquainted. It teaches the student to compose Latin, instead of translating stock sentences.

Prof. E. H. Griffin, Williams College, Williamstown. Any book by the author of "English Lessons" and the "Shaksperian Grammar" I should expect to be good. This seems to me simply admirable, and is quite as valuable for the study of English as for the study of Latin

Prof. C. L. Smith, Harvard College. I feel sure the book will be widely used, as it deals with Latin Composition in the only right way.

Bennett's Latin Books. By GEORGE L. BENNETT, M. A., Head-Master of Sutton Valence School.

I. Easy Latin Stories for Beginners. With Vocabulary and Notes. 16mo, 156 pages, $0.70.

II. First Latin Writer. Comprising Accidence, the easier Rules of Syntax, illustrated by copious examples and Progressive Exercises in Elementary Latin Prose, with Vocabularies. 16mo, 218 pages, $0.90.

III. First Latin Exercises. Containing all the Rules, Exercises, and Vocabularies of the FIRST LAtin Writer, but omitting the Accidence. 16mo, 164 pages, $0.70.

IV. Second Latin Writer. Containing Hints on Writing Latin Prose, with graduated continuous Exercises. 16mo, 198 pages, $0.90.

Prof. A. P. Montague, Columbian University, Washington, D. C. — I am using all the books of the Bennett Series in my various classes, and am charmed with them. So far as my experience goes, they are by far the best books of the kind now before the public, and I heartily commend them.

Dr. A. C. Perkins, Phillips-Exeter Academy.— We take Bennett's “First Latin Writer" as the best Manual of Latin Composition for the first two years of our course. The "Easy Latin Stories," by the same author, is excellently fitted for pupils when they are beginning to read Latin.

Dr. H. T. Fuller, St. Johnsbury Academy, Vt.— We have used Bennett's "First Latin Writer" for the last two years, and find it eminently satisfactory. It involves a knowledge of all the principles of grammar and Latin idioms, and, by a skilful selection of review work, obliges the pupil to keep what he has once acquired. Its breadth of vocabulary is commendable in that it is not restricted to the words of any single author.

Prof. C. L. Smith, Harvard College. - The Second Latin Writer" is quite a useful book, and contains a very valuable collection of exercises. The Introduction gives the student sound advice, and many excellent notes on idiom.

Cicero De Senectute and De Amicitia. With Notes by JAMES S. REID, M.A., Cambridge, England. American edition, revised by Professor FRANCIS W. KELSEY, Lake Forest University. Second Edition. 16mo, 279 pages, $1.20. Each part separately, $0.75.

Prof. M. M. Fisher, University of Missouri. — The edition is in every respect the best I have seen, and I shall use it in my classes.

Prof. J. H. Chamberlin, Marietta College, Ohio. — It is certainly the best edition of these works of Cicero with which I am acquainted. I have used the edition by Reid, and consider it a work of high merit. Professor Kelsey's revision seems to me to retain all the desirable features of the original edition, while much has been added which is of especial value to the American student.

Prof. A. G. Hopkins, Hamilton College, New York. It is a handsome piece of work in every respect, and will, I doubt not, meet with a cordial reception. The text is far better than that of any other edition, and the notes are very clear and scholarly. I know of nothing better for our use here. Cicero Pro Cluentio. With Notes by Professor AUSTIN

STICKNEY. Fourth Edition. 16mo, 156 pages, $0.80.

This edition is intended for use as a college text-book, and the notes are designed to supply the student only with such information in respect to the facts of the case and the scope of the argument, as is necessary to the proper understanding of the Oration.

Comstock's First Latin Book. Designed as a Manual of Progressive Exercises and Systematic Drill in the Elements of Latin. By D. Y. COMSTOCK, M. A., Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 12mo, cloth, 400 pages, $1.00.

John S. White, LL.D., Head-Master Berkeley School, New York City. — Comstock's Latin Book I find the best book for its purpose that I have ever used. The review of English Grammar at the beginning; the separation of the vocabularies from the exercises; judicious and progressive presentation of the various uses of the verb in the different moods; and the condensed exhibit of the grammar, - are such valuable features gathered within the covers of a text-book, that it has no rival.

Nathan Thompson, A.M., Principal Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. -It is altogether the best Latin book for beginners with which I am acquainted.

Geo. B. Turnbul, Colgate Acad., Hamilton, N. Y. I am using Comstock's First Latin Book with the Junior Class, and find it even more satisfactory than I had hoped.

Prof. E. Alexander, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. — Comstock's Latin Book is in use in our preparatory department, and is perfectly satisfactory. A better text-book is not often seen.

Prof. H. C. Missimer, High School, Erie, Pa. - It is very easy to see that Comstock's First Latin Book is the work of a thorough teacher, who has had actual experience in the class-room with the difficulties which beginners in Latin usually meet. Its classification and methods are thorough and complete; its language is clear and simple. Mr. Comstock has hit the nail on the head. He knows just what and just how much grammar is needed for good, clean work. We have had Leighton and Jones, - both good, but we like Comstock more, because it is better.

Horace. With English Notes, by the Rev. A. J. MACLEANE, M.A. Revised and edited by R. H. CHASE, A.M. Thirteenth Edition. 12mo, 580 pages, $1 30.

Chas. P. Parker, Harvard College. - Chase's Macleane's Horace I have long known and used, and have found it thoroughly satisfactory both in study and in teaching.

Prof. Herbert W. Smyth, Williams College, Mass. I am glad to express my commendation of Macleane's Horace as republished by you. I's scholarly character places it at the head of all editions used in schools, while its just discrimination in the selection of notes adds materially to its usefulness.

Prof. J. H. Chamberlin, Marietta, Ohio. I recommend Macleane's Horace to my classes. It is a most excellent edition.

Juvenal. Thirteen Satires, with Notes by MACLEANE. Revised and Edited by Professor SAMUEL HART, Trinity College, Hartford. Fifth Edition. 16mo, 262 pages, $1.10.

Prof. E. P. Crowell, Amherst College.· The work of the American editor is done with excellent judgment, and his additions to the notes will greatly increase their value for our students.

Prof. L. Coleman, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. -I am happy to say that I have in use Professor Hart's edition of Juvenal, and find it a very useful, judicious, and scholarly manual, admirably adapted to the wants of the class. Juvenal. Thirteen Satires, with Notes and Introduction by G. A. SIMCOX, M. A, Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. (Catena Classicorum.) 16mo, 225 pages, $1.20.

The charm of Mr. Sim

Prof. F. P. Nash, Hobart College, New York. cox's work lies in the very scholarly character of his notes and their freshness. They are original, and are marked by a real desire to place in the hands of the learner all that is most effective to throw light upon the author. The introduction is calculated to give the student much insight into the writings of Juvenal and their relation to his age.

Latin Selections. Being Specimens of the Latin Language

and Literature from the earliest times to the end of the Classical period. Edited by Professor EDMUND H. SMITH, Hobart College, N. Y. 12mo, 420 pages, $1.75.

I consider I shall use it

Prof. Charles Chandler, Denison University, Granville, Ohio. the Selections to be an excellent and long-needed book. more or less every term from the beginning of Freshman year. For reading at sight it is just the thing that I have wanted, and, in connection with the study of the development of Roman Literature, such a book will be highly interesting and profitable. I have always maintained that it is a flat, stale, and unprofitable task for the student to read about the productions of Latin authors, without at the same time studying the productions themselves.

Prof. J. H. Hewitt, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. — The Selections have been made with discretion, not only in that they are interesting in themselves, but in that they are such as to show the peculiarities of the thought and style of the several writers. The book cannot fail to be useful as a manual of exercises for translation at sight, and also as a text-book in connection with instruction in the history of Latin literature.

Prof. Tracy Peck, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. - The plan seems to me to be carried out with excellent judgment and taste. This work certainly gives in succinct and attractive form a clear view of Roman literature throughout its best periods

Lucretius; De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. With an Introduc

tion and Notes to Books I., III., and V., by FRANCIS W. Kelsey, M.A., Professor of Latin in Lake Forest University. 16mo, 444 pages, $1.75.

Prof. Saml. Hart, Trinity College, Hartford. — It is a most excellent edition, and, coming at a time when renewed interest is felt in the doctrines and writings of Lucretius, its publication meets a real want.

Prof. C. J. Harris, Washington and Lee University, Va.- It is an admirable edition, and will be thoroughly helpful in the difficult work of developing the school-boy into the scholar. The editor has caught much of the enthusiasm of his author, and the wide and varied reading which he has brought to bear upon his work, and his freshness and vigor of treatment, cannot but prove very stimulating to earnest and ambitious students.

Prof. L. S. Potwin, Adelbert College, Cleveland, O.—I like it much, and think it not only well annotated, but also prepared on the true theory, viz. to give the whole text, and notes on a part. This gives a chance for independent study on a portion, and practice in reading at sight.

Persius. The Satires; with Notes, based on those of Macleane and Conington, by the Rev. SAMUEL HART, M.A., Professor in Trinity College, Hartford. 16mo, 91 pages, $0.75.

The text of this edition agrees in most places with that of Jahn. In the arguments prefixed to each satire, the editor has endeavored to give a suggestive outline of the poet's thoughts, and in the notes, to point out as clearly as possible the connection of one idea, or one part of the poem, with another.

Plautus. The Mostellaria. Edited by Professor E. P. MORRIS, Williams College, Mass. Third Edition. 16mo, 180 pages, $1.00.

Prof. J. E. Goodrich, University of Vermont. It is the best American edition of any play of Plautus.

Prof. A. G. Hopkins, Hamilton College, New York. -Your edition of the Mostellaria by Morris is elegant in appearance, and has a scholarly finish to it which no American edition of Plautus has hitherto shown. The Introduction is full and interesting; the text is a model of typographical beauty; and the notes explain to the young student all the difficulties and peculiarities of the text.

Prof. John K. Lord, Dartmouth College, N. H.—I think the notes judicious, correct, and well digested, giving the right kind of information in the right way.

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