INTRODUCTORY GRAMMAR OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE. BY LEONHARD SCHMITZ, LL.D., LATE CLASSICAL EXAMINER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, ETC. LONDON AND GLASGOW: WM. COLLINS, SONS, & COMPANY, LIMITED. PREFACE. THE present Grammar, though essentially an abridgement of the larger work published in Messrs. Collins' School Series, has in some parts been modified, and even extended, where the interest of the beginner seemed to require it. The principles followed in the former work have been strictly adhered to in the present, which will be found to contain all the information about the Latin language that a student can be expected to possess when he enters upon the study of an easy Latin author. The chief object has been to present to the young student only the leading facts of the language, as seen in the best authors, in a precise and intelligible form, without any discussion about varieties of forms and expressions occurring in the early and late, or non-classical authors. It has been thought advisable in this Introductory Grammar, as well as in the larger work, not to alter the traditional nomenclature and arrangement, for correct scientific information can be given without introducing changes which often confuse rather than enlighten the young student. Mr. G. F. H. Sykes' Introductory Exercises in Latin Composition may be used as a very suitable companion to the present Grammar. L. S. LONDON, February, 1880. |