A Latin Prose Primer (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Latin Prose Primer This Primer is designed for the use of beginners, being introductory to Easy Passages for Translation into Latin a complete Latin version of which has been published for the use of teachers. The plan adopted is to start from the simplest form of sentence, and proceed gradually to continuous narrative. The first part contains ten preliminary exercises. These consist of short detached sentences, in which by the use of a limited number of words, a central idea is dwelt upon, turned about, and presented in many different aspects. The object is to make the pupil familiar with the Latin in?ections, and to give him practice in the various forms of syntax, direct and indirect statement, interrogation, warning, command, etc., before venturing upon a connected narrative.