Latin Lessons for Beginners (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Latin Lessons for Beginners This book is the result of a revision of the Primary Latin Book which was published in 1892. The experience of the intervening years and, in part, the changed conditions in our schools, have led to a revision so thorough as bo produce an altogether new book. Yet in some important respects the point of view of the earlier work has been retained. It is recognized throughout that the primary object of an introductory Latin book is to prepare pupils for the reading of Latin, that the acquiring of a vocabulary, the mastery of accidence and syntax, are to be regarded as means to that end, and, finally, that the only way to learn how to read Latin is by much practice in reading Latin. The temptation to dwell upon what is not essential for beginners, merely for the sake of completeness, has constantly to be resisted, and in an introductory Latin book merely to know what to omit is itself a great merit, if a negative one. The improvements made in the order of the lessons do not involve any material change in principle. Most introductory Latin books published in the last two decades follow a plan which some theorists have criticized as disjointed and lacking in continuity. It is claimed that the unsystematic and piecemeal presentation of forms and syntax, which to day directs attention to the verb, to-morrow to the noun, and the day after to some rule of syntax, is a violation of the laws of psychology and of pedagogy. Surely, however, there is no psychological necessity for our learning a language in the same order which reflective analysis and systematized grammar present it, no law of the mind bids us learn all our nouns before we venture upon the verb, or prescribes that, after becoming acquainted with one pronoun, we shall forthwith master all the rest. On the other hand, experience, to which the final appeal must be made, has shown that there is a distinct gain when topics are varied according to a well considered plan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.