A COMPLETE LATIN COURSE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, COMPRISING AN OUTLINE OF LATIN GRAMMAR, AND A SERIES OF AT SIGHT. BY ALBERT HARKNESS, PH.D., LL.D, PROFESSOR IN BROWN UNIVERSITY. REVISED EDITION. NEW YORK .:. CINCINNATI .:. CHICAGO EducT 918.90.446 Harvard University, TRANSFERRED TO HARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY June 12,1929 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. HARK. 1ST YR. LAT. Printed by D. Appleton & Company New York, U. S. H. PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION. In this edition, the Latin Course for the First Year has been thoroughly revised and in part rewritten. In its present form it aims to introduce the beginner to the Latin language as a means of expressing thought, and not as a mere system of grammatical forms and rules, to make his first lessons as simple and attractive as possible, and then to conduct him by easy stages to such a practical and working knowledge of the language as will enable him to read Caesar or Vergil with some little facility and with some degree of pleasure. The following are a few of the leading features of the revised edition. 1. The beginner is introduced, at the outset, to complete Latin sentences, and is informed how he may best ascertain their meaning. 2. He learns no arbitrary rules. He is allowed to see the various Latin usages exemplified in the language itself, and is thus prepared to recognize in each rule of syntax, to which his attention is called, only a simple statement of the facts in the case. iii |