Second Latin Writer Containing Hints On Writing Latin Prose With Graduated Continuous Exercises

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Excerpt from Second Latin Writer, Containing Hints on Writing Latin Prose: With Graduated Continuous Exercises MY object in writing this book is to endeavour to teach boys who have mastered the elementary rules to write Latin Prose without cramming them with rules 'and examples. My main idea has been to insist on a care ful comparison of the English with the Latin, and to let the pupil learn by steady practice, drawing his attention to the fact that the only way to learn to write good Latin is by trying to appreciate the Latin authors he is reading. With this end in View I have given some hints on the difference between English and Latin in idiom and in style. There are in addition some notes on the commoner difficulties, with a table of differences of idiom. 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.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.