Monday, February 28, 2011
Bennett: Second Latin Reading Book
Second Latin Reading Book by George Lovett Bennett (1882)
The first part contains the history of Rome to the end of the Republic, followed by the history of Greece to the Macedonian supremacy, and then a history of Alexander the Great.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Moore: Porta Latina
Porta Latina by Frank Gardner Moore (1915)
This book contains 50 fables adapted from La Fontaine into Latin prose, with notes in the back. Moore also includes a raised dot to indicate the phrasing of the Latin passages. The text is marked with macrons.
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Chickering: First Latin Reader
First Latin Reader by Edward Conner Chickering (1917)
The book begins with a "prolusio" of extremely easy to read Latin. There then follow the fabulae from Roman history, beginning with Aeneas and carrying on up to the end of the republic. There are also some passages from literary authors at the very end of the book, along with some songs in Latin, which is to say, some Latin poems set to music. There is a grammatical appendix in the back of the book along with an analytical dictionary in the back, showing Latin roots and word formation. The text is marked with macrons.
See the ANECDOTA blog for the readings from this book digitized and illustrated.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Heatley-Kingdom: Gradatim (1881)
Gradatim: An Easy Latin Translation Book by H. R. Heatley and H. N. Kingdom (1881)
This 1881 edition of the Gradatim contains 135 pages, of which appx. 100 are Latin readings, with stories numbered from 1 to 150, and grammar commentaries interspersed.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Smart: New Gradatim
New Gradatim by Melville Clarence Smart (1901)
This edition contains macrons, but with a more limited selection of stories from the previous editions of the Gradatim, although the story of Ulysses from Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles has been added at the end.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Heatley-Kingdon: Gradatim (1896)
Gradatim by Henry Richard Heatley and Herbert Napier Kingdom (1896)
This 1896 edition of the Gradatim contains additional material from the Jason and the Ulysses portions of Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles. The text is marked with macrons.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Janes: Second Year Latin for Sight Reading
Second Year Latin for Sight Reading: Selections from Caesar and Nepos by Arthur Janes (1911)
The Caesar selections come from both the Gallic War and the Civil War. From Nepos, there are selections from Miltiades, Themistocles, Cimon, Epaminondas, Hannibal and Cato. There are vocabulary notes accompanying the readings. The text is marked with macrons.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Harkness: New Latin Reader
A New Latin Reader by Albert Harkness (1881)
The reading passages here cover Fables (p. 41), Anecdotes (p. 45), Roman History till the end of the Republic (p. 52) followed by Greek History (p. 80), with notes and a comprehensive vocabulary in the back. The text is marked with macrons.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Bennett: Easy Graduated Latin Passages
Easy Graduated Latin Passages by George Lovett Bennett (1883)
Bennett explains that he has taken the passages from exam papers at various schools. There are single sentences, followed by brief anecdotes, followed by longer passages on historical and mythological topics, followed by some verse selections.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Walker: New Latin Reader
The New Latin Reader by Sidney Charles Walker (1835)
The book contains simple stories adapted from the Bible, followed by brief classical biographies. After the reading passages, there is a "key" which consists of the reading passages with an interlinear English translation.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Nutting: First Latin Reader
A First Latin Reader by Herbert Chester Nutting (1912)
This contains episodes from early American history! There then follow "Tales from Land and Sea," with a final set of readings adapted from Caesar. The text is marked with macrons.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Healey and Kingdon: Excerpta Facilia
Excerpta Facilia, a Second Latin Translation Book by H.R Heatley and H.N. Kingdon (1883)
Heatley and Kingdon are the authors of the Gradatim Reader, which you might be familiar with - I'll post about that next time, in case that book is new to anyone reading this blog. This is a second book with more extensive readings: a series of Anecdotes (60 selections in 33 pages); Scenes from the Civil War (appx. 12 pages), Lives of Miltiades, Themistocles, Pausanias, Alcibiades and Epaminondas (appx. 25 pages); The Battle of Arbela (13 pages), and Selections from Ovid (16 pages). There are then grammar notes, and also a complete vocabulary at the end.
See the ANECDOTA blog for the readings from this book digitized and illustrated.
The Battle of Arbela
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Fowle: First Easy Latin Reading Book - Roman History
First Easy Latin Reading Book - Roman History, by Edmund Fowle (1877)
This is the third part of Fowle's "First Easy Latin Reading Book," following the Aesop's Fables and the Anecdotes which I posted about earlier. Although it is entitled "Roman History," it might be better titled "Roman Mythology." Fowle quickly describes Saturn, and then Aeneas and Ascanius, followed by a detailed account of Romulus and Remus. As with the other two parts of this Reader series, the Latin texts are presented on their own, followed by a presentation with notes, as well as specialized vocabulary lists for each reading plus a general vocabulary.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Fowle: First East Latin Reading Book - Anecdotes
First Eas Latin Reading Book - Anecdotes, by Edmund Fowle (1877)
Earlier I listed Part 1 of Fowle's First Easy Latin Reading Book, consisting of Aesop's fables. This is Part II - Anecdotes. You will find little stories here about Aristippus, Leonideas, Simonides, Pindar, Sophocles, Xerxes, Epaminondas, Philip of Macedonia, Pyrrhus, Alexander, Dionysius, Mausolus, Sulpicius Gallus, Euripides, Arbricius, Lucius Mummius, and Marcus Cato. As in his Aesop book, Fowle presents the texts of all the anecdotes, then the text of the anecdotes with notes, along with individual vocabulary lists for each anecdote; see screenshot below.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Fowle: First Easy Latin Reading Book - Aesop's Fables
First Easy Latin Reading Book: Aesop's Fables by Edmund Fowle (1877).
This is an edition of Aesop's fables for beginning readers; there are 20 fables. Fowle first presents the fables without any notes, then it presents them with notes (see screenshot below), followed by detailed vocabulary lists, specifically for each fable. There is then a cumulative vocabulary list for all the fables together. You can open two copies of the book at once in your browser; open the fable text with notes in one window, and then open the vocabulary list for that fable in another window, so you have access to both at once.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Fowle: Second Easy Latin Reading Book
Second Easy Latin Reading Book by Edmund Fowle (1873)
This includes selections from Caesar, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Heroides (!) with lots of notes and vocabulary. Below is a screenshot of a typical page:
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Pike: Short Stories of Apuleius
The Short Stories of Apuleius by Joseph B. Pike (1918).
Thanks to a posting at one of the Latin listserves today, I learned about this book, previously unknown to me! The Latin text runs to appx. 100 pages, covering these stories:
- Tale Of Aristomenes, the Commercial Traveler
- Diophanes The Chaldean
- Telyphron's Tale of the Witches
- The Robber's Tale
- The Tragedy Of Tlepolemus and Charite
- Eaten Alive
- The Lost Slippers
- The Fuller's Wife
- The Three Brothers
- The Enamored Stepmother
- The Jealous Wife
- The Tale of the Tub
- Cupid and Psyche
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
D'Ooge: Colloquia Latina
Colloquia Latina by Benjamin D'Oooge (1888)
You can see a list of the titles of these colloquia on p. 3. There are "real life" dialogues, such as Pater et Filius, Magister et Discipulus, Duo Cives Americani, etc., but also lots of mythological dialogues, such Charon et Hercules, Cyclops et Ulixes, etc.
Here is beginning of the Cyclops and Ulysses dialogue - I have not typed the macrons here, but the D'Ooge text does have macrons.
C. Heus, aliene! Quis tandem tu es? Unde venisti? Utrum mercator es an pirata?
U. Minime pirata, domine, sed heros Graecus, Troia cum sociis meis domum navigo.
C. Ubi igitur navem tuam reliquisti?
U. Heu, heu! nullam navem habemus; nam tanta tempestas, dum ad hanc insulam navigamus, coorta est ut nos, nave fracta, soli superessemus. (read more)
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Allen & Allen: Latin Reader
A Latin Reader by William Francis Allen and Joseph Henry Allen (1869)
The book contains selections from Phaedrus, Caesar, Curtius, Nepos, Sallust, Ovid, Virgil, Plautus, Terence, Cicero, Pliny, and Tacitus, with notes on the reading and vocabulary in the back. The verse fables of Phaedrus have some accent marks to help in the reading of the iambic meter. There is a helpful list of important dates in Roman history. There is appx. 200 pages of Latin reading, but unfortunately no table of contents listing the passages from each author.
It is Joseph Allen who is the "Allen" of Allen & Greenough's Latin grammar, but William Allen was a scholar in his own right, too.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Bruns: Latin Reader
Latin Reader by Henry Bruns (1876)
This book provides a basic Latin grammar, followed by Latin readings which begin on p. 73. Bruns begins with the story of Joseph, then some fables of Aesop, some mythological stories, and then a survey of Roman history. The reading selections number about 70 pages and are then followed by notes. There are a few illustrations as well, such as this scene showing the assassination of Julius Caesar. The reading states simply: Ergo Caesar, quum in curiam venisset, viginti tribus vulneribus confossus est.
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