Thursday, March 31, 2011
Kühner: Elementar Grammatik der Lateinischen Sprache
Elementar Grammatik der Lateinischen Sprache by Raphael Kühner (1876)
The readings begin on p. 254 with Fables, followed by Colloquia, Anecdotes, and Historical Narratives. There is also an English edition of Kuhner available at GoogleBooks now, too.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Thomas: First Latin Translation Book
First Latin Translation Book by A. H. Thomas (1902)
This is a wonderful little book that starts out with extremely easy readings and builds up to more difficult passages, with all kinds of fun stories, with ancient stories but also modern folktales and fairy tales like the Brave Little Tailor and The Forty Thieves. There are also extended passages about Theseus and about Gaius Marius. There are explanatory notes and a comprehensive vocabulary.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Miller-Beeson: Second Latin Book
Second Latin Book by Frank Justus Miller and Charles Beeson (1902)
This reader contains the following parts: Aesop's Fables, Roman Traditions and History (The Kings and The Republic), followed by the Life of Julius Caesar, and then excerpts from Caesar's Gallic War and then some stories from Ovid. The readings contain detailed notes at the bottom of each page, a grammatical appendix and a comprehensive vocabulary in the back. The text is marked with macrons.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Bullions: First Part of Jacobs' Latin Reader
The First Part of Jacobs' Latin Reader, edited by Peter Bullions (1860)
The readings begin on p. 80, and it is the standard Jacobs content: fables, mythology, anecdotes of eminent persons, Roman history, Geography and Nations of Antiquity, with a comprehensive dictionary. There is also a Latin Reader by Bullions with the materials from Jacobs.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Schulz: Tirocinium
Tirocinium by Otto Schulz (1859)
The extended reading selections begin with fables on p. 47, with dialogues on p. 49, anecdotes on p. 56, along with a general vocabulary in the back.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Spencer: Scalae Primae
Scalae Primae by J. G. Spencer (1908)
This is a delightful book with all sorts of mythological and historical stories, with all kinds of fables and folklore. There are notes at the back of the book and a comprehensive vocabulary.
See the ANECDOTA blog for the readings from this book digitized and illustrated.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Bennett: Easy Latin Stories for Beginners
Easy Latin Stories for Beginners by George Lovett Bennett (1907)
This book consists of 100 pages of Latin reading, followed by notes and a vocabulary. The readings are a mixture of mythology, history, celebrity anecdotes, etc. There are some individual items, and also some passages that run to several pages which are broken up into smaller sub-sections.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Allen-Greenough: A Manual of Instruction in Latin
A Manual of Instruction in Latin by Joseph Henry Allen and James Bradstreet Greenough (1881)
The readings begin on p. 139 with fables, then dialogues, anecdotes, the Kings of Rome, the war with Porsena, and then some stories from Pliny and Cicero. There are notes and a comprehensive vocabulary in the back.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Perkins: Beginning Latin Book
Beginning Latin Book by Albert Sanborn Perkins (1918)
The readings start on p. 215 and run through p. 245 - including Robinson Crusoe, starting on p. 226! The text is marked with macrons.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Ritchie: Fabulae Faciles
Fabulae Faciles by Frank Ritchie (1903)
This edition of the Fabulae Faciles - Perseus, Hercules, Jason and Ulysses - contains notes and a vocabulary by John Copeland Kirtland. This edition also features macrons. Here's the famous painting of Perseus by Piero di Cosimo:
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Smith: Principia Latina
Principia Latina II by William Smith (1861)
The reading begins with fables, followed by anecdotes of famous persons, mythological narratives, and then a geography, and finally Roman history. This is a very clear and simple presentation of Jacobs, with the notes nicely done in two columns and a comprehensive vocabulary in the back. There is also a timeline of Roman history starting on p. 162.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Dana: Liber Primus
Liber Primus by Joseph Dana (1833)
The second part of this book is where the readings begin, with Historiae Sacrae starting on p. 26, with Aesop's Fables starting on p. 67. In addition, at the end of the book starting on p. 110 there are some Colloquies by Erasmus edited by Charles Dillaway. In the back of the book is a comprehensive vocabulary.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Tuell-Fowler: Beginner's Book in Latin
A Beginner's Book in Latin by Hiram Tuell and Harold North Fowler (1900)
The reading lessons begin on p. 199 with fables, followed by mythological tales, and then the story of Leonidas and of Pyrrhus. The text is marked with macrons.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Gallup: A Latin Reader
A Latin Reader by Frank A. Gallup (1913)
The readings here start with fables, followed by what Gallup calls short stories, then tales of early Rome, along with some hymns and psalms. The book has illustrations, long marks, and notes along the bottom of each page. These are not the usual readings from Jacobs!
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Hart: Epitome of Greek & Roman Mythology
Epitome of Greek and Roman Mythology by John Seely Hart (1853)
What an amazing resource! This is an edition of a text previously used in French schools (which you can also find at GoogleBooks: Epitome de Diis et Heroibus). In this edition, the vowels are marked (great for those of you who like macrons!). The first part of the book covers the gods, and the second part covers the heroes - appx. 75 pages of Latin, with a vocabulary in the back. Excellent stuff!
See the ANECDOTA blog for the readings from this book digitized and illustrated.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Morris: Latin Reading-Book
A Latin Reading-Book by Charles D'Urban Morris (1873)
The readings begin on p. 23 with fables, Roman history from Romulus to Augustus beginning on p. 29, with a Timeline of Roman History on p. 139, followed by a general vocabulary. The text is marked with macrons.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Smith-Drisler: Principia Latina - Prose
Principia Latina: A First Latin Reading Book - Prose by William Smith and Henry Drisler (1881)
This reader contains an epitome of Caesar's Gallic Wars as well as L'Homond's De Viris Illustribus, with detailed notes.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Smith: Principia Latina - Poetry
Principia Latina - Poetry by William Smith (1864)
This book provides an overview of hexameter and elegiac versification, followed by selections from Ovid, and various kinds of exercises in prosody.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Stephenson: Easy Latin Reading Book
Easy Latin Reading Book by H. M. Stephenson (1872)
This book contains passages from Cicero, Livy, Pomponius Mela, and other prose authors, with grammar notes in the back. The passages are carefully chosen, although they are probably too long for me to use in the Anecdota project.
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Tomlinson: Selections from Latin Authors
Selections from Latin Authors for Sight-Reading by Everett Titsworth Tomlinson (1886)
Contains selections from Caesar's Civil War, the Vulgate, Curtius, Cicero's Letters, the Aeneid, and then anecdotes from various authors which are oddly uncredited. Most of these short passages are in prose, with a few in verse, and they run to over 100 pages, or about half of the book's total length.
See the ANECDOTA blog for the readings from this book digitized and illustrated.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Heatley-Kingdon-Coe: New Gradatim
New Gradatim by Henry Richard Heatley, Herbert Napier Kingdon, and William Coe Collar (1900)
This story omits some of the stories from the original edition of the Gradatim, and adds the story of Jason and the story of Ulysses from Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles. There are macrons in this edition.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Franklin-Greene: Selections from Latin Prose Authors for Sight Reading
Selections from Latin Prose Authors for Sight Reading by Susan Braley Franklin and Ella Catherine Greene (1903)
There are selections from Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Sallust, Paterculus and Pliny.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Ogilby: Jacobs and Doring - Second Part
Second Part of Jacobs and Doring's Latin Reader by John Ogilby (1830)
The book contains historical passages on the kings of the eastern lands, Greek history, and other historical topics, followed by passages from Cicero, and a final set of historical anecdotes.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Kennedy: Palaestra Latina
Palaestra Latina; or, A Second Latin Reading-Book by B.H. Kennedy (1850)
This contains passages from Ovid, Horace, and other poets, followed by selections from De Viris Illustribus Urbis Romae, and then additional poetry.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Sanford: Second Latin Book for Junior High Schools
A Second Latin Book for Junior High Schools by Frederick Warren Sanford (1920)
This book contains Perseus, Hercules, and Jason (from Ritchie), followed by a Roman history from Aeneas until the end of the Republic. There then follow passages from Caesar's Gallic War. It does contain macrons, but no vocabulary lists.
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Fowle-Whitaker: Selections from the Best Latin Authors
Selections from the Best Latin Authors by E. Fowle and W.E. Whitaker (1881)
There are selections from Eutropius, Nepos, Caesar, Sallust, Cicero, Livy, Tacitus, followed by verse selections from Catullus, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Phaedrus.
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Morgan: Selections from Latin Poets
Selections from Latin Poets by Morris H. Morgan (1897)
This contains passages from Ennius, Catullus, Tibullus, Horace, Ovid, Phaedrus, Seneca, and Martial, followed by detailed notes and commentary.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Beeson-Scott: New Second Latin Book
A New Second Latin Book by Charles Henry Beeson and Harry Fletcher Scott (1916)
This is a revision of the Second Latin Book by Frank Justus Miller and Charles Henry Beeson. Some materials from that book have been removed, and selections From Caesar's Gallic War plus four lives from Nepos (Aristides, Hamilcar, Hannibal, and Cato). The resulting book is in four parts: Eutropius and Viri Romae, Caesar, Nepos, and then Ovid's Metamorphoses. The text is marked with macrons.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
White: Progressive Latin Reader
The Progressive Latin Reader by John T. White (1861)
The books contains passages from Phaedrus, Ovid's Metamorphoses and Fasti, Caesar's Gallic War, Gellius (Androclus), Cicero, Justin, Quintus Curtius, Florus, Livy, Sallust, Vergil, Horace and Pliny the Younger.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Bryce: Second Latin Reader
Second Latin Reader by A. H. Bryce (1863)
This book contains excerpts from Nepos, Caesar and Ovid (Metamorphoses and Fasti), together with notes and vocabulary.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Hardy: A Latin Reader
A Latin Reader for the Lower Forms in Schools by H.J. Hardy (1889)
This book contains Latin stories, some from Aesop but other kinds of anecdotes, too. There are historical stories as well as mythological tales. In addition to the prose tales, there are also some bits of verse and a few little plays, too!
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