Thursday, June 30, 2011
Crowell: Petronii Cena Trimalchionis
Petronii Cena Trimalchionis by Edward Payson Crowell (1901)
The book contains the latin text of the dinner, with notes in the back, along with an appendix of the uncommon words in the text (although there is not a complete vocabulary).
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Underwood: Aurelius Cornelius Celsus Books V-VIII
Aurelius Cornelius Celsus Books V-VIII by John William Underwood (1833)
This book follows the model of The Hamilton, Locke and Clark Interlinear approach, with the word order rearranged to match the English. This book, volume II, contains Celsus Books V-VIII.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tyrrell: Anthology of Latin Poetry
Anthology of Latin Poetry by Robert Yelverton Tyrrell (1901)
This is a comprehensive anthology of Latin poetry. For unusual meters, there are some accent marks to aid in the scansion. There are notes in the back, but no vocabulary.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Greenough: Extracts from Eutropius
Extracts from Eutropius by J. B. Greenough (1892)
There are excerpts from Book I, Book II, Book III, Book VI, Book VII, and Book 10. There are running notes along the bottoms of the pages, but no vocabulary in the back.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lindsay: Cornelius Nepos
Cornelius Nepos by Thomas Bond Lindsay (1885)
The book contains the Latin text (appx. 120 pages), with notes and vocabulary, along with a special historical and geographical index.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Kuhner: Elementary Grammar of the Latin Language
Kuhner's Elementary Grammar of the Latin Language, translated by J. T. Champlin (1845)
This Latin textbook contains Latin reading lessons beginning on p. 299, with vocabulary in the back. The selections include fables, dialogues, remarkable sayings, and historical narratives.
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Peck & Arrowsmith: Roman Life in Latin Prose and Verse
Roman Life in Latin Prose and Verse by Harry Thurston Peck and Robert Arrowsmith (1894)
This is intended as a sight-reading book for high school and college classes, providing a concise history of Latin literature. The book is basically in chronological order, chosen both for the quality of the writing and also to "reveal something of the life, manners, and opinions" of the age. It begins with popular songs and charms and tomb inscriptions, followed by Ennius, Plautus, and Lucretius, then Catullus and Caesar, Cicero and Vergil, then Horace, Ovid and Livy, then Petronius, Pliny the Elder and Quintilian, then Martial and Juvenal and Pliny the Younger, then Tacitus and Suetonius, and then Aulus Gellius and finally some early Christian hymns. There are notes in the back, but not vocabulary.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Marchant & Spencer: Bell's Latin Course II
Bell's Latin Course: Part II by Edgar Cardew Marchant and J. G. Spencer (1901)
As in the previous volume of this textbook, each lesson contains readings, along with plentiful illustrations. Macrons are marked here only for very ambiguous forms.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hart & Osborn: The Works of P. Virgilius Maro
The Works of P. Virgilius Maro by Levi Hart and V.R. Osborn (1882)
This book follows the model of The Hamilton, Locke and Clark Interlinear approach, with the word order rearranged to match the English. The book includes the Bucolics, Georgics and the Aeneid.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Farnell: Nepos - Greek and Roman History
Selections Illustrative of Greek and Roman History - Cornelius Nepos, by G. S. Farnell (1891)
The texts have been "edited for the use of beginners" with notes and vocabulary. There is also a helpful chronological table of both Greek and Roman history and detailed introduces to each life. There are brief selections from Miltiades, Themistocles, Pausanias, Aristides, Cimon, Alcibiades, Lysander, Thrasybulus, Agesilaus, Conon, Iphicrates, Pelopidas, Epaminondas, Timoleon, Hamilcar, Hannibal, Cato, and Atticus, with the notes and vocabulary in the back.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Potts & Darnell: Aditus Faciliores
Aditus Faciliores, an Easy Latin Construing Book by Alexander William Potts and Daniel Charles W. Darnell (1875)
The book contains stories and fables, followed by historical pieces (the Fabii, conquest of Veii, Decius), then the Roman invasion of Britain, and finally the life of Alexander the Great, with a vocabulary in the back.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Jacobs: The Self-instructing Latin Classic
The Self-instructing Latin Classic by William Jacobs (1841)
There is an overview of the Latin language, followed by a Delectus: fables from Phaedrus, the Andria of Terence, selections from Sallust (Jugurtha and Catiline), Caesar, and Cicero's speeches, epistles and essays. There is a facing-text very literal English translation for the entire Delectus.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Hamilton: Caesar's Commentaries: Gallic War I-VII
Caesar's Commentaries: Gallic War I-VII by James Hamilton (1884)
This book follows the model of The Hamilton, Locke and Clark Interlinear approach, with the word order rearranged to match the English. The book includes the Gallic War, Books I-VII.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Gildersleeve: Caesaris De Bello Gallico Liber V
C. Iulii Caesaris De Bello Gallico Liber Quintus: by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1893)
The book contains a syntactical commentary and notes at the bottom of each page, with additional notes and vocabulary in the back.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Marchant & Spencer: Bell's Latin Course I
Bell's Latin Course: Part I by Edgar Cardew Marchant and J. G. Spencer (1902)
There are some nice, simple readings in this Latin textbook, with abundant illustrations. Macrons are used only for ambiguous words.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Taylor: Stories from Ovid in Hexameter Verse
Stories from Ovid in Hexameter Verse by R. W. Taylor (1885)
The book contains 20 selections from Ovid, followed by notes in the back. The selections are: Pyramus and Thisbe, Baucis and Philemon, Atalanta, Apollo, Dragon's Teeth, Andromeda, Spider's Web, Latona, Proserpine, Acis and Galatea, Deianira, Death of Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice, Death of Orpheus, Midas, Golden Fleece, Cephalus and Procris, Tuscan Mariners, Juno's Revenge, and the Calydonian Hunt.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Rolfe: Heauton Timorumenos
Heauton Timorumenos by John Carew Rolfe (1891)
The book contains the Latin text with stage directions in English along with an English summary of each scene. There are some marks to help with scansion. There is an appendix listing the meters line by line.
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Welch & Duffield: Eutropius Adapted for the Use of Beginners
Eutropius Adapted for the Use of Beginners by W. Welch and C.G. Duffield (1883)
The books contains notes and vocabulary. The Latin text (appx. 30 pages) is heavily abridged, as the editors explain: "Most, if not all, of the difficult passages and unusual constructions have been either omitted or altered." Although the vocabulary is in the back, it is arranged chapter by chapter.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Caldecott: Eutropius, Books I and II
Eutropius, Books I and II by Watson Caldecott (1893)
This book contains Books I and II of Eutropius (appx. 17 pages of Latin text) with notes and vocabulary, along with maps.
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Jerram: Reddenda Minora or, Easy Passages for Unseen Translation
Reddenda Minora or, Easy Passages for Unseen Translation by Charles Stanger Jerram (1883)
The text contains both Latin and Greek passages for sight reading. Each section is divided into three parts. The first two parts consist of single sentences; the third part consists of 70 brief passages of increasing length;
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Jacobs & Doring: The Latin Reader: Volume 2
The Latin Reader: Volume 2 by Friedrich Jacobs and Frederic William Doring, edited by George Bancroft (1828)
The books contains fables from Phaedrus, followed by short narrations (adapted from Cicero and Livy), and then Outlines of the History of the World (selected from Justin and Nepos), beginning with the kings of the Medes and the Persian, the history of Athens, the Macedonian Empire, the Parthians, Sicily and Spain. There is no vocabulary.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Ahn: Short Latin Course
Ahn's Short Latin Course by Franz Ahn (1883)
This is a basic Latin textbook which contains reading passages: 50 fabulae et narratiunculae, with vocabulary. There are a few long marks and short marks to assist but macrons are not marked consistently throughout.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Stoddart: The New Delectus;
The New Delectus; or, Easy Steps to Latin Construing by George Henry Stoddart (1848)
There is a basic overview of Latin, followed by readings: fables, poetical extracts, anecdotes from Greek history, and anecdotes from Roman history, along with a vocabulary in the back. It even includes an abridged version of Canum Cum Catis Certamen!
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Collar: Seventh Book of Vergil's Aeneid
The Seventh Book of Vergil's Aeneid by William Coe Collar (1893)
The book contains a facing text translation with the Latin and then vocabulary in the back. The introduction contains a summary of the Aeneid Books I-VII. There is also a "word-groups" presentation of the vocabulary by word roots.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Moore & Morris: Horace - Odes and Epodes, Satires and Epistles
Horace: Odes and Epodes, Satires and Epistles by C.H. Moore and E.P. Morris (1902)
The book has the Latin text along with introduction and notes along the bottoms of the pages.
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Morgan: Selections from Latin Poets
Selections from Latin Poets by Morris Hicky Morgan, et al. (1897)
This is a book used by Harvard freshmen, with the different chapters written by different members of the Harvard faculty. The poetry is appx. 75 pages, with notes in the back. There is no vocabulary, except for words glossed in the notes.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Post: Latin at Sight
Latin at Sight by Edwin Post (1895)
The book contains stories and selections from a wide range of authors, divided into 182 passages, with the sources indicated.
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Smith: Fifty Selections from Valerius Maximus
Fifty Selections from Valerius Maximus by Charles Sidney Smith (1895)
The books contains notes along the bottoms of the pages but no vocabulary.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Greenough: Phormio of Terence
Phormio of Terence by James Bradstreet Greenough (1894)
The text contains Terence's Phormio with a facing text English prose translation, with some scansion marks to help in reading the meter.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Stephenson: Selected Epigrams of Martial
Selected Epigrams of Martial by H. M. Stephenson (1903)
The book contains notes for the epigrams in the back of the book, but there is no vocabulary, except for words glossed in the notes.
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