Leigh: The Comic Latin Grammar

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The Comic Latin Grammar by Percival Leigh (1840)

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As the full title explains, this is "a new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue." This is a charming little book; to give you a sense of its style, here is how it describes the parts of speech: "The reason, says the fool in King Lear, why the seven stars are no more than seven - is a pretty reason - because they are not eigh. This is a fool's reason; but we (like many other commentators) cannot give a better one, why the Parts of Speech are no more than either - because they are not nine. They are as follows: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Participle, declined; Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection, undeclined. Most schoolboys would like to decline them altogether." Ha!



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Martin: Birds of the Latin Poets

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The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)

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This is a marvelous book, organized bird by bird, with citations from the Latin poets, major and minor alike!



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Sandys: History of Classical Scholarship - 2

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A History of Classical Scholarship: Volume 2 by Sir John Edwin Sandys (1908)

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This is volume 2 of Sandys's monumental work, beginning with the revival of learning in Italy, with Petrarch and Boccaccio, and continuing on through the eighteenth century.



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Sandys: History of Classical Scholarship - 1

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A History of Classical Scholarship: Volume 1 by Sir John Edwin Sandys (1903)

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This is volume 1, ranging from the sixth century B.C.E up to the end of the Middle Ages in the early 14th century.



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Allen & Greenough: New Latin Grammar

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New Latin Grammar by Joseph Henry Allen and James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)

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When I took my first Latin class back in 1983, one of the books we were required to buy was Allen & Greenough's Latin grammar and my first Latin teacher would carefully write the Allen & Greenough reference number for every topic we covered. I'll confess that I found the book very intimidating back then, but very useful nowadays - all the more so since it is available for free at GoogleBooks for everyone to use!



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