Excerpt from Familiar Talks on Language: A Special Work on Practical and Theoretical Grammar, Carefully Adapted to a Shorter Course of Private Study The familiar style, as well as the numerous ques tions and exercises, cannot fail to make this book especially valuable for private study. Those who use the work will find it eminently practical, especially in the department of punctuation. The models for the analysis of sentences are so constructed that the pupil is obliged to explain the punctuation of every sentence he analyzes. In this way, he is made familiar with the punctuation of all kinds of sentences that are given in the grammar, and learns to base his pointing of a sentence upon the grammatical con struction, and upon the logical relation of thoughts. Such a course of education is not only profitable in its practical results, but it also affords a discipline of' mind that is of inestimable value. Insignificant as it may appear this little book embraces a thorough treatment of all the topics found in the author's larger work; the diminished size being secured by using small type, condensing the matter, and employing fewer illustrations and examples. 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.