Excerpt from Praxis Primaria: Progressive Exercises in the Writing of Latin, With Introductory Notes on Syntax and Idiomatic Differences and an Appendix on Latin Style The following Manual, prepared originally for some pupils of my own, is intended to succeed those easy exercises in Accidence and Syntax, which now usually accompany the first learning of the Latin Grammar, and to lead the student on to the point, where, the essential matters of grammatical construction and idiom having been thoroughly mastered, he begins to aim more definitely at the higher refinements of elegance and style. Its distinctive features, as compared with other books of a similar kind already in use, are chiefly these - lst, It is more compendious, and so adapted to a less protracted course of study than that which they contemplate; and 2d, it proceeds more speedily to the translation of continuous pas sages, an exercise which will be found to awaken in the pupil a much more lively interest and intellectual effort than the comparatively mechanical task of rendering accord ing to rule detached and unconnected sentences. It is divided into three parts - the first elementary, con sisting of exercises on the common Rules of Syntax; the second more advanced, having reference to those more di 1cult and more critical points of construction, which are but little touched on in most school Grammars; the third consisting of longer Exercises, for continuous composition. In the case of those whose early grounding has been accurate and thorough, the first part may be passed over, or used only as a Praxis for revision, and the more advanced exercises entered on at once. 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.