A Latin Grammar For Schools And Colleges

A Latin standard for schools and colleges. Master Latin without the fuss. George Martin Lane‘s A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges is a compact, rigorous handbook: a Latin grammar textbook and academic Latin reference built around clarity and orderly explanation. It sets out paradigms for declensions and Latin verb conjugations with straightforward labels, offers a reliable Latin declensions guide and careful notes on Latin syntax and usage, and keeps as its chief aim the transfer from forms to fluent reading. The voice is brisk and exact, typical of nineteenth-century education, emphasising practice as much as principle. Teachers find it immediately usable in a high school Latin curriculum; independent students appreciate its economy of expression and sharp cross-references. As a resource for classical language study, it balances technical thoroughness with accessible instruction, making it equally suited to first-year learners and those seeking an academic Latin reference for translation or composition. Beyond classroom utility, its historical value is plain: it records a pedagogical approach central to classical studies and offers classic-literature collectors and casual readers alike an authoritative, readable handbook. Curators of a Latin language collection will value it beside modern grammars; scholars of nineteenth-century education consider it an instructive snapshot of methods and expectations. Used across generations of classrooms, it helped shape the habits of disciplined translation and close textual reading that underpin classical scholarship today. Its straightforward layout rewards quick consultation, while its thoroughness suits deeper study. Whether used as a steady companion in a college Latin course, a concise supplement for the high school Latin curriculum, or simply as part of a personal classical studies resource, it stands as a comprehensive Latin grammar whose lean, disciplined voice rewards repeated consultation. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today‘s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector‘s item and a cultural treasure.