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George Martin Lane’s Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges is a scholarly reference work assembled after the author’s death, with the author’s original drafts supplemented and edited by his colleagues. The opening pages explain that Lane had completed most of the manuscript, leaving only a few sections, most notably a chapter on versification, to be finished by his former pupil Dr. Herman W. Hayley. The revised edition, issued in 1903, incorporates additional sections, corrections, and a substantial rewrite of the phonology chapter by Professor Hanns Oertel. The book’s structure follows a rigorous, German‑inspired order, progressing from sound and formation through inflection and sentence analysis, and includes extensive tables, examples drawn directly from classical authors, and a detailed appendix on numerals and prosody.
Written in the formal academic style of late‑19th‑century American classical scholarship, the grammar combines meticulous research with a clear, systematic presentation. Its dense, example‑rich exposition will appeal to serious students of Latin, teachers seeking a comprehensive textbook, and scholars interested in the historical development of grammatical pedagogy. Those who appreciate thorough citation of classical sources and a methodical, rule‑by‑rule approach will find Lane’s work a valuable, if demanding, resource.
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[In general, italics are shown with lines, and boldface with #marks#. The # symbol occurs in its own right in the section on prosody and versification, but there should be no ambiguity. Single letters shown as #A#, #B# were printed in sans-serif type. Spaced-out text, primarily used to mark verb roots, is shown with +marks+. The plus sign occurs in a few sections, but again there should be no ambiguity.
To reduce visual clutter, boldface markings have been omitted in all tables and inset lists (printed with Latin text in bold, translation in italics). Similarly, spaced-out text is only marked when the text is not also bold.
In this e-text, the notation {o|e-} or {-o|e-}, with braces, represents the “variable vowel” described in section 825. In print it was shown as a small raised o (with or without leading hyphen) and a small lowered e-, separated by a vertical line.
The Appendix includes some fairly specialized content, notably under Numerals and Prosody. If you are dissatisfied with your device’s display, you may prefer the PDF file covering these sections.
Typographical errors are shown at end end of each numbered section. Non-trivial errors are listed again at the end of the e-text, along with notes on the first edition.]
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