Excerpt from Gradatim: An Easy Latin Translation Book For BeginnersMost practical teachers, who have abandoned the old Delectus system on account of its dulness, must feel that unless they are prepared to devote an unreasonably long period to Grammar before beginning Translation at all, their pupils have to face difficulties of Accidence and Syntax for which they are quite unprepared. On the other hand, no boy believes he is learning a language until he has begun Translation, and ex perience has shown, that though he has learned Latin for only a few days, he may attempt Translation with success, if it is specially prepared for him. In the early part of this book an attempt has been made to string together easy sentences so as to form connected stories, and at the same time to introduce gradually, and after due explanation, such grammatical points as are best adapted for beginners.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.