Excerpt from The Tenth And Twelfth Books Of The Institutions Of Quintilian: With Explanatory Notes And References Adapted To Harkness's Revised Standard GrammarWE learn from Professor Bonnell, in the his second edition of the tenth book of the Institu tions, that Quintilian has been of late years extensive ly introduced into the German schools. The occasion of the increased attention given to this great master both of Latinity and of the rhetorical art is the admire ble fitness of his work to impart instruction at once by precept and example. While no writer afier Cicero presents a more perfect model of purity and elegance, no author, not even Cicero himself, teaches in a manner so clear, so methodical, and so practical, the principles of composition and oratory. The study of Quintilian, therefore, a¿'ords a rare opportunity of com bining what is more immediately, with wh at is more remote] y, useful, of getting knowledge which has a direct bearing on professional life, and of attaining a higher scholarship in the Latin language.In the Wa, at least in many of them, this study has found a place in the first or highest classes(the the members of which, so far as rel-atee to classical studies, are in a position correspond ing very nearly to that of the Seniors, or J uniors, in our best universities and colleges.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.