CHASE & STUART'S CLASSICAL SERIES. CAII JULII CAESARIS COMMENTARII DE BELLO GALLICO. With Explanatory Notes and a Lexicon. BY GEORGE STUART, A.M., PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE IN THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF REVISED EDITION. C PHILADELPHIA: ELDREDGE & BROTHER, No. 17 North Seventh Street. E.L.. 4. CHASE & STUART'S CLASSICAL SERIES -COMPRISES 347208 A FIRST LATIN BOOK, A LATIN GRAMMAR, A LATIN READER, NS And Editions of all the Latin Authors usually read in Schools and Colleges. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. REVISED EDITION. Copyright, 1882. J. FAGAN & SON, Hon. Joseph H. Choate, MOY M 1906: THE HE text of the Commentaries here presented is chiefly that of Kraner, in the Tauchnitz edition. In a few instances, however, the reading of Oehler or Nipperdey seemed preferable, and was accordingly adopted. This portion of the work received, as it merited, not the least amount of care and attention, and it is hoped that whatever improvements have been introduced into the text by the learning and research of the ablest scholars of Germany, will be found in the present edition. The Notes have been prepared with a very simple view to give the willing and industrious student that kind of assistance which is really necessary to render his study profitable, and that amount which the nature of the study fully entitles him to expect; to remove difficulties greater than his strength; and to give him directly, or refer him to the sources of such information as is requisite to a thorough understanding of the author. In particular the subjunctive mood, and the infinitive with a subject accusative-constructions which practical teachers find most fertile in difficulties to the young student-have received a due share of attention. With the explanations of those subjects and the grammatical references given in the Notes, it is believed that as much has been done in the way of elucidation as can be ventured with safety to the student's habits of self-reliance or substantial progress in study. The references are to the grammars of Chase, Harkness, Allen and Greenough, and Gildersleeve; with occasional references to Madvig and Zumpt. The great favor with which the earlier editions of the work were received, induced the editor to endeavor to make it still more acceptable. The Notes were accordingly entirely rewritten, and such alterations and improvements introduced as were suggested either by able teachers, or the editor's enlarged experience. The edition now offered (1883) has been thoroughly revised. The definitions have been made as few and concise as was consistent with clearness. A multitude of definitions, which an experienced translator might find serviceable, is apt to bewilder and perplex young students. The quantity of all syllables, not obvious by position, and not that of the penult merely, has been indicated in the usual way. The Personal and Geographical indexes will be found to contain sufficient information on the subjects of which they treat. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE STUART. PHILADELPHIA, January 1st, 1883. |
