the first person sing. of all the different tenses, together with the Euphonic changes, 8. Conjugation in full of the verb TTITN, TO Pres. Imp. ៩ TUTT TUTT Aug. red. root. tense. sing. dual. plural. Perf. σέ τυπ ['] α, ας, α, ατον, αίον,αμεν, δε Struck have I, thou, he, ye two, they two, we, &c. 163 9. Second conjugation, or verbs in MI, 11. Analysis entire, of MATOAIOY, Kep. B'. In this the brief method of analyzation given in the Latin part (described under § 13, part 2,) is fully carried out in the Greek, thus bringing on the same page-yea in the same lime-a Testa- ment, Lexicon, and a Grammar-supplanting the necessity of a teacher, and lessening the burden which the student must otherwise bear. When yεvn@vlos conjunction. indeclinable. Jesus γενηθέντος Ἰησοῦ 2.m οὔς, ου, ο,οῦν, οὔ. Being born. γεν-ηθ-ένιος Ἰησοῦ εις, ἐν 7ος, &c. 171 12. Translation from the Greek Testament of the first chapter of John, into the Latin and English languages, being an interlinear translation, showing the actual definition of each word with- out any transposition in their arrangement, in 'Ev, ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λογὸς, καὶ ὁ λογος δε In principio erat ille sermo, et sermo erat &c. 183 ̓Αγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον ἔφη· Ἐπετρέπεται. Agrippa then unto the Paul said; It is permitted. 15. Matthew, XXIII, 34 — 39. Aia Touro idou, &c. . - 202 16. Matthew, ΧΙΧ, 27 — 30. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος. 201 17. St. Luke, XV. 1-7. Hoav de yyivres, &c. 18. St. Luke, XV. The Prodigal Son, complete; 22. Extracts, containing some of the most important texts in the New Testament: 1. Mat. xi. 28; Heb. ix. 27, 28; Rom. vi. 23. 2. Rom. viii. 6–8. Tò yàp opóνnua. 3. Rom. viii. 38, 39. Πέπεισμαι γὰρ ὅτι. All the above extracts and reading lessons, from 14 to 22, inclusive, are translated from the 23. Matthew, chapter xiv., entire, translated from the Greek into the Latin, and can easily be translated gained by a thorough perusal of the preceding chapters and passages; and a reference to the 25 Analytical Table, separating all the verbs occur- ring in the analysis of MATOAIOT, Kɛp, B', into their constituent parts according to the plan of the table of the verb (97.) pp. 160; being the same plan of a table adapted to Greek as that of Prep. aug. root. ind. imp. 3, pl. Prep. Root. 1 Fut. 3 s. OPINION OF THE PRESS. From the Albany Academy. The system adopted by Mr. Barrett, for teaching the principles of Grammar, is, in our opinion, well calculated to promote an acquaintance with that important branch of education. T. ROMEYN BECK, A. M., M. D., Secretary of the Regents of the State of New York. Extract from a Report of the Committee on Literature of the Legis lature of the State of New York. The undersigned, having examined Mr. Barrett's system of grammar, are of opinion that it is an improvement upon all methods heretofore adopted, and well calculated to facilitate the acquirement of a thorough knowledge of the languages on which it treats. We have also had the advantage of attending a public examination of his pupils, whc had been instructed upon this plan. Their very creditable perform. ances afforded the most gratifying and conclusive evidences, not only of the excellence of Mr. Barrett's theory, but of its eminence and unrivalled success in practice. LUTHER BRADISH, The following letter from A. B. Johnson, Esq., the distinguished Philosopher, Statesman, Financier, and PHILOLOGIST will be read with interest: Mr. SOLOMON BARRETT, Jr. Utica, July 8th, 1845. Dear Sir-I have perhaps too cursorily examined your grammar, which you have recently published; but by the aid of your personal observations, I deem the book a valuable means of communicating not simply the etymological character of words according to their ordinary use, but the far higher knowledge of the etymological character which words acquire accidentally, by the manner in which they happen to be employed in a sentence. I deem your book further useful as a means of teaching the rules of syntax, not simply as arbitrary laws; 12 but as showing the principles on which the laws are founded, ana thereby enabling a reader to understand sentences that otherwise, by their being elliptical or involved, would be unintelligible. I have no doubt, however, that before any person can employ your grammar to advantage, either in the instruction of himself or others, he must understand it in the way that you too, understand it, and this will require some little study and reflection. Indeed, I esteem your book much in the same way as I esteem a useful tool or instrument, a knowledge of the mode of using it is indispensable to its utility. With this knowledge acquired, I believe it will communicate more of the philosophy of grammar than any other book that has fallen under my observation. Very respectfully your ob't serv't, "BARRETT'S GRAMMAR. A. B. JOHNSON compendious treatise on the languages, English, Latin and Greek The Principles of Grammar, being a founded on the immutable principles of the relation which one word sustains to another. By SOLOMON BARRETT, Jr. Philologist. Albany, 1849." Indiscriminate puffing has become such a matter of course, that an assurance of perfect earnestness may not always command belief. Nevertheless, in the remarks which we make concerning the work of which the above is the title, we claim the credit of entire candor. Having spent a large fraction of life in poring over lexicons, grammars, and other articles of etymological compost for fostering the growth of mind, we may assume to understand, to some extent, the merit of this class of works. All grammars have been constructed on false principles, or rather without reference to principle. Grammarians seem to have forgotten the evident fact, that language was a perfect thing antecedent to book-making,-which "having no law," was 66 a law unto itself," and as effective a medium of thought in the days of Noah, as in the hands of a Gesenius, a Buttman, or a Bul lion. Their offce was to explain, not make language-not to dig artificial channels, but to survey that which mind hath worn, during centuries, for its own utterance. Mr. Barrett seems to have perceived this and adopts a different course. his own grammar-having no rules except those which the immutable Under his guidance the pupil forms and well-defined relations of words and the universal laws of all language impose upon him. His system is simplicity itself, and we are certain that it will save to all who use it, (as it might have done for us, had it appeared a few years sooner) months of time which must otherwise be wasted in most irksome drudgery to no purpose. Mr. Barrett's method of analyzing the Greek and Latin verbs, is of the highest value. With Thiersch's Tables and this work before him, a student must be stolid indeed, who can not master the Greek in a few months. This is no " Language without a Master" running wild among harmless children,-in short, no humbug: but a thing which we never expected to see-a new grammar which we could in conscience commend. BENJAMIN J. TENNY, A. M., of the University of Vermont. |