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Those marked with a we send on receipt of the prices annexed. PREFACE. It is now nearly a quarter of a century since the first publication of Dr. Bullions's "Principles of English Grammar." The history of that book, and of the "Analytical and Practical English Grammar" which followed it, has been contemporary with the progress we have made in mastering the principles, laws, and usages of the language itself; and it is safe to say that we are indebted to no one more than to the author of this treatise for the results that have been achieved. Among the first to discuss the Analysis of Sentences, he has given a clear and succinct statement of the principles relating to this department, and reduced all elements, and even idioms, to a simple, yet comprehensive system. This treatise is therefore not the work of a day, but the fruit of twenty-five years of intelligent thought, aided by the daily practical experience of the school-room. In the present revised edition of the "Analytical and Practical English Grammar," the order of subjects, method and classification. which had given the former work such enviable reputation among a large class of our most successful teachers, have been for the most part retained. The language, even, has been generally preserved, and only such changes have been admitted as the present wants of the school-room seem to demand. It is hoped that the few alterations which have been thought necessary will enhance, rather than diminish, the value of the treatise as a text-book of practical grammar. The most radical departures from the text of the author's edition have been made in the divisions of the verb, and the classification of sentences; yet these present, in point of fact, little else than a change of nomenclature, the distinctive characteristics, illustrations, and examples being retained. Tables of the different parts of speech have been given, for the purpose of presenting to the eye of the learner, at one view, the distinctions which are more fully discussed under the separate heads. Tabular classifications of the analysis of the sentence have been presented, for the sake of greater clearness. མཱཋ། The alterations which have been cautiously admitted in the phraseology of the rules of Syntax will, it is hoped, meet with favor. The brief divisions of accent and structure of words in their places, pp. 16 and 18, and the fuller discussion in the Appendix (1) can not but enhance the value of the book, and afford facilities for a more intimate acquaintance with the integral structure of our language, to many who will have access to no other source of such information. It is believed that little is omitted that would add value to this treatise as a text-book for general use, whilst much is presented, not found in books of its class, but so tersely and clearly stated, and so judiciously arranged, as not to make the volume cumbersome. As to the general plan and scope of the work, the following, from the author's Preface, is suggestive:— * * * is here "The subject of the ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES introduced in its proper place, and to an extent in accordance with its importance. Many questions on disputed points have been examined with much care; and something, it is hoped, has been done to contribute to their settlement: and when this required more space than was proper to be taken up in the body of the work, the discussion has been thrown into the Appendix. A variety of exercises has been introduced at every step, with directions for the manner of using them. To every part of speech, an oral exercise, of the inductive kind, has been annexed as a specimen of the way in which the mind of the learner may be trained to think and reason on the subject, and prepared to profit more by the exercises that follow. "By adopting the plan of a running series of numbers to mark the paragraphs, reference from one part to another is rendered more convenient, and is employed wherever it was thought to be profitable. "In the Syntax, * * * the rules are arranged so that all that belongs to one subject is collected under one head, instead of being scattered in different places; and the proper subordination of parts is exhibited in a series of subordinate rules, wherever it was neces* * * In the rules and definitions throughout, accuracy, sary. brevity, euphony, and adaptation to the practical operations of the school-room have been particularly attended to. No startling novelties have been introduced; at the same time, where it was thought that a change would be an improvement, it has been made." August, 1867. |