PREFACE.
The first edition of this Latin Grammar appeared in 1867, the second in 1872; the third edition, carefully revised and very much enlarged, is herewith presented to the public. In the preparation of this third edition the office of the senior collaborator has been chiefly advisory, except in the Syntax. In the syntax nearly everything that pertains to the history of usage has been brought together by Professor Lodge; but for all deviations from the theory of former editions we bear a joint responsibility.
A manual that has held its place, however modest, for more than a quarter of a century, hardly needs an elaborate exposition of the methods followed; but as the new grammar embraces a multitude of details that were not taken up in the old grammar, it has been thought fit that Professor Lodge should indicate the sources of the notes with which he has enriched the original work.
B. L. Gildersleeve.
Gonzalez Lodge.
The following supplementary note may serve to embody a partial bibliography of the more important works used in this revision, and some necessary explanations of the method:
Fairly complete bibliographies of works on Latin Etymology and Syntax may be found in Reisig's Vorlesungen über lateinische Sprachwissenschaft (new edition, by Hagen, Schmalz, and Landgraf, 1881-1888), and in the Lateinische Grammatik of Stolz and Schmalz (in Müller's Handbuch der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft; 2d edition, 1890). Important also are the Grammars of Kühner (1877, 1878)[1] and Roby (1881, 1882); though many statements in both, but especially in the former, must be corrected in the light of more recent study. Some indications of more modern theories may be found in
- ↑ A new Historical Grammar, by Stolz, Schmalz, Landgraf, and Wagener, was announced by Teubner in 1891
