preface by the author.
This work is divided into Two Parts :
- Part I. Section 1. The Grammar.
- ,, Progressive Lessons and Exercises.
- ,, Miscellaneous Dialogues and Exercises.
- Part II. Vocabulary.
2. Sections 2 and 3 of Part I. and the whole of Part II. are entirely original.
The Grammar is, in part, compiled from the Persian Grammars by--
- Dr. Lumsden, LL.D., 1810.
- Mīrza Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Shīrāzī, 1841.
- Mr. A. H. Bleeck, 1857.
- Dr. D. Forbes, LL.D., 1862.
Its arrangement is entirely new ; much original mat- ter has been introduced ; and the whole rendered as concisely as possible.
The Exercises and Sentences (English to be turned
