Excerpt from Short Sentences for Practice in Writing Latin: Designed for Students in Caesar's Gallic War The first edition of "Short Sentences" was printed a few years ago mainly for use in the Roxbury Latin School. Although it was never published or advertised, it has nevertheless found its way into several other schools; and those teachers who have used it speak highly of its value to them. The present edition, much larger than the first, carries the work through the whole of the first book of the "Gallic War," and has in addition nine pages of Notes. The object of the work, I need hardly say, is to give the pupil a considerable amount of practice in turning English into Latin with the classic models directly before him, and reciprocally to aid him in the translation of the text of Caesar into good English. It is hoped that in both directions the notes will be found a valuable auxiliary. They are not grammatical, strictly speaking, except in a few instances. They may rather be called idiomatical. I believe that all teachers will acknowledge the value of this kind of help to the student of any foreign language. To Mr. W. C. Collar, Head Master of the school, I am indebted for many valuable suggestions while preparing the present work for the press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."