PREFACE
HINTS TO TEACHERS AND PRIVATE LEARNERS.
FAMILIAR LECTURES
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
LECTURE I
DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR.—ORTHOGRAPHY.
LANGUAGE.
GRAMMAR.
OF THE SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS.
RULES FOR SPELLING.
QUESTIONS.
ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX
LECTURE II
CLASSIFICATION.
ETYMOLOGY.
OF NOUNS.
GENDER.
PERSON.
NUMBER.
CASE.
VERBS.
SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
LECTURE III.
OF ARTICLES.
LECTURE IV.
OF ADJECTIVES.
LECTURE V.
OF PARTICIPLES.
LECTURE VI.
OF ADVERBS.
LECTURE VII
OF PREPOSITIONS.
LECTURE VIII.
OF PRONOUNS.
LECTURE IX.
OF CONJUNCTIONS.
LECTURE X.
OF INTERJECTIONS.—CASES OF NOUNS.
LECTURE XI.
OF THE MOODS AND TENSES OF VERBS.
LECTURE XII.
OF IRREGULAR VERBS.
LECTURE XIII.
OF THE AUXILIARY, PASSIVE, AND DEFECTIVE VERBS.
II. PASSIVE VERBS.
III. DEFECTIVE VERBS.
LECTURE XIV.
OF DERIVATION.
RULES OF SYNTAX,
CRITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.
CORRECTIONS IN ORTHOGRAPHY.
PROVINCIALISMS.
CONTRACTIONS, VULGARISMS, AND OTHER IMPROPRIETIES.
PROSODY.
PUNCTUATION.
APPENDIX.
VERSIFICATION.
KEY.
