examined by itself; and at the close of each subject, where it is necessary, a Synthetical Exercise is required of the pupil, by which he must put in prac tice the very principles which he has under consideration. For example, see pages 31 and 32, the plan of which is continued through the work. These exercises will be found easy and interesting, inasmuch as the pupil has, in each, a definite object in view. By this means, the very design and end of grammar will be attained-"the art of speaking and writing oor rectly."

The plan of Parsing, which is the "best and most thorough method of analysis," is simple and systematic, requiring the pupil to assign a reason for each principle as he advances. This, which experience shows to be necessary to good improvement, is founded on the principle of "making haste slowly."

It has been thought judicious to place the Classification and Analysis of Sentences, which will be found full and complete, in the first part of Syntax. The Models of Analyzing are so uniform and similar, that, after committing two or three, in order to understand the others, the pupil will have little more to do than read them over. Though secondary to parsing, this is an interesting and useful exercise; and, during the last fifteen years, has gradually become more and more prominent, until, in some sections, it has thrown parsing into the shade. This is an extreme. The one ought to be done, and the other ought not to be left undone. The present work teaches to do both. At the same time, the learner is required to illustrate and apply every principle as he advances.

In this edition, a few errors discovered in the former, have been corrected. To secure more exact uniformity and greater simplicity, a few changes have been made: the subject of Analysis has been somewhat improved; and the Chart of Sentences, at the suggestion of several friends of experience, has been omitted, and an Analytical Chart showing the complete classification of sentences, has been substituted. This, if placed before the scholar, or, which is better, if written out upon the black-board, will, during the explanations of the teacher, be highly useful and convenient. The idea of treating the subject, &c., of a sentence as simple, complex, or compound, has been taken from De Sacy; while many important suggestions have been derived from other analytical works, and from the Elements of Reading and Oratory by Prof. Mandeville.

The Elements of Sentences, and their peculiarities as the Materials of Sentences, will be useful and interesting to the advanced student. The Phrase and Clause Elements, as treated of under Rules 11, 16, and 18, will also claim his

attention.

The Classes of Sentences which depend on mode and structure, are not necessary in Analyzing; but a thorough knowledge of them is indispensable to a complete understanding of the principles of Punctuation and Elocution. Their study will furnish important knowledge in the structure of language. The subject of Analysis, as presented in this Work, so simplified, that a teacher of grammar, by ordinary application, can, in one week's time, be prepared to teach it efficiently. This fact has been fully proved by several teachers in the different schools under the author's superintendence.

Pittsburg, Aug. 1852.

L. T. COVELL.