Excerpt from The Three Pronunciations of Latin
For more than a score of years, my time has been spent in the class-room in the Department of Latin. Thousands of young men, within the period named, have received their training, to some extent, at least, at my hands. Many of these, in their labors as teachers, have under their care the ancient languages. Inquiries as to methods of teaching and pronunciation have become so frequent as to call for the publication of an article which might be sent to those interested, and a correspondence be thus avoided, which might otherwise prove burdensome. This state of facts will, in large part, explain the origin and elementary character of this discussion.
It is natural, too, that persons engaged in teaching, adopting to some extent the modes of former instructors, should wish to know somewhat more fully the reasons which influenced those instructors in the course they were pleased to pursue.
The first edition of The Three Pronunciations of Latin has been exhausted for some months past. The present enlarged edition has been brought out to a very considerable extent, from the influence of teachers and scholars in various parts of our country, whose letters on the subject manifest deep interest in the pronunciation of the Latin tongue. The hope is indulged, therefore, that the work in the form now offered, may not only tend to answer inquiries alluded to above, but also that it may not be unacceptable to teachers in general, who are engaged in giving instructions in this department of study.
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