CÆSAR IN GAUL WITH INTRODUCTION, REVIEW OF FIRST-YEAR POSITION, AND VOCABULARIES COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1918, BY BENJAMIN L. D'OOGE AND FREDERICK C. EASTMAN ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 626.12 HARVARD CO'LICE LIBRARY DEC 5 1940 The Athenæum Press GINN AND COMPANY. PRO- PREFACE NHE modern demand for economy and efficiency, which pervades the educational world as well as the world of T business, has led to the preparation of this new edition. of Cæsar. It comprises in a single volume all of the material needed for the second year of Latin, and, by the elimination of all matter not directly serviceable, aims to promote efficiency in its presentation. After a brief introduction devoted to historical matters and the Roman art of war, a thorough review of the first year's work in syntax is presented by means of Ritchie's "The Argonauts," Nepos's" Hannibal,” and a simple biography of Cæsar. The text, which is Meusel's with a few minor changes, comprises the first four books of the "Gallic War" and interesting episodes from the remaining books, with notes written from the standpoint of the pupil rather than from that of the teacher, and fully adequate to his needs. To remove a real obstacle to progress, the long passages of indirect discourse occurring in the first two books are given in the direct form. The same passages are given later in their unchanged form, for purposes of comparison and for the use of such teachers as prefer a more strenuous course. The text closes with Cæsar's account of the battle of Pharsalia, the climax of the "Civil War," and events that immediately follow. These will be found particularly valuable for sight work; they are provided with footnotes and special vocabularies of the words not used in the preceding text of the "Gallic War." |