METHUEN'S JUNIOR SCHOOL BOOKS EDITED BY OLIVER D. INSKIP, M.A., LL.D. HEAD MASTER OF FRAMLINGHAM COLLEGE And W. WILLIAMSON, B.A., F.R.S.L. HEAD MASTER OF THE WEST KENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BROCKLEY, S.E. MESSRS. METHUEN are issuing under the above title a series of school class books. They are adapted to the needs of the lower and middle forms of the Public Schools, and are suitable for the use of candidates preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Junior Local Examinations. Each volume is the work of a Master who has had considerable experience in teaching his subject; while special attention has been paid to the arrangement of the_type and matter, which is as clear and concise as possible. The books contain numerous examination papers, and where the subject requires it are fully illustrated. In scholarship, in excellence of printing and lowness of price, this series will be found inferior to no other. IS. 6d. By W. WILLIAM A CLASS BOOK OF DICTATION PASSAGES. SON, B.A. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. The passages are selected from recognised authors, and a few newspaper passages are included. The lists of appended words are drawn up mainly on the principle of comparison and contrast, and will form a répertoire of over 2000 words, embracing practically all the difficulties felt by the pupil. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK. Edited by A. E. RUBIE, M.A., Head Master of the Royal Naval School, Eltham. With 3 Maps. Crown 8vo. Is. 6d. A JUNIOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR. By W. WILLIAMSON, B.A. With numerous passages for Parsing and Analysis, and a Chapter on Essay Writing. Crown 8vo. 25. A JUNIOR CHEMISTRY. By E. A. TYLER, B.A., F.C.S., Science Master at Framlingham College. With 73 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Other Volumes are in Preparation ENGLISH GRAMMAR BY WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, B.A. HEAD MASTER OF THE WEST KENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BROCKLEY, S.e. IN PREFACE N this book, while not altogether forsaking the beaten track, an attempt has been made to restate many Definitions, to reduce their number, to simplify the Classification of the Parts of Speech, and generally, to revise carefully the whole subject. In the Accidence, considerable attention has been paid to the Gerund, in the hope of coming to a settlement which shall be workable, decisive, and generally acceptable. To give freshness and an air of reality to the subject, Examples in illustration of Rules have been sought from the everyday life of young people. For guidance in Parsing, two Models fully worked out, and "Some Comments on More Difficult Words" have been supplied. The educational value of "Analysis" is now being more fully recognised. Accordingly, it has received that fulness of treatment which its comparatively unique importance demands. To the explanatory matter are added five complete Models, one of which, as a suggestion, is from the Latin of Cæsar. |