ENGLISH GRAMMAR, REVISED, SIMPLIFIED, AND ADAPTED TO THE INDUCTIVE AND EXPLANATORY MODE OF INSTRUCTION. By H. T. N. BENEDICT, Teacher. FRANKFORT, K. A. G. HODGES, PRINTER-MAIN-STREET. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UF EDUCATION MAY 19 1926 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, & SCT. DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY, BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twentieth day L. S. of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, H. T. N. BENEDICT, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the title of which is in the words following, to-wit: "Murray's English Grammar, revised, simplified, and adapted to the Inductive and Explanatory mode of instruction, by H. T. N. BENEDICT, Teacher." The right whereof he claims as author and proprietor, in conformity with an act of Congress entitled, "An act to amend the several acts respecting copy-rights." JOHN H. HANNA, REVISER'S APOLOGY. IN presenting this revision and simplification of Murray's English Grammar, to the public, I have been actuated by a desire that the works of this distinguished grammarian should be adapted to the present improved method of communicating knowledge, and their benefits thus extended to the latest posterity. That his Grammar, Exercises, and Key, form the most approved system of English Grammar, is demonstrable from the fact, that they are used as text books in almost, if not quite, all institutions of learning, both in England and America; and the various attempts to rob him of his justly deserved honours, by transposing and garbling the principles established by him, and palming them upon the public under other names, must be a source of regret to those who, like the reviser, have been benefitted by his labours. Had Murray lived to witness the improvements in education which time and experience have developed, he, no doubt, would have adapted his works to that improvement; but that honour was denied him by Providence: and after doing more for the youth of America, his native country, than any other author who has attempted the compilation of elementary works, he has gone to his reward. But will a generous and enlightened people, a people who owe to him much of that intellectual advancement which we so justly boast, suffer his name to sink into forgetfulness, while others wear the palm due to him alone? May justice forbid it. The principles contained in this revision, will be found generally to coincide with those of Murray. Where I am compelled to dissent from his opinions, the reasons for that dissent are plainly and simply |