Latin for Reading: A Beginner's Textbook with Exercises

by Glenn M. Knudsvig, Ruth S. Craig, Gerda Seligson

This text enables students to learn to read Latin

464 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best introductory Latin textbook. Although I have used it for years to clarify issues, this time around, in four weeks, I read every word, filled in every grim and gruesome chart, did every exercise and translation of all 35 chapters + the Eutropius--381 gigantic pages. (Things were eased somewhat because I already knew the paradigms and vocabulary. I have, after all, been through Wheelock at least four times.) The care this textbook takes to describe the seven basic patterns of the Latin sentence by way of the kernel, what clues to look for, and what expectation a given word sets up makes the life of the Latin learner much easier. I am grateful to my teacher and friend, Prof. David Sigsbee at the University of Memphis, for telling me about this book in the Late Eighties. I have been a devotee of Michigan Latin ever since.