Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Primer of Classical and English Philology
The object of the present little book is to exhibit some of the more elementary principles of modern philology as applied to the etymology of Greek, Latin, and English words.
In Chapter I, I give the principal points that concern the proper pronunciation of Greek and Latin. For the pronunciation of anglo-saxon, the student is referred to Sweet's anglo-saxon Primer.
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