CONTENTS. Introduction. PAGE PART I. Of Pronunciation and Orthography, 1 PART II. OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH. Chap. I.-- Of the Article, 37 Chap. II.-- Of Nouns, 37 Of Gender, 38 Of Declension, 43 Chap. III.-- Of Adjectives, 55 Of Numeral Adjectives, 59 Chap. IV.-- Of Pronouns, 61 Chap. V.-- Of Verbs, 65 Formation of the Tenses, 76 Use and import of the Moods and Tenses, 85 Irregular Verbs, 95 Defective Verbs, 99 Reciprocating state of Verbs, 102 Impersonal use of Verbs, 105 Auxiliary Verbs, 107 Chap. VI.-- Of Adverbs, 109 Chap. VII.-- Of Prepositions, 116 Idiomatic phrases, 125 Chap. VIII.-- Of Conjunctions, 134 Chap. IX.-- Of Interjections, 136 PART III. OF SYNTAX. Chap. I.-- Of Concord, 137 Sect. 1. Of the agreement of the Article with a Noun, 137 Sect. 2. Of the agreement of an Adjective with a Noun, 141 Sect. 3. Of the agreement of a Pronoun with its Antecedent, 146 Sect. 4. Of the agreement of a Verb with its Nominative, 149 Sect. 5. Of the agreement of one Noun with another, 152 Chap. II.-- Of Government, 154 Sect. 1. Of the Government of Nouns, 154 Sect. 2. Of the Government of Adjectives, 159 Sect. 3. Of the Government of Verbs, 159 Sect. 4. Of the Government of Adverbs, 160 Sect. 5. Of the Government of Prepositions, 160 Sect. 6. Of the Government of Conjunctions, 162 PART IV. OF DERIVATION AND COMPOSITION. Chap. I.-- Of Derivation, 164 Chap. II.-- Of Composition,