Caesarian words and phrases to which Mr. Ritchie calls attention in his
preface.

Doubtless many American teachers have become familiar with portions of
the _Fabulae_, for they have been freely drawn upon in several Latin
readers recently published in this country. I venture to hope that those
who have made the acquaintance of the work in this way will welcome a
complete edition.

In England the little book has had a large use. Its pedagogical
excellencies are well summed up in a letter addressed to Mr. Ritchie by
the Very Rev. E.C. Wickham, formerly Head-Master of Wellington College,
the well-known editor of Horace:--

"It launches the student at once in ancient life. The old classical
stories, simply told, seem to me much the best material for early Latin
reading. They are abundantly interesting; they are taken for granted in
the real literature of the language; and they can be told without
starting the beginner on a wrong track by a barbarous mixture of ancient
and modern ideas.

"It combines, if I may say so, very skilfully, the interest of a
continuous story, with the gradual and progressive introduction of
constructions and idioms. These seem to me to be introduced at the right
moment, and to be played upon long enough to make them thoroughly
familiar."

In revising Mr. Ritchie's book for the use of American schools it has
seemed best to make extensive changes. Long vowels have been marked
throughout, and the orthography of Latin words has been brought into