A Spanish grammar, with practical introductory lessons 

 This book is the outcome of teaching Spanish for several years to different types of pupils. The author's purpose has been to supply a useful book to English-speaking students of Spanish. Usefulness has therefore been the standard in determining the arrangement of the material. 

The introductory lessons are easy and progressive, assuming little or no general knowledge of grammar and language. They attempt to take advantage of the strength of first impressions; for example, the use of usted is given prominence at the outset so that the pupil will be less likely at a later period to employ tii and the second singular in business correspondence. Other features of the book are,

 (i) exercises specially designed for drill on peculiarities of grammar that require habit to fix ; (2) ample material for oral work ; 

(3) a progressive vocabulary that attempts to include the commonest and hence most important words and phrases with many colloquial expressions that are necessary in social intercourse ; (4) an order of development that has been proved of practical value.

In the first few lessons, sentences illustrative of the grammatical topic of the lesson have been given before the explanation, as it is intended that these sentences should be committed to memory before proceeding to the explanation. Special vocabulary to each lesson has been omitted because the preparation of such a special vocabulary is a useful exercise which is too often sacrificed in elementary books.

Some contents:

.I Conjugation, Present Indicative. Exercise i . . . . 1

II. Gender and Number of Nouns. Articles. Exercise 2 . 13

III. Ser. Estar. Exercise 3 ... i&

IV. Agreement of Adjectives. Exercise 4 i&

V. Possession. Demonstratives. Exercise 5 21

VI. Personal Subject Pronouns. Possessive Adjectives.

Tener. Exercise 6 24.

VII. Numerals. Days. Months. Seasons. Exercise 7 . . . 27

VIII. Comparison of Adjectives. Exercise 8 32

IX. Radical-Changing Verbs. Indirect Object. Personal

a. Exercise 9 • • • 36'

X. Reflexive Verbs. Exercise 10 41

y XI. Preterit Tense. Exercise ii 45,

y XII. Imperfect Tense. Exercise 12 49.

' XIII. Participles. Perfect and Pluperfect Tenses. Relatives. Exercise 13 51

^OCIV. Future Tense and Conditional. Exercise 14 ... . 57

XV. Personal Pronouns. Adverbs. Exercise 15 61

XVI. Irregular Verbs. Exercise 16 66'

XVII. Imperative Mood. Present Subjunctive as Imperative. Exercise 17 71

XVIII. Two Objective Pronouns. Possessive Pronouns- Exercise 18 7fr

XIX. Infinitive Mood. Exercise 19 83

XX. Subjunctive Mood in Dependent Clauses. Exercise 20 92

XXI. Subjunctive Mood, Imperfect Tense. Exercise 21 . . 96

XXII. Letter-Writing. Exercise 22 100