sions. On the Adjectives he is 'equally explicit, dividing them into 

 four declensions, like Nouns, and declines a few of them, accompa- 

 nied with Nouns. He then shews the comparison of regular and ir- 

 regular Adjectives, and gives the Numerals both in their ordinal 

 and cardinal forms. These he has treated in an able manner. — 

 The Pronouns are divided into Personal, Possesive, Relative, In- 

 terrogative, Demonstrative and Compound. Their Declensions, and 

 the Increase peculiar to them, are shewn. In this department there is 

 room for additional observation ; but on the whole it is not badly 

 treated. He reckons three kinds of Verbs — active, passive, neuter 

 or reflected : — Seven variations of the Verb as to signification, viz. 

 Imperative and Infinitive moods. Participles, Indicative, Potential, 

 Optative and Subjunctive moods.— Four tenses. Present, Preter, 

 Consuetidinal and Future. He here makes a tense of the Con- 

 suetudinal, of which the other grammarians make a mode. Having 

 given examples of conjugating the different kinds of Verbs, Rules 

 are laid down for the formation of the moods and tenses, which 

 would better precede the conjugation, or immediately before the 

 example. Having treated of the regular, he proceeds to conjugate 

 the irregular verbs. On these he is clear, but his orthography 

 in the inflections, I consider not altogether correct. The Infini- 

 tive mood is more copiously explained than by other grammarians, <• 

 but in general his treatment of the Verb admits of improvement. — 

 Adverbs. — He shews the manner of their formation from other 

 words in the Language, and by a combination of words how to 

 form adverbial expressions or phrases. On this part much more might 

 be done. — The Prepositions are simple and compound. — The theory 

 of these and of the other particles, if properly investigated would 

 be curious. — The Conjunctions are divided into Copulative, 

 Disjunctive and Conditional; but they admit of various other 



