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Grammar to be used in Harvard College. Connected with this 

 subject is the excellent little work, written by Mr. Pickering in 

 1825, which bears the unpretending title of Remarks on Greek 

 Grammars, yet abounds in various information, as interesting as it 

 is learned. The views it presents of the importance of a steady 

 uniformity of elementary books of instruction, and of resisting 

 the spirit of perpetual change in these " instruments of learning," 

 deserve the respectful attention of all our collegiate institutions. 



The just tribute which is paid by Mr. Pickering to that " sound 

 Greek scholar," the late President Willard, and to the Emeritus 

 Professor of Greek Literature at Cambridge, whom he ranks among 

 " the most profound scholars of the country," * will long be enjoyed 

 by those who love to remember solid and genuine excellence. 

 The glowing commendation of English literature at the close of 

 these Remarks is one of the most eloquent passages of Mr. Pick- 

 ering's or any other hterary discussions. 



The translation of Professor Wyttenbach's Observations on the 

 Importance of Greek Literature and the best Method of studying 

 the Classics, by Mr. Pickering, was first published in the North 

 American Review, for 1819; and was afterwards republished, with 

 an appropriate preface by the translator, and the addition of " an 

 exemplification of the author's method of explaining the classics to 

 his pupils." This was printed at the expense of that kind-hearted 

 patron of letters and zealous agent in founding the Boston Athe- 

 naeum, the late William S. Shaw, who deserves a grateful remem- 

 brance in this metropolis. Professor Wyttenbach, who was re- 

 garded in England as the best Continental scholar of Europe, and 

 who, for a great part of his life, had been a practical instructer, 

 was worthy of the attention bestowed upon him by Mr. Pickering. 



• Rev. Dr. Popkin. 



