) oe ie Nusa f iaaial Tg 
| THE learner will find this a useful 
_ ef every verb some sentence is affixed to 
_ THE novelty of this plan, which is 
"that of giving lessons in false syntax, 
' that the learner may rectify it, we shall 
Not so readily acknowledge as the utility. 
Ttis not often that any thing amusing 
_ ean be selected from a book of exercises, 
t we think the reader will be amused 
see how Signor Graglia has contrived 
_ to teach his pupils mythology and poe- 
_ try in a sonnet of his own in praise of 
the musical talents and voice of a Jady. 
_ First comes the sonnet itself, then its 
E simple syntax, then this translation. 
b 
i 
_ Thou, O Phebus, who dartest thy rays 
upon the poles, 
- Thou, oO Apollo, who shakest thy sublime 
: fire on poets, 
ou, O Neptune, call all the living ones at 
3 these scenes, 
With thy roaring command. 
Thou, O Mercury, messenger of the gods, 
Redoubie thy wings to acquaint the nations, 
‘Tell them, that harmony and sweet complaints 
Came down from heaven into the British em- 
pire. 
You, O Nereides, leave the fountains, 
Hamadryades, forget the forests, ( 
And you, Oreades, forsake the mountains. 
» Dye Naiads, come all put frem the waves, 
CHAPTER VII, 
MODERN LANGUAGES. 
r HE only new works in this department, which the British press has produced 
ing the last year, are three publications by Signor Graglia, introductory to a 
ledge of the Italian language. A new edition of Lindley Murray’s English 
rammar and Exercises (See Ann. Rev. yol. I. P- 556) with a few additions and 
corrections, has also made its appearance. 
Art. I. New Gyide to the Italian Language. ByG. A. Graciia. 8vo. pp. 250. 
explain their various significations and 
“grammar. To each person in every tense uses. 
Aesr. II. Continuation of thé New Guide to the Htalian Language. 8vo. pp. 116. 
Exalted Pleiades, descend, to the singing 
among the sons of Mars, 
And Pallases, so renowned in our land.” 
An exposition of the fable follows. TI 
have introduced, says the author, this 
easy specimen of verses of mine, in order 
to close these exercises with something 
unexpected from the scholar, and at the 
same time to show how poetry should be 
explained or taught to a beginner. 
“« Now the learner being provided with 
my Italian and English Pocket Dictionary, 
with my New Guide to the Italian Lan- 
guages, and these Exercises, will, with great 
facility and little expence, procure to himself 
the knowledge of this beautiful, harmonious 
and fashionable language.” ; 
We see no reason to gainsay this asser- 
tion, but Signor Graglia we trust will not 
be offended if we add, that a few of his 
lessons will greatly facilitate the labour. 
The method adopted in the latter part 
of this work, of mingling English with 
Italian, that the learner may fit in the 
fragments wanting of either language, is 
certainly useful ; and will be of the same 
assistance in acquiring Italian conversas 
tionally, as dissected maps are found to 
be in teaching children the ruder parts of 
geography. 
