The New Delectus: Easy Steps to Latin Construing

This superb Latin gradatim has been scrupulously curated to ensure the text is crystal clear and furthermore it has been reset with extra margin space to allow for copious notes.
The Rev George H. Stoddart was a fellow at Queen's College, Oxford and he clearly distills many years of teaching experience into this classic textbook. He begins by illustrating every grammatical pattern of any importance with accessible yet authentic Latin, leading the reader via simple and charming fables and selected excerpts from the easier authors up to the point where they will be able to tackle Caesar. This is the third edition and includes not only classical Latin but examples of Medieval prose and verse. A full vocabulary is included and also the Propria quae Maribus, a unique system for determining noun gender. Finally there is a summary of the rules of syntax of the entire language and a method for oral parsing. This book makes learning this difficult language a genuinely enjoyable experience.
After working through this book, consider The Easy Latin Reader, which contains selections from the classic authors that are most accessible to the learner. ISBN-13: 978-1974156351