1883 printing of 1883 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Teacher of Language and Literature in the Hoboken (N.J.) Academy. Text in response to criticism of language study in schools, and based on the idea that to obtain a practical knowledge of English one need only study the best, most idiomatic English writers, such as William Corbett. Text is an account of Corbett's life with one of his best productions, Corbett's English Grammar. The work aims to show what Corbett was as a man and a writer, to show how a writer acquired his power of expression. The Schultz Archive copy contains the editor's preface, the author's preface, a page of the TOC, and pages 218 – 223, on how Corbett taught grammar.
This new and revised edition was printed in 1883 and is an abridged version of the Institutes of Grammar published the previous year (1882). It was originally revised by Goold Brown in 1855. Goold Brown is credited as the author of The Grammar of English Grammar. Henry Kiddle has a Master of Arts degree and is credited as the Late Superintendent of Common Schools in New York City. According to the title page, Kiddle's contribution "arranged to form a series of language lessons, with exercises in analysis, parsing, and construction." The book is section into orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. Exercises follow rules, Review questions end each chapter. The syntax chapter uses false syntax examples to be corrected. Prosody is divided into punctuation, utterance, composition and letter-writing/epistles. The Schultz Archive includes the complete text (pages 136-37 repeat). The scans are good quality.