OF

ENGLISH PROSE,

WITH

EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUESTIONS:

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN ETYMOLOGICAL APPENDIX OF GREEK, LATIN, AND
SAXON ROOTS.

For the Use of Schools and Private Reading.

BY

EDWARD HUGHES, F.R.A.S., &c.

HEAD MASTER OF THE ROYAL NAVAL LOWER SCHOOL, GREENWICH HOSPITAL;
AUTHOR OF "OUTLINES OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;" "AN ATLAS OF
PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, AND COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY," &c. &c.

"If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under
every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerful-
ness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might
go amiss, and the world frown on me-it would be a taste for reading."
SIR JOHN HERSCHEL,

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.
EDINBURGH: A. & C. BLACK.

DUBLIN: HODGES & SMITH.

1853.

270. c. 153.

NU

BODI

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.