Clear and Thorough - Jenney

Clear and Thorough: Jenney’s 1st Year Latin Review

Clear and Thorough Clear and thorough are the first words that come to mind when I think of Jenney's First Year Latin.  No, those words don't evoke a sense of excitement. But excitement is not the reason that this textbook series dominated high school Latin programs in the mid-late twentieth century. Excitement only goes so far. … Continue reading Clear and Thorough: Jenney’s 1st Year Latin Review

Oxford Latin Course

Meet Quintus: Oxford Latin Course Review

Meet Quintus Meet Quintus - Quintus Horatius Flaccus, that is.  We generally call him Horace, one of the greatest poets of antiquity.  He's best known today among non-Latinists for his phrase carpe diem (Horace, Odes 1.11). And meet Quintus we do, on the very first page of Maurice Balme's and James Morewood's Oxford Latin Course. The student's … Continue reading Meet Quintus: Oxford Latin Course Review