5. A KEY is appended, referring every English word, in the preceding vocabulary, to its appropriate Latin, Greek, or other root, prefix, &c., thus enabling the pupil who is wholly unscquainted with any language other than the English to pursue the study of its etymelogy without difficulty. C. Throughout the work distinctive varieties of type are used to designate clearly the particular portion of the definition of each English derivative corresponding with its root, prefix, and suffix or such of them as compose the derivative; and copious notes are appended by which, and the use of the distinctive types just referred to, the connection between the literal or etymological and the proper or usually accepted meaning of the English derivatives is traced and fully explained. These two important features thus fully carried out, it is believed, are peculiar to this work, and add much to its value. The edition of Mr. Lynd, or that of Dr. Thomas, is now in use, as a class-book, in the Pub lic Grammar Schools of Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Brooklyn, and many other cities; in the Public High-Schools of Baltimore, and very extensively in Academies and private Seminaries in many parts of our country. LYND'S CLASS-BOOK OF ETYMOLOGY. THE CLASS-BOOK OF ETYMOLOGY, designed to promote precision in the use, and facilitate the acquisition of a knowledge of the English language. By James Lynd. A. M. The contents of this volume are briefly as follows: 1. An Introductory Chapter, on the origin of language, and the rise and progress of the English language: pp. 18. 2. A chapter on Prefixes and Suffixes. By Dr. Thomas: pp. 14. 3. The Latin, Greek, and other roots of the English language, arranged in alphabetical order, with a large proportion of the English words derived from each root placed under it and defined: pp. 164. 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