Dr. Alexander Gill. Dr. John Wallis. 1662 John Wilkins, D.D. A Treatise on the Figures of Grammar and Rhetorick. (). The Art of Rhetorick, &c. (2) A Tract concerning the Right Pronunciation and writing English. An Orthographie, &c., how to write or point the Image of Man's Voice moste like to the Life of Nature. Book for the Amendment of Orthographie for On the Right Writing of our English Tongue. Longonomia Anglica. The English Grammar; or, the Institution of Letters, Syllables, and Words, in the English Tongue. The English Grammar made by Ben Jonson, for the Benefit of all Strangers, out of his Observation of the English Language now spoken and in use. Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ. (3) Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language. Essay on the Human Understanding. (4) A Grammar of the English Tongue, with the Arts of Logick, Rhetorick, &c. Essay towards a Practical English Grammar. The English Grammar; or, an Essay on the Art of Grammar, applied to and exemplified in the English Tongue. The Rudiments of English Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue, &c. The Principles of Latin and English Grammar, designed to facilitate the Study of both Languages by connecting them together. An Introduction to an English Grammar, with a Compendious Way to master any Language in the World. The Art of reading and writing English, 3rd edition. (5) A New Guide to the English Tongue. In five parts. Part Third being a short but comprehensive Grammar of the English Tongue. (1) Omitting John of Cornwall, whose work was not printed, this is, probably, the first English Grammar on record. (2) Todd and Johnson believe this to have been the first system of regular criticism on our language: as a treatise of Grammar, it may be called the second. (3) This is an English Grammar written in Latin, being intended by the author for the use of foreigners as well as Englishmen. (4) In the third and fourth books of this work, the author treats of the nature and imperfections of language, and of the manner in which words are applied as representations of ideas; therefore it deserves to be noticed in a list of works on English Grammar. Dr. Johnson says of this work, that if it had been called a Grammatical Essay, as it ought to have been, it would have been less read. (5) In the present list, when the date of the first edition of a work is unknown, we give the date of the earliest known edition, with the number of that edition. DATES AUTHORS TITLES OF WORKS A.D. A New English Grammar. Institutions of Language; A Physico-grammatical Essay on the Propriety and Rationale of the English Tongue. A Short English Grammar. The Royal English Grammar, containing what is necessary to the Knowledge of the English Tongue, 4th edition. Hermes, or a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Universal Grammar. A Practical New Grammar, with Exercises of Bad English, 3rd edition. The Royal Universal British Grammar, and Vocabulary; being a Digestion of the Entire English Language into its Proper Parts of Speech. A Grammar of the English Tongue. (Prefixed to his Dictionary.) Four Essays upon the English Language, &c. An Introduction to Languages, Literary and Philosophical. The Rudiments of English Grammar adapted to the Use of Schools. The English Verb: A Grammatical Essay. A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar. A Short Introduction to English Grammar, with Critical Notes. Complete English Grammar, on a New Plan. An Essay on the English Language, in Two Treatises. A Grammatical Introduction to the English Tongue. (Prefixed to his Dictionary.) The Principles of the: English Language digested; or, English Grammar reduced to Analogy. A Grammar of the English Language, in Two Treatises. The British Grammar: an Essay in Four Parts. Grammatical Institutes; or, an Easy Introduction to Lowth's English Grammar, 2nd edition. A Concise and Comprehensive System of English Grammar. Remarks on the English Language, &c. A Practical English Grammar. An Easy Introduction to the English Grammar; for Children under seven years. A New Grammar of the English Language. A Plain and Complete Grammar of the English Language. A Practical English Grammar. An Universal Grammar; for those unacquainted with the Learned Languages. The Accidence, or First Rudiments of English Grammar; for Young Ladies, 3rd edition. A Methodical English Grammar; with Epitome of Rhetoric. A Compendium of English Grammar; with Appendix of General Directions for Reading. The Practical Grammar; to which is added a Poetical Epitome of Grammar; also, a Short English Grammar upon the Plan of the Latin. The Rhetorical Grammar and Dictionary. An Introduction to English Grammar: with Treatise on Rhetoric. The Theory of Language; of the Origin and General Nature of Speech; and of Universal Gram mar. A Short Introduction to English Grammar, 2nd edition. Epea Pteroenta, or the Diversions of Purley. DATES AUTHORS TITLES OF WORKS An Easy Grammar for the Use of Schools. A Practical Grammar of the English Language, 4th edition. A Short System of English Grammar.(1) Elements of the Grammar of the English Language. A Dissertation on the English Verb, &c. Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes Historical and Critical. A Key to English Grammar. Institutes of English Grammar, 4th edition. The Grammatical Wreath; a Complete System of English Grammar; Selection of Rules from the Principal English Grammars. Rudiments of English Grammar, 2nd edition. A Short English Grammar, simplified to the Capacities of Children. A Concise English Grammar, rendered easy to every Capacity. English Grammar, adapted to the different Classes of Learners. The Grammatical Art improved. A Grammar of the English Tongue. The Principles of English Grammar, with Critical Remarks, 4th edition. Rudiments of English Grammar. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar. Elements of English Grammar; a New System of Grammatical Instruction. A Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the A New System of English Grammar, &c. A Compendious Grammar of the English Language. A Compendious English Grammar. A Rhetorical Grammar in which the Common Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are detected, 4th edition. A Guide to Elocution, divided into Six Parts. An English Grammar, comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language. Illustrated by Exercises and Key. In 2 vols. The Essentials of English Grammar; for Classical and French Schools. Lindley Murray examined, &c. (2) A Practical Grammar of the English Language. The Elements of English Education, containing an Introduction to English Grammar, and a Concise English Grammar. (1) In the present list, when the author of a work is unknown, we give the name of the publisher. (2) This work is an address to Classical, French, and English teachers, in which several absurdities, contradictions, and grammatical errors in Mr. Murray's Grammar are pointed out. DATES AUTHORS TITLES OF WORKS A.D. A New and Improved Grammar of the English Tongue, &c. A New Elementary Grammar of the English Language. The Rudiments of English Grammar elucidated. The First Rudiments of General Grammar, applicable to all Language. The Elements of English Grammar. A Grammar of the English Language. An Abridgement of Angus's Grammar, for the Use of Beginners, 2nd edition. Grammatical Dialogues, 2nd edition. The Principles of English Grammar. A Grammar of the English Language. Philosophic Etymology, or Rational Grammar. A Comparative View of the English and Latin Languages, intended to establish an Easy and Methodical Plan for the Acquirement of both. The Grammatical Remembrancer; a Short but Comprehensive English Grammar. Institutes of Grammar. Outlines of English Grammar. A Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters. Theory and Practice of English Grammar, adapted to the New Modes of Instruction. A Complete Parsing Grammar. An Epitome of English Grammar. Essentials of English Grammar, done into Metre. The Mother's Book; Pestalozzi's Plan of awakening the Understanding of Children in Language. English Grammar, in Familiar Lectures. An Easy Introduction to English Grammar, for Children under eight years. A Grammar of the English Language; in which the Genius of the English Tongue is consulted, Conversations on English Grammar, &c. An Introduction to English Grammar. The Lady's Grammar. An English Grammar in Verse. The English Master, or Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition. The Institutes of English Grammar. A New Grammar of the English Language, &c. Remarks on the Practice of Grammarians, &c. A Syntactical English Grammar. An Analysis of the Principles and Structure of Language, &c. An Attempt to illustrate the Rules of English Grammar, and to explain the Nature and Uses of the several Particles. A Philological Grammar of the English Language. A Practical Guide to the Composition and Application of the English Language. The Imperial Grammar of the English Language. The Grammatical Reading Class Book, or Easy Introduction to English Grammar. Dr. Priestley's English Grammar improved. The Little Grammarian, in a Series of Instructive Tales. A.D. 1828 1829 Charles Bucke 1829 James Knowles. 1829 W. Pinnock 1830 1831 1832 Samuel Alexander 1832 1832 1833 1834 1835 A Manual of English Grammar, Philosophical and Practical. The Young Lady and Gent's Guide to the Grammar of the English Language. A Treatise on English Grammar, &c. An Abridgement of Hiley's English Grammar. A Catechism of English Grammar. New edition by E. Wickes. Mary's Grammar; interspersed with Stories. An Initiatory Step to English Composition, or Grammatical Analysis facilitated. The Pocket English Explanator; or, a Dive into Grammar. Progressive Exercises in English Grammar. The Principles of English Grammar. An English Grammar. An Epitome of English Grammar, 12th edition. English Grammar for Beginners, &c. The Writer's and Student's Grammar of the The Difficulties of English Grammar removed. The Principles of English Grammar, with the An Introduction to English Grammar on Universal Principles. An English School Grammar, 3rd edition. Grammar on its True Basis. The Accidence and Principles of English Grammar. A Grammar of the English Language, in Familiar Lectures. |