Connected Passages For Latin Prose Writing, With Full Introductory Notes On Idiom

by Arthur Leslie Wheeler

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

220 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2008

About the author

Wheeler was a leading critic of Latin poetry whose specialty, like that of his near-contemporary Kirby Flower Smith, was the Roman elegists. His work was marked by more than usual (even for his era) attention to precise scholarship and modest good sense, perhaps owing to his early interest in grammar, fostered by Edward Parmelee Morris. His impact on the study of Roman poetry was to set the elegists in the context of the history of their genres, with particular attention to their Greek forebears. In this regard, his Sather Lectures on Catullus' performance in his various genres are still of value. Though he did not have the range or depth of K. F. Smith, his solid and sensible approach influenced the subsequent work of his many students. Wheeler was an avid hiker and amateur sportsman in the best sense, leading him to contribute articles to Forest and Stream magazine.