Ora Maritima

by Edward A. Sonnenschein

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176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1927

About the author

Edward Adolf Sonnenschein (20 November 1851 – 2 September 1929, Bath) was an English classical scholar and writer on Latin grammar and verse.

Reviews

[cyranoiones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Except for the British imperialism, an enjoyable text for learning Latin by reading. Another advantage to the text is that you can find its sequel on Internet Archive. Yay for old, quaint and out of copyright texts!

[Xand · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s a suitable read for lower intermediate Latin readers. Still, I wouldn’t recommend it because of the themes of the book which are not very interesting and sometimes hard to endure. Especially the lengthy reports about Caesar’s battles in Britannia were dull and boring.

[David Friedman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming; a lovely, fairly easy read after finishing a first Latin textbook.

[Gregorius Minor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I disliked reading this book because of its dullness. If only the historical parts were included it would deserve two or three stars, but the (main) part where they go to the beach is very dull.

[Dave Maddock · Rating 3 out of 5]

This didactic reader narrates Caesar's invasion of Britain from the perspective of 20th century English schoolboys and their father as they take a walk along the Dover coast.

In addition to the graded story, the book also contains grammar and vocabulary notes correlated to each paragraph, exercises, and Latin-English glossary. I ignored all of these and just read the story, which is around 40 pages.