20 JULY 1867, Page 22

Examples and Exercises in English Parsing, Syntax, and the Analysis

of Sentences. By William Davis. (Longmans.)—As a general rule, "i books of this kind are notorious for the folly of the sentences they pick out for the instruction of learners. We are glad to find that Mr. Davis's little work is an exception. Of its method of teaching we think equally well, and, on the whole, it deserves to be praised and studied