24 JUNE 1837, Page 19

The preface to PINNOCK'S English Grammar informs us, that it

is written upon " an entirely new principle." This large claim is hardly supported by the fact. On the contrary, we have dis- covered nothing at all new in principle ; though there is a pretty constant attempt at imparting novelty or clearness to &WM Frequently this is striven after by repetitions, or additional expla- nations, which substitute iteration for simplicity. Sometimes it impresses a useful truth ; as

" Some words can be a little changed or altered so as to make them belong to the several parts of speech.

" Love is a word of one part of speech, and can be changed into " Lover; which is of another part ; or into " Loring ; which is of a third part ; or into " Lovingly ; which is of a fourth part of speech."