Robert Ross

The American Grammar, Or, a Complete Introduction to the English and Latin Languages: Formed from a Careful Perusal of the Classic Authors, and the Writin Robert Ross

Publisher Marketing: Title: The American grammar, or, A complete introduction to the English and Latin languages: formed from a careful perusal of the classic authors, and the writings of the best grammarians: for the use of schools both English and Latin. Author: Robert RossPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02909100CollectionID: CTRG99-B655PublicationDate: 17820101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Compiled by Robert Ross, with revisions by Aaron Burr and Samuel Finley, presidents of Princeton University.--Cf. Dexter's Yale graduates. Collation: 199, [1] p.; 16 cm Contributor Bio:  Ross, Robert Robert Ross received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1974 and has worked since then at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has written several books, including A Concise History of South Africa and Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony: A Tragedy of Manners, both published by Cambridge University Press. He is also the editor, with Anne Kelk Mager and Bill Nasson, of the two-volume series The Cambridge History of South Africa.