This textbook aims to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection and arrangement of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction explains in simple language certain general conceptions too often ignored in the study of Grammar: the nature of language, its relation to thought and to style, the processes which affect its growth and decay, the province of grammar, and the relation of grammar to usage. Chapters II-LVIII deal primarily with the Parts of Speech and with their combination into sentences in the expression of thought. With Chapter LIX a more detailed study of inflection begins. This continues through Chapter CXV, and includes all the important phenomena of English inflection, which are explained, not as isolated facts, but as means of expressing varieties of human thought. Chapters CXVI-CXLIV provide a thorough and systematic review of the structure of complex sentences. The appendix contains a list of irregular verbs and other reference material. This volume also contains "Selections to be Committed to Memory," prescribed for the Seventh and Eighth Years by the Education Department of the State of New York.