Short Latin Stories: The Innocent Trumpeter

In this video, I will use one of the short Latin stories I mix into my own classroom from H. J. Hardy s A Latin Reader for the Lower Forms of School (1889). This reader contains hundreds of short stories on a variety of themes (some historical, some fictional) involving Greek, Roman history and culture. While Hardy implies this should be a Beginning level reader, I would say these stories are more appropriate for Intermediate Latin students (Latin 2, 3, depending on curriculum), as they do include more advanced grammar such as Subjunctive Mood. To see this story and many more, take a look at Nova Latin and the resources I ve added for Hardy s Reader: