English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Accompanied by a compendium, embracing a new systematic order of parsing, a new system of punctuation, exercises in false syntax, and a system of philosophical grammar, in notes, to which are added an appendix and a key to the exercises : designed for the use of schools and private learners

"English Grammar in Familiar Lectures" by Samuel Kirkham is an early 1800s teaching book meant to make English grammar easy to learn; the book is designed for schools and people who want to study on their own, and it teaches the rules of language, including how words work, how to put sentences together, how to use punctuation, and even the way language connects to thinking. The author begins by explaining how important and useful grammar is for clear communication, while also trying to change people’s minds about grammar being boring by showing how it helps us think and express ourselves clearly. The point of the book is to give simple explanations and examples that make grammar understandable and show how grammar helps people grow their minds and speak and write well.