Originally published in 1913. Foreword: Of the various functional types of the Dative in the several Indo European languages no single one, whether original or acquired, has been given so little consideration or has been dismissed with so summary a treatment as that ordinarily designated as the Dative of Agency. Indifferently bandied about, but more commonly assigned to the original Indo-European Dative, as one of its natural developments, it has in grammatical works of all kinds come to assume the character of a colourless subspecies, to all intents and purposes long since tracked to its lair, duly identified and ticketed, with never a suspicion as to its complete make up attaching to it............... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900"s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.