This set of Krüger’s textbooks on Greek grammar and syntax belonged to the philosopher G.E. Moore (1873-1958) during his early undergraduate days. As a schoolboy at Dulwich College, Moore had been brilliant at Latin and Greek. In October 1892 he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, to read for Part 1 of the Classical Tripos, before switching to philosophy, partly under the influence of his fellow-student, Bertrand Russell. Moore’s affinity for classical languages shows up later in his choice of title for Principia Ethica (1903). He was also the person who suggested the title Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus for the English translation of Wittgenstein’s first work (1921).
