Choosing a Latin text is not easy; Jenney's series of 4 volumes solves a lot of problems. First, the book uses no "gimmicks" in the presentation of grammar, a la the Cambridge/Oxford series. The first volume, along with a the excellent survey at the beginning of the second, provides a solid foundation in grammar, syntax and vocabulary. The reading of Caesar is not very popular in all quarters, and it is debatable whether or not Caesar is even suitable for beginning students, but generations of more competent Latinists than today used him as a corpus vile for grammar acquisition. The traditional sequence of continuing with Cicero and then crowning one's study with the poets is well organized.