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Part II. deals chiefly with the niceties of French Syntax-a solution of the difficulties of which will be found under carefully classified headings. Part III. has been added as a stepping-stone to the study of French Idioms. Tricoche, Some Stumbling-Blocks of the French Vade-Mecum of French Composition. For Elementary and Intermediate Classes. Principal Difficulties, Rules, Directions Hints for Translation admitting of different renderings, arranged in Alphabetical Order, and followed by Graduated Exercises compiled so as to ensure, by frequent repetition, a Mastery of essential points, by J. LAZARE, B. es L., and H. MARSHALL, M.A. [Continued overleaf. French Composition and Translation (continued). UNSEEN PASSAGES (FOR TRANSLATION AT SIGHT). Easy Extracts for Translation into Modern Lan guages. For Lower and Middle Forms. By MME. DAVIES, Senior French Mistress, Girls' Grammar s. d. School, Bradford Short descriptive pieces, interesting anecdotes, etc., providing weekly work for three terms. Being published in a very cheap form, it may be discarded at the end of the school year, when it has served its purpose. Passages from Standard Authors for Translation By E. L. MILNER-BARRY, M. A., and W. RIPPMANN, M.A. Extracts from Standard English Authors (including J. Bright, G. Eliot, 80 comprehensive "Drills" progressively arranged, com- By P. BAUME, Officier d'Académie, etc. 64 pp. (See p. 22.) Advanced Texts to accustom Students to every Kind of By L. SERS, B. ès L., Late French Master at Wellington One hundred Extracts from Standard Authors (including Beaconsfield, Arranged progressively for Translation at Sight. By N. PERINI, F. R.A.S., Late Professor at King's College, The extracts are divided into numbered sections to facilitate translation in Classes, etc. Most useful for Candidates preparing for the Higher Examinations. British Wars of the Victorian Era. 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CONTENTS:-Eighty lengthy Exercises or "Drills," systematically and progressively arranged, comprising, in all, nearly four thousand colloquial phrases on topics of general interest :-Plurals of Nouns-Miscellaneous Questions and Answers-Visiting-Services, Offers and Favours-Thanks and Refusals-Admiration, Surprise, Grief and Regrets-Friendship, Relations-News of the Day-Years, Months, Days, Hours, Seasons, Weather, Ages and Periods of Life-Railway, Hotel, Dinner Table, At Home, Walks in Town and Country, Theatres, Concerts, Museum, Public Buildings and Monuments, Games, Exercise, Fishing, Hunting, Shooting, on the Ice, etc.-School (History, Geography, Arithmetic, Study of French, Drawing, Painting, Writing, etc.)-Domestic Animals-Trades-Businesses, Professions-The Home (Furniture, Servants, the Gardens, etc.)-Shopping and Purchases (at the Tailor's, Dressmaker's, the Markets, Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers )-Virtues and Vices-Human Body, the Five Senses, etc. -Sciences, Weapons, etc., etc. Belcour, Popular English Proverbs, etc., arranged in Alpha- (For full particulars, see page 150.) 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Lazare, Questionnaire Général pour la Conversation en Français. PAR JULES LAZARE, Bachelier ès Lettres. 104 pages. Cloth Les CONTENTS: La maison-Le feu-Le corps-La nourriture- Les classes de conversation qui se font sans préparation donnent Avant chaque leçon, les élèves prépareront un certain nombre de réponses plus ou moins développées, selon qu'ils seront plus ou moins avancés. Parmi les questions d'ordre pratique, on en rencontera d'autres qui donneront lieu à une discussion ou à un récit, par exemple certaines fables de La Fontaine qui devront être racontées en langage très familiar. Ce système, tout en donnant à l'élève la confiance qui ne s'acquiert que par la pratique, ne diminuera aucunement le rôle du professeur, car ce dernier sera suffisamment occupé à redresser les phrases boiteuses, à compléter les explications trop sommaires et à poser de nouvelles questions, que la plupart des sujets ne manqueront pas de suggérer. s. d. I O 0 9 I O 26 I O [Continued overleaf. |