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Important Publication for Students, Teachers, and Examiners in French.
The Reform of French Syntax and Orthography.
A Complete List of the Revised Changes authorised by the French
Minister of Public Instruction.

Price id. net; or free by post, Ild.

These regulations are by no means intended to revolutionise the Grammar, but simply to relieve the pupil of the need of mastering certain perplexing grammatical niceties which are regarded as not essential to the study of the Syntax and Orthography of the language. The official circular accompanying the Decree makes special reference to the difficulties hitherto placed in the way of foreigners, and henceforth no mistakes will be counted against Candidates at Examinations for making use of the licenses set forth in the revised List. The principal examining bodies in the United Kingdom (including H.M. Civil Service Commissioners; the Society of Arts; the College of Preceptors, the Syndi cate of the University Local Examinations, Cambridge; the Delegates of the Local Examinations, Oxford, etc., etc.), have sanctioned these changes. Students, Professors and Examiners will therefore be free to take advantage of the facilities afforded by this new decision.

French Grammars, Primers, and Exercise Books.

With Rules and Explanations in English.

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(See also Grammars, etc., with Explanations in French, pages 11 to 16.) Aigre de Charente, A New and Complete Course of Strictly s. d. Graduated Grammatical and Idiomatical Studies, calculated to promote a Colloquial Knowledge of the French Language :Part I.-Grammar, Pronunciation, Accidence. 210 pages. Cloth Part II. French and English Syntax compared. 170 pages. Cloth Part III.-Gallicisms and Anglicisms. Verbal Locutions, Idiomatic Locutions with en and y. 246 pages. Cloth Part IV. Syntaxe de Construction, d'Accord, etc. 208 pages. Cl. Exercises to the above, Cloth, Part I., Is. 6d. ; Part II., 2s.; Part III., Is. 6d. ; Part IV., Is. 6d.

The Exercises to Part I. are not sold separately. Complete Sets of the Work, in 8 Volumes, can be had at the reduced price of 12s. 6d. net.

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Barrère, Graduated French Course in the Form of Examination
Papers. Progressive Papers affording Materials for Translation,
Grammar, and Notes with Conversational Questions intended
as a Framework upon which the Teacher may enlarge, and
Aid to Students in preparing the Exercises, by
A. BARRERE, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur; Officier de
l'Instruction Publique: Professor of French Language and
Literature, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich: etc., etc.
In three Parts. 4to. Cloth. Price of each Part

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Each Part contains 20 Papers, and each Paper matter for a complete Lesson. The object of the Papers is to train Pupils for tests which they may have to undergo at some future time,

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Barrère, Graduated French Course. Junior Part. Translation, Grammar and Conversation, with Notes, and French-English and English-French Vocabularies. 88 pages. Cr. 8vo. Cloth.

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French Grammars, Primers, eto. (continued). PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL CLASS BOOKS. By PAUL BAUME,

Officier d'Académie; formerly Professor of the French Language and Literature at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; etc. "Together these works form an almost ideal series, yet each may be employed independently or in conjunction with other class books. They are all capitally got up, and may be safely recommended for private as well as for class use."-Educational News.

Practical French Grammar and Exercises.

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Containing
Pronunciation, Accidence, Gradual Translation, French Read-
ing Extracts, Vocabularies, etc. 264 pages.
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Key to Same, with Hints to Teachers, and Annotations. Cloth.
(For Teachers only)
French Syntax and Exercises, with Vocabulary of 1,000
Idiomatic Expressions, Quotations illustrating Rules, 100
Reading, Parsing, and Translation Lessons, Difficulties,
Gallicisms, etc., for Advanced Pupils. 270 pages. Crown 8vo.
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Key to Same, for Teachers and self-taught Students. Cloth.
(For Teachers only)
French Manual of Grammar, Conversation and Literature.
460 Examination Questions and Answers progressively arranged,
80 Familiar Conversations, Biographical Notices and Extracts
from Great French Writers in Chronological Order, with
Explanatory Notes and Hints for Translation of Difficult
Expressions, etc., etc. 338 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth -
General French Correspondence for Schools and Private
Students. 250 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth
(See under "French Correspondence,” page 29,)

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ELEMENTARY FRENCH CONVERSATIONAL GRAMMAR
By J. BELFOND,

Officier d'Académie; late French Master at Westbourne
Schools (London), etc., etc.

Part I. Accidence, including Classified Lists of Useful Words,
Exercises, Questions, and comprehensive English-French
and French-English Vocabularies. 141 pages. Crown 8vo.

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Part II. Syntax, with Exercises, Questions, and English-French and French-English Vocabularies. 216 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth

Key to both Parts, in 1 Vol. Cloth. (For Teachers only)

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"Mr. Belfond's skill as a teacher is so evinced in the capital arrangement of the thirty-two lessons with their ten questions at the foot, and the work is so well graded, that we can recommend it to the notice of schools and colleges as a vade-mecum. It is used as a text-book in one of the largest centres in London, and has there proved its worth."-The Teachers' Aid.

"The Accidence has the merit of combining theory with practice, the elementary rules being on one page and the conversational part on the opposite one. The questions (in English) are simple and clear, the answers

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French Grammars, Primers, etc. (continued).

The Public School Elementary French Grammar.

With Exercises, Examination Questions, and Vocabularies. By AUGUSTE BRACHET, Lauréat de l'Académie Française, and Adapted for English Schools by the late

Rev. P. H. E. BRETTE, B. D., & GUSTAVE MASSON, B.A.,
Officiers d'Académie; formerly Examiners in the
University of London, etc., etc.

New Edition revised by
JANAU,

ELPHEGE

Formerly Assistant French Master, Christ's Hospital, London;
Late Examiner in the University of London.

With Notes explaining the "tolérances" and "simplifications" authorised by the French Minister of Public Instruction.

In one volume. 374 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth

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Part I.-Accidence (separately). With Exercises, Questions and
full Vocabularies. 214 pages.
Part II. Syntax (separately) With Exercises, Questions and
full Vocabularies. 160 pages. Crown 8vo.
Key to the Exercises. (For Teachers only)

A SUPPLEMENTARY SERIES OF EXERCISES TO "THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY FRENCH GRAMMAR." Vol. I.-Accidence. With a Supplement to Grammar and a Vocabulary to the Exercises. 76 pages.

Vol. II. Syntax. 80 pages.

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Key to the Accidence. (For Teachers only)
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"A good school-book. The type is as clear as the arrangement." Athenæum.

"We have no hesitation in stating our opinion that no more useful or practical introduction to the French language has been published than this."-Public Opinion.

"Brachet's work is simply beyond comparison with any other of its class and its scientific character is not sacrificed in the very judicious adaptation which has made it available for English students.-There is no better Elementary French Grammar, whether for boys or girls."--Hereford Times.

"England is fortunate in the services of a small knot of French Masters like MM. Masson and Brette, who have, alike by their teaching and their school books, done much for the scientific study of the language and literature of France. After successfully introducing into English form the 'Public School French Grammar,' in which M. Littré's researches are happily applied by M. Brachet so as to show the relation of modern French to Latin, MM. Brette and Masson here translate and adapt the 'Petite' or Elementary French Grammar. That has at once proved as popular as the more elaborate treatise."-Edinburgh Daily Review.

"M. Auguste Brachet is well known as one of the most scientific and learned of French philologists and grammarians, and the practical utility of his 'Elementary French Grammar' is proved by the fact that the translation of it by the Rev. P. H. Brette, head master of the French School at Christ's Hospital, and Mr. G. Masson, assistant master at Harrow, has already reached a new edition."-The Scotsman.

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French Grammars, Primers, etc. (continued).

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Public School French Grammar.

Giving the latest Results of Modern Philology, and based upon
the "Nouvelle Grammaire Française" of

AUGUSTE

BRACHET, Lauréat de l'Académie Française.

Part I., Accidence. New Edition, revised, enlarged and adapted
for English Schools and Students by the Rev. P. H. E.
BRETTE, B.D., G. MASSON, B.A. (Officiers d'Académie),
H. C. LEVANDER, M.A., and E. JANAU, with Preliminary
Remarks on the History and Geography of the French
Language, Lists of French words of Latin Origin but deviating
in certain respects from the usual Mode of Derivation, a
Biographical and Geographical List of all Persons and Places
mentioned in the Book, and a very copious Index, etc., 450
pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth

Exercises to Part I., illustrating every Rule in the "Accidence"
with numerous Questions for Examination Purposes. Com-
piled and Edited by Rev. P. H. E. BRETTE, B.D. and
G. MASSON, M.A. 160 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth
Key to the Exercises of Part I., by ELPHEGE JANAU, Formerly
Assistant French Master, Christ's Hospital (London), etc.
Cloth. (For Teachers only)

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Part II. Syntax. New Edition, revised, enlarged and adapted for English Students, by ELPHEGE JANAU, Examiner in the University of London, Late Assistant Master at Christ's Hospital, London, and A. LUDWIG, Officier d'Académie, Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at the Huddersfield Technical College, Examiner in French in Queen's College, London, etc. 620 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth

EXTRACT FROM PREFACE OF PART II.

"In almost every section of the book we have dwelt more minutely than has hitherto been done on many points of construction that present great difficulties to English students, as, for instance, the rules concerning the Compound Nouns, the position of Adjectives, the place occupied by the Subject and Object-whether Noun or Pronoun-and the use of Moods and Tenses, and invariable words, particularly Adverbs of Negation and Prepositions.

"The chapters devoted to Gallicisms, Prosody, and Synonyms, though far from exhaustive, will, it is hoped, furnish the student with sufficient aid and guidance to enable him to solve difficulties without having to consult other works.

"Every effort has been made to bring out, in a lucid and systematic manner, the peculiar characteristics of French Idioms, and the principles by which so-called Synonymous terms may be discriminated. These subjects, although of great importance, have, strangely enough, been either overlooked altogether or very scantily treated in all but a few of the exist ing grammars. This part of the book constitutes an entirely novel feature."

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