OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

“A good school-book. The type is as clear as the arrangement.” — Athenceum, Jan. 6, 1877.

“¥e are not astonished to hear that it has met with the most flattering réception.” — School Board Chronicle, March 10, 1877.

“ ¥e hâve no hésitation in stating our opinion that no more useful or practical introduction to the French Language has been published than this.”— Public Opinion, March 24, 1877.

“England is fortunate in the services of a small knot of French Masters like MM. Masson and Brette, who hâve, 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 modem 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, March 20, 1877.

“ Of this excellent school sériés we hâve beifore us the * Public School Elementary French Grammar’ — (1) Accidence, and (2) Syntax. 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 for girls — Hereford Times, April 11, 1877.

“ Messrs. Hachette issue some valuable contributions to their sériés of French Educational works. 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 f act that the translation of it by th e 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 second édition.” — The \ 'icotsman , April 10, 1877.