FRENCH PART

(French sentences for translation into English.) Par JULES BUÉ, Maître-ès-Arts Honoraire de l'Université d'Oxford.

"Class-Book of Comparative Idioms, English-French," and «'Exercicps <;i,r les Formes Idiomatiques Comparées " '(HaShette & Cie. , are intended reLec! S,^i7^'.'i^'>.'''l.^^^ ^^l^^^ rrencHpupils, and are a g??at impr^^^^^^ ment upon the old-fashioned conversation books winch have tried the patience of générations of students. The idiomatic expressions in which the French f^^^^^^f^^^^^ëes^^^ound are freely inti oduced into the dialogues ^nd thestudent has thus the opportunity of becommg easily acquainted^ith the pnncipal points of dififerenee between the two tong^es.-kô/^r^ïïoX June

Class-Book of Comparative Idioms. By Jules Bué, Hon. M.A Oxford • Taylorian Teacher of French, Oxford; and W. CoUett Sandars, TaylorSn Exhibitioner, Oxford » Hachette & Cie. 2 vols. As a means for perfect n^ one s acquamtance with the idiomatic pecuMarities both of EngHsh and FreS and the différence of construction between them, the above volumes aïe tS very best that could poss bly be contrived. The rules are so Sy stated thata merechildwill easily comprehend them, and by fixing tS no less than the idioms themselves, in the memory, become thircmghîy au fait aïto conversation.— ^eZrs Weekly Messenger, Jùne 14, 1873

The "Class-Book of Comparative Idioms" recently issued by Messrs Hachette is^ mtended to supersede the ordinary dialogues which are s<» eSensivelyused m schools at the présent day. The Fr?nch phrases and the^I English équivalents bemg printed in separate volumes, the leader ml? be able to employ with great adyantage the materials thus placed within his reach either for viva voce mstruchon or as subjects for written translations - and Particular care has been taken to exclude obsolète, unusual, or slang ex^^^^^ siOTvQ.—Saturday Remeiv, June 7, 1873. ^ tjxprcs

Messrs. Hachette & Co. have received from a very distineuished volumes --^^^^^^^ foUowlDg letter in référence to the above

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