CONTENTS

NOTXOB 8UB RaCINS 6

Les Plaideubs ^ 7

Andeouaque. 67

iFHIGéNII. 130

ESTHEB • 198

Athaxie. 848

An édition of tlie Chefs d'œuvbe of Racine, with Explanatory Notes and Grammatical Références, is hère ofifered to the American Btudent The want of such a book has long been felt by the instructor and pupil

The références in this, as in the éditeras other reading books, are made to his "New French Method," a work which, in Utile more than four years^ has already passed through thirty-three large éditions.

The dramatic compositions of Racine contained in this volume are: Les Plaideurs^ Anàromaque, Iphigénie^ Esih&Ty Athcdie. The first of thèse, Les Plaideurs, the only comedy written by Racme, makes us wish that the author had done more in this department This gem, an imitation of the Wasps of Aristophanes, far surpassing the original, has not hitherto been placed in the hands of the student on account of the peculiar difficulties of its style and of the numerous proverbial expressions and allusions which it contains. The notes, therefore, will be found much fuller in this play than in the others which ofîer less difficulties.

UznvzBsiTT or MxoRioAir,

Ann Arbor, Aprll, 1866.