FRENCH

Victor Hugo s Hernani.

Edited by John E. Matzke, Professor of French in Indiana University, Bloomington. 228 pages. Cloth. Introduction pric.e, 70 cents. Price by mail, 80 cents. Paper. Introduction price, 40 cents. Price by mail, 50 cents.

NO literary production of the first half of the présent century forms as convenient a point of departure for the study of the Romantic movement in France as Victor Hugo’s Hernani. This drama embodies both the excellences and the faults of the French romanticists, and the literary feud, which is inaugurated, was equal to the famous quarrel about the Cid in the seventeenth century.

This édition is to meet the wants of college stridents. It contains an introduction intended to show thè true position of the play in the history of the French drama, and the notes furnish the information necessary to a correct appréciation of the text.

Wm. K. Gillett, Prof, of French^ University of City of New York : I am greatly pleased with it. I shall undoubtedly use it in my class room before the close of the year. The introduction adds much to the value of the work.

Arthur G. Canfield, Prof of French^ State University ^ Kansas: I am very glad to see that the needs of those stridents who are after the literary meaning and value of the play hâve been attended to.

Meriméés Colomba.

Edited by John A. Fontaine, Professor of French in the University of Mississippi. 195 pages, Cloth. Price by mail, 70 cents. Introduction price, 60 cents. Paper. Price by mail, 40 cents. Introduction price, 35 cents.

IN Mérimée’s Colomba the student is presented with a very fine spécimen of the XIXth century French prose, as it is found in the best Contes and Nouvelles. Mérimée’s style is that of a careful writer aiming at artistic perfection within the bounds of simplicity and elegance. The sentence is classically constructed, and nothing obstructs the lucidity of either diction or thought. Moreover, the composition of 'Coloinba is symmetrically planned, ail the characters are well delineated, and the vivid and realistic manner in which the story of the Corsican vendetta is told cannot fail to win the reader’s interest.

T. LiOgie, Prof, of French in Williams College.^ in Modérât Language Notes : It is refreshing to hâve an édition of one of the masterpieces of fiction — Merimée’s Colomba — annotated by Dr.

Fontaine. . . . These notes are excellent.

E. S. Joynes, Prof, of French^ South Carolina College: There is little room for any criticisms other than unqualified praise. The notes show scholarship, good taste and skill in an unusual degree.

FREUCH.

Introduction to Modem French Lyrics'.

Kdited, with Notes, by B. L. Bowen, Associate Professer of Romance Languages in Ohio State University, Columbus. 198 pages. Cloth. Introduction price, 60 cents. Price by ma il, 70 cents.

THIS book contains about 150 pages of text, followed by copious notes. Its object is to offer to college classes in French a judicious collection, thoroughly annotated, of some of the inost characteristic and best known of the modem lyrics of France. The patriotic songs of the Révolution are, made the starting point ; such as the Ça ira. Marseillaise, Chant du Départ, and other typical poems, which it is thought the average student at présent too seldom sees, are especially emphasized. These are followed by sélections from Béranger, Victor Hugo, Musset, Gautier and others. The notes, which are preceded by general remarks on the character of the versification, will be full. They are largely etymological in character and aim to introduce the student to the principles underlying the development of the language.

A. Guyot Cameron, Prof essor of French, Yale University {in Modem Language Notes) : The sélection for the space is very harmonious. . . . The notes are full without being wearisome, the introductory notices of authors and poems being exceedingly good. ... We can but

Corneille' s Polyeucte.

Edited by Alcée Portier, Professer of the French Language and Literature in Tulane University of Louisiana. Paper. 150 pages. Introduction price, 30 cents. Price by mail, 35 cents.

THIS sublime play placed on the stage the heroism of the Christian martyr. Though not as great as Le Cid, Polyeucte is a masterpiece — one of the most inspiring of Corneille’s works, — one of the most touching in French literature. In this édition the variants are given, as it is thought highly important to follow the workings of a great mind, and to observe to some extent the author at work. The notes are philological, grammatical, explanatory, but chiefly literary. An attempt has been made to explain thoroughly the character of the play, and also to call attention to the points of interest in the other Works suggested by the tragedy analyzed.

thank the editor for a dehghtful, original and scholarly addition to our texts of the highest class.

T. F. Crâne, Prof. French, Cornell University : The sélection seems to me good and the work is excellently edited.

French Texts.

Edgren^s French Grammar.

Edgren^s Grammar^ Part I.

Grandgeiif s Mater'ials for French Composition. Five graded pamphlets.

KimbaWs Materials for French Composition.

Stor?‘'s Hints on French Syntax, with exercises.

Houghton^ s French by Reading.

HeatFs French Dictionary.

HeatFs Fr.-Eng, Dictionary. (Part I. of the above.)

SupeFs French Reader.

French Fairy Taies.

France^ s Abeille.

De Musseds Pierre et Ca7nille,

Lamartine* s Jeanne d' Arc.

Souvestre* s Le Mari de Mme. de Solange.

Souvestre* s Un Philosophe sous les Toits.

Souvestre's Lxs Confessions d*un Ouvrier.

IListoriettes Modernes, Vol. I. and Vol. II.