PREFACE

The collection of Legends and Fairy Taies, of which this little volume f orms the second part, is intended as an introduction to gênerai French Literature, rather than as a model of style. In the first part, the stories were told in the very simplest manner possible, with much répétition to secure fluency and the memorizing of the most ordinary words. Here the new words are not repeated quite so frequently, because any pupil, having gone through the first part, has already secured a fair vocabulary, and has learned how to remember the new words with comparative ease.

Thèse stories hâve been used with pupils of ail âges, and at différent stages of progress. With beginners they f orm the basis for numerous questions, which the pupils answer in French only, and serve as reading, translating, and writing exercises. The pupils are also required to read the stories fluently, and to narrate them in their own words.

With pupils who are farther advanced, thèse taies can be used to great advantage as composition exercises, the teacher reading, or having a few of the pupils