Lebrun, Marie Stuart, by H
LaijLehaKd, B.-ès-So., Frenoh Leotorer, Owen'B Collège, Manchester.
11. Girardln (Mme. de), la Joie fait Peur, par L. J. V. Gérard, Bsq., LeiceBter.
13. — Coppée, Le Lv;thier de Crémone. Comédie, by Professor A. Mabiettb, M.A.
10. Xiabldie et Tolly, La Grammaire, Comédie-Yandeville, by G. PethiLbau.
12. Sciibe, Valérie^ by A. Boulue, B.A., Bedford Collège and Charterhonse School.
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14. — Coppée, Le Trésor, Comédie, by ProfesBor A. MABiETTir M.A.
OTHEB VOLUMES IN PREPABATION.
THE THÉAIBE FRANÇAIS DU SIX® SIÈOLB
will comprise the eh^s-d'ceuvre of AnoiBR, BoniLLT» Delayione, Dumas. Victor Hvoo, Lebuun, P0N8AKD, sand.Sandbau, Sardou, skJRiBB, and DE Y IQMT, ourafoUy fldited^and correotly aad elegantly printed.
In no form can the French langoage as now spoken, its spirit and idioms, be stndied to greater advantage than in the masterpieoesof tiie contemporary French Drama. This taat almoab every intelligent French teacher acknowledges.
The study of well-selected plays has the great advantage of bringing nnder the notice of the papil a constant snooession of well chosen idiomatic phrases. The pnpil cannot help retaining a gi-eat nnmber of such phrases, and aoqaires thaa the gift of French Oonyersation mnch more rapidly than by reading extracts or stories.
Bach play is preoeded by a short critical notice, and aooompanied by snch notes as are indispensable, and a carefnl rendering of the most diffionlt expressions. Piofessara and Tesebers maj add saoh ezplanations as they considar deaiiabl*.
Hm pwwBt WBrim is iteiolly Umited to tbe FtaDok dnoMllo litenitam ot ihe aiM temth œntiinr, and tbe «pedinens now before us oontrast ytrj tvroanJbHj with a similar ■erta pabiished in Gennany. The notes axe of a mors ambitions ctaaracter, tbongb ■IrioUy Bmited to what is absolntélj neœaMoy; ihe material exécution is tnflnitely mporlor, and the whole aories wHl. no âonbt, oœapy a seleot and permanent position in ttw Ubruy of erety stodent of modem Pieneh li t er atum , . . . One of the ohief adTsntages of tbe new xecoeil is that it aocnrtoms the raader to ooUoqoial Fiendi, and funiliarisea him «ith tbe idiomatic phrases and constructions now in ose." — Sekool JBomré ChnmieU.
* Utiulj aU thèse plays, it will be aeen, an \rj leaders of the rerolt against the daesic dnuna, and tbey embody in themaelyes snffldent ezpliuiation of the success of that verolt. Bach play Is giren in the form of a handy little volame, and is oaref ally edited «ith notes. The séries deserres tbe attention of stndenta of the French langnage and Utentmeu"— Aocmon.
** GheapneM and good print an not the only atbraetiye fiBatares of this édition ; it bas a préface, giring a short and clear sketch of the plot of tbe play, and notes explaining the Tarions idloms, whioh prore soch stumbling-Modkn in the way of begiansn."— nêFawff.
XAVIER DE MAIBTRB.
3ba Jeune Sibérienne 9 Xie Xiéprenz de la Otté
d*Ao8te.
With a biognphieal sketch of the anthor, and grammatioal and ezplanatory notes snitable for stndents preparing for Examination. Bjr y. EASTNEB, M.Â., Officier d'Académie ; Professer of Freneh Literatnre in Qaeen's Collège, and one of the French BCasters at the
Charterhoiuie.
BOUVESTRE, E.
&e Fhllosoplie bous les Toit».
JOUBNAL D'UN HOSiME HEUBEUX.
With Bxplanatozy notes by JULES BUE, Hon. M.A. Oxford ; Taylorian Teadher of Frendi, Oxford; Examiner in the Oxford Local Examinations
from 1858, etc.
1 Yol. 232 pages. Cloth, price Is. 6d.
MADAME E. D. PRESSENSÊ.
With grammatical and explanatoiy notes by GUSTAVE MASSON, B.A., Officier d'Académie ; AsBistant Master and Librarian, Harrow Bchool ;
French Examiner at Gharterhouse.
1 Yol. 300 pages. Cloth, price 2s.
The difficnlty of finding in tbe French langnage a really nnexceptionable children's bock is still often remarked ; but Madame De Pressensé bas, we beliere, solved the problem. " Bosa " is a gem of its Mnd, and it is not too mnch to say that it wonld be impossible to sélect a yolnme oombining a healthier religione and nnsectarian tone with gieater literazy merit.
