PAR MARIE ELLIOTT

Traduits en Français, par A. F. E. Lépée.

La Petite Anne paresseuse corrigée. {Idle Anne reclaimed.)

La Petite Rapporteuse. {The Tell-lale.)

Le Sournois Benjamin. {Sly Ben.)

Les Frères Orphelins. (TAe Orphan Brothers.)

Le Contraste ; ou, Le Moyen d'être Heureux. (The Contrast ;

or, How to he Happy.) L'Enfant Gourmand. {The Greedy Child.) Le Jour Pluvieux ; ou, Les Plaisirs de l'Occupation. (The Rainy

Day ; or, The Pleasures of Emploument.) Le Petif Nègre. (The BUtck Boy.) Le Mauvais Caractère. (/// Temper.)

La Vérité est notre meilleur Ami. (Truth our Best Friend.) Il n'est rien tel que le Présent.' (Ko Time like the Présent.) Le Poulet Blanc. (The White Chicken.)

Les Animaux fluets ; ou, la Cruauté punie. (The Dumb Animais ; or, Ciuelty Punished.) Les Petits Querelleurs. ( The Little Wranglers.) Le Nid d'Oiseaux. (The Bird's Nest.) Le Paresseux Corrigé. (The Truant Reclaimed.) L'Obstiné ; ou, Les Jeunes Têtes ne sont pas les plus Sages.

(Self-icill ; or, Young Heads not the Wisest.) La Petite Entremetteuse ; ou, Une Faute conduit à Plusieurs.

(The Little Meddler ; or, One Fault leads to many.) Le Rôdeur ; ou. Ce qui ne plaît point à l'un plait à l'autre.

(TJee lîamhle f or, More Paths than One.) Le Petit Matelot; ou. Le Premier et Dernier A'oyage. (The

Sailor Boy ; or, First and Last Voyage.) La Beauté n'a rien de durable. (Beanty but Skin-deep.) Comment passer un Heureux Noël. (How to spend a Happy

Chriitmas.) La Petite Boufonne. ( The Little Mimic.) &;c., «Sfc.

On trouve aussi chez W. D., La Traduction des Hynmes à l'usage des Enfans, de Madame Barbauld, par Lepée ; Celle de Robinsou Crusoe ; de Whittington et son Chat ; Des Entretiens Utiles, ou Peintures Parlantes à l'usage des Jeunes Gens ; Marie et son Chat, {Mary and her Cat;) Les Enfans dans la Forêt, {The CMldren in the Wood ;) Le Jour Naissance de Rossette, {Rosettd's Birth Day,) par le même, et généralement tout ce qui a rapport à l'éducation de la jeunesse.

pniCE SIXPENCE EACH.

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Ouvrages Écrits en Anglais, par Marie EUiott, ^c.

Thèse Taies may be considered a valuable addition to our présent elementary works for very young students in the French language; and are alike novel both for utility and economy. The expérience and popularity of Mrs Elliott render encomiums upon her narratives for chUdren almost superfluous : it may suffice to say that the présent Taies are characterised by the same simplicity, interest and information, which hâve obtained such gênerai and merited approbation for her other works of the same class. Thereis no studywhich hasbeen so generaUy ptirsued in this country for many years, as that of the Fi-ench language, and in which so little progress has usually been made, in proportion to the tirae given up to it. Nothing is more common than to find young persons who hâve devoted five or six years at school to this study, not only utterly incapable of carrying on a conversation in French, but unable even to ask for a common article of food or dress, so asto be vmderstood. This failure is principally attributable to the inj udicious sélection of books for the pupil when he commences translating. In any living language, the attention of the student should be bestowed upon books which, from their natiu-e, can be made a suitable vehicle for the introduction of the most usual idioms, of colloqviial phrases, and of the names of those things which most frequently require to be mentionedin gênerai conversation. This object can evidently be best attained by the means of familiar narratives, with a progressive increase in the difficulty of style, the length of the sentences, and the variety of the idioms. It is upon thèse principles that the présent Taies are offered to the pubUc. The subjects are calculated to interest children at that early âge, at which, with such assistances as thèse, they may commence the study of French both with ease and advantage ; and the mannerin wliich they hâve been translated, will gîve the pupil, even of the tenderest years, by the time he has completed the perusal of the entne séries, more real knowledge of French conversation, than will resuit from the tedious and profitless study of works wliich hâve long served as a convenient refuge to the indolent student, and the incompétent preceptor . It ought not to be forgotten, that thèse Taies are the only publications which hâve ever appeared in England, at so very low a price as sLxpence each, comprising French narratives, interesting in their matter, and p\ire and easy in their style ; sufficiently concise to obviate any appréhension of fatiguing the little pupU, and possessmg so great a degree of varietj% if read in succession, as to afford him an ample and usefal exercise, and at the same time to keep his curiosity continually alive. lliese little books are also accompanied by scveral wellexecuted copper-plates ; which, considering the âge of the class of readers for whom they are designed, it will be readily admitted, are a considérable improvement. A brief glance at the titles will show that some of them are more peculiarly designed for boys, and others for girls ; biit they are ail so constructed as to admit of being read, by children of both sexes with advantage.

Lepee : Girl's Taies

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