It is a fact that whoever carries

on a large business ought to know the three languages we hâve justspoken of.

The pronunciation only.

The gender of nouns and agreement of adjectives are as simple as possible.

Very much.

No doubt, as useful as French and

more so than German.

Oh! yes, I speak it pretty well,

I spent three years in Germany.

Us literature is very rich.

So should I, but it is very difficult,

particularly for Frenchmen.

Pretty well, but I want practice.

Hannover and the Rhine.

Very little, Madam.

You should go to Paris for twelvc

months.

They say so, but Tnever found it.

I should say French first, English

second and German third.

It is true, but English and German

are more expressive.

There is not the slightest doubt that

with the aid of those three langua- *ges one might travel and make

one's self undersiood in ail civili-

zed countries.

AT A BOOKSELLER'S.

1. Good morning, Sir, hâve you got No, Sir, but I hope to receive them

the books I ordered the other to morrow morning. day?

2. Could you get me two copies of I will do my best, Sir, but I am afraîd

this work by Saturday?

it is out of print.

-3. Hâve you any new works by you Yes, Sir, ail thèse are new and hâve now? just been publisbed.

Différent sorts : theology, law, history and travels.