Ample provision is made for home work

5. The building up of a working vocabulary is systematically emphasized.

6. A French atmosphere is carefully maintained throughout the book.

While every opportunity is given for the exercise of the teacher's individuality, and for adapting the instruction to the needs of different kinds of classes, the complete materials are furnished and all the necessary directions are given for the successful treatment of each lesson.

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON

ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO

The Walter-Ballard French Series Short Stories for Oral French

By Anna Woods Ballard, Assistant Professor of French in Columbia University, in charge of French in the School of Practical Arts, Teachers College, Columbia University. Price 80 cents

Teachers who are looking for material to use in teaching oral French will be interested in this little book. It consists of 63 short stories or anecdotes carefully graded and provided with questions and exercises to assist the teacher in drilling the pupil on the spoken language. Verb lists and a vocabulary complete the book. The requirement of oral drill which has recently been added to the school programme in various parts of the country makes this book especially timely.

PHONETIC FRENCH READER

By Anna Woods Ballard and Edmund Tilly, Instructor in

French and German in Union College. Price 60 cents

This is a phonetic transcription of " Short Stories for Oral French," with an introduction on French pronunciation, a sound chart in colors, and suggestions as to method.