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horrifies the parents, but winds up by falling a victim to the daughter's simple charms.

The - vocabulary and notes are sufficiently full to render the book of service for early work, and to furnish the assistance necessary for making reading both easy and attractive. The notes in French will offer a greater stimulus to the memory.

With the hope that this new edition of Labiche' s charming little comedy may prove attractive to students and useful to instructors, it is given over to the practical test of actual use in the class room.

Lexington, Virginia, December, 1898.