SIXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

About two years ago Mr Jenkins began tbe publication of a séries of reprlnts of French plays and French novels, carefuliy selectcd for thelr excellence, for their brilliancy, for their purity and for their adaptability to school use. The experiment was undertaken in view of the constant complaiuts in regard to the excessive priée of imported books, and of the difBculty besetting American readers of French lo know just what to read and just what to recommend. To supply this demand bas been, and is, the endeavor of the publisher ; and to-day his list comprises représentative sélections from no less than twenty-two of the best known French authors, who présent the various phases of literarj styles and brilliancy.

â JFVench PuhliccUiona qf William R. Jenkina.

Thèse books hâve been issued in three séries : the most important being that of