WITH A COMPLETE VOCABULARY

2y V. ILASTNXSR, 3ffi.A.,

Officier d'Académie, Professer of Frencli Language and Literature in Queen's Collega,

London.

The présent publication consista of two parts. In the first part, a close comparison has been attempted of the French and English. syntaxes, and while the principles common to both languages bave been but slightly touched upon, considérable stress has been laid on the idiomatic structure of French.

The changes introduced, in 1877, by the French Academy, in the use of accents and the spelling of compound and foreign words hâve been caref idly noted, and numerous exercises added, with a view of impressing the Rulos more deeply on the student's memory. To meet the requirements of the case, it has been f ound necessary to make those Exercises consist chielly of detached sentences ; but care has been taken that each sentence should contain some interesting thoughu, or convey useful information. Commonplace and meaningless phrases hâve been altogether excluded.

The second part includes one hundred easy pièces for rendering into French (Anecdotes, Historical Facts, &c.), each requiring half an hour of préparation.

' » Professer Kastner has produced a very scholarly work, and th© very complète vocabulary is not its least meritorious feature." — School Board Chronicle.

•' Eléments of French Composition consist of two parts. In the first the French and English syntaxes are compared, and the idiomatic structure of the French is pornted out with much force and success. The second part includes pièces (about 100 in number) to be rendered into French, and are such as a very moderato scholar ought to accomplish within hali an hour. A good vocabulary is given at the end. We think the book cannot fail to be very acceptable to teachers, and most useful to pupLla." —School Guardian.

" The three Faits of which this manual is composed may be described by the three degrees of comparison,— good, better, 'beaV— Journal of ■éducation,