NEW CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH COURSE

By HENRI BUE, B.-ès-L.,

Officier d' Académie ; Principal French Master, Christ'a Hospital, London ; late Examiner in the Uniuersity of London.

Hachette's Illustrated Freneh Primer, or the Child's First

French LeSSOns. ïhe easiest introduction to tlie stmly of French, witli mimerons wood engraviugs. New and clRaper Edition. 1 vol., small 8vo, 160 pages, clotli, Is. 6d.

Early Freneh LesSOns. New Edition, 64 pages, cloth, 8d.

The compiler of tliis Utile bookliasliad in view toteach theyoungbeginner as niany French woids as ]>ossible in the least tedious manner. He has fouud by expérience that what cliildren dislike raost to learn are lists of words, however useful and wcll chosen, and that they very soon ",c% weary of disconnected sentences, but commit to memory most readily a short nursery rhyme, anecdote, or fable. Hence the sélection he has made.

The First Freneh Book. New Edition, l vol., 180 pages, cloth, lOd. Grammar, Exercises, Conversation, and Vocabnlarics, with a Synopsis of the Grammatical Rules. Drawn up according to the requirements of the First Stage.

Every lesson is foUovved by a short dialogue for conversational practiccs. The volume comprises the vvhole Accidence. The rules are stated in the clearest possible manner. A chapter on the Philology of the Language, and some for readiiig and translation, a complète Index and two complète Voeabularies, follow the Grammatical portion. Its moderate price and its comijleteness make it one of the best books îbr use in our Middle-Class and National Schools and other large establishments.

The Second French Book. New Edition, i vol., 208 pages,

cloth, Is. Grammar, Exercises, Conversation, and Translation. Complète Voeabularies and a set of Examination Papers. Drawn up according to the requirements of the Second Stage.

First Steps in French Idioms. New Edition, i vol., 192 pages,

cloth, Is. 6d. Containing an Alphabetical List of Idioms, Explanatory Notes, and Examination Papers.

The Key to the above, together with tlie Keys to the First and Second Books {for Teachers only), in one vol., 2s. 6d.

One Hundred and Fifteen Supplementary Exercises to the

First French Book. 120 pages, cloth, lOd.

The Elementary Conversational French Reader. A collection

of short and interesting pièces written in the form of Conv^ersation.s or foUowed by Short Dialogues, Grammatical Questions with Notes and Answers, and a complète French-English Vocabulary. 1 vol., 80 pages, cloth, 6d.

The New Conversational First French Reader. A collection of

interesting narratives adapted for use in Schools, with a list of difiicult words to be learned by heart. Conversation, Examination Questions, and a complète French-English Vocabulary. 224 pages, cloth, lOd.

Easy Frencll Dialogues. A useful collection of Sentences and Practical Conversations on every-day Subjects. Specially compiled for the use of beginners and young pupils of both sexes. 80 pages, cloth, 6d.

A Primer of Freneh Composition. (In préparation.)