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but lîttle aBsistance to the Btiident. In othcr words, he but stores his mînd with sot formai phrases for speoific occasions, without an acquaintanoe with the genius and power of the (angua^e, cr the ability to adapt his knowledge to the pecu- Uar and varied circnmstanoes of every-day life.
This work is urranged on an entibblt nsw plan. It consists of the most faniiiiar phrases of every-day conversation, classified aocording to their sensé under varions appropriate heads, such as tiie foUowing:
1. To lire, weary, grow tired. 1 1. To design, draw, sketch, paint.
3. To afflrin, assnr*, warnnt» «tteat. 18. To prajr, beaecch, Mk, mtnat.
8. To obey, ywld, sabmiU 13. To »pprov«, consent, pennit, tolemU.
4. To imiiffino, b«ili«tT«, p«nuad«ooe'«*elf. M. To l«idg«, liv«, dwell, remor*. i. To «dmire, aitooiab, sarnrise. 15. To mise, lift, open, shut.
6. To dei«rt, si*t ont, travel, ride. 16. To niil, slAnd«r, insuit, injun.
9. Ti> lijriit, klndlo, blow, extiagutih. 11. T ■ commend, pnÙM, lUttar, eomplinwa^
8. Ti> wann, cool, dry, weU IS. T» blâme, repnmaod, eritietae.
9. To laufcb, smlle, weep, joke. 19. T ■ (riaee, put, tet^ lay. arraivre»
10. To daace, sainte, greet, bow. SO. To contemo, deapise, depreoiate, diadAÎn
With an Alphabetioal Index.
It is dîvided into 286 similar heads, hesides containing Modcis of Notes, Invitations, Letters, the most DifElcult and Ck>mmon Euglish Idioms, &c. '
It has acquired an extraordinary popularity in Englaud, having, in a few year» passed through many éditions, number Ihç over 100,000 copies.
Le Livre des Petits Enfaûta, avec Vocabulaire 46 cts.
This litUe volume of Easy Taies was published in France for the use of Young Children who had just learned to read. The design of the authoress was, by a séries of entertaining narratives, to allure the Young onward in the path of Icarziing, and at the samo time to imbue their minds with sentiments of religion and virtae, and of love for the Sacred Scriptures.
To the carefully printed text is added a lîtoral English translation of the first ten stories, and a full vocabulaiy to the remtûning ones.
Thèse facilities, together with the simple style of the storiea themselves, render tliia bock one of the easiest for translation.
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Mrs. Barbauld'B Lessons for Childreo, in Frencb^ with a VoQabolary. 16m<x 45 cts.
To attempt a enlogy of " Mr9.Barbaiild*s Lessons forChildren^' wonld be BuperfluoiM. We onlj remark that, on acxM>ant of ità extrême simplicity, no book is better suited for yoong persons cotnmenoing the study of Freneh.
It is translated with great care, and ia beautifullj printed on a large dear type, witli illoatratlons.
''The task is humble, but not mean; for to lay the first stone of a noble, building, and to plant the first idea of a beautiful langnage in a human mind, can be no diâhonor to any hand."— JTr*. j?/« Pr^aM.
Firat Leaaons in Leaming Freneh, by Pro£ Gustave Cliouquet. 16ma 45 cts.
This work is intended for pnpils commencing the study of the Freneh language. In such a work it is not neeessary that the raies of grammar should be /ormall^ iniroduoed ; they serve rather to weary and embarrass than to profit.
In design and exécution it is so simple as to be within the reach of any child, however young, who is capable of reading inEnglish. The présent édition is muoh enlarged and improved, and printed on very large type. It is divided into six parts, as follows, viz. :
Part I. Spelling Lessons, desigaed aho for Exercises ia Pronunciation.
Pabt II. Simple and Progressive Lessons in Grammar and
Translation.
Part III. A Vocabulary of the most Common and Familiar
Objecte, together with appropriate Exercises in Phrases
and Short Sentences ; the whole divided into lessons^,
each embracing a Distinct Subject.
Part IV. Examples of Freneh Verbs, auxiliary, regular, and reflective, fully coi^ugated.
Part'V. a few simple Storîes, ^he first few followed by a Translation of the more difficult Words and Idioms.
Part VI. A collection of simple and ikmiliarConvezsationi^ Phrases, divided iiito short and easy lessons. }8
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Vannier 's French Spelling and Pronuncii^tion. 45 c.
After a carefUl examination of the most récent and approved elementaiy Spelling-Booka published in France, we bave selected the System of H. Vannier, as being the simplcst iviul yet the most methodioal. It is divided as foUows :
yxBT I. Exercises on ail the Sounds and possible Corabinations of Articulations and Words.
pABT II. Spelling Lessons, or a Vooabolaryof the most usoful Koans in the French Language, systematically arranged under distinct hcads.
Pabt III. £xamples of French Verbs — auxiliary, regnlar, and rcâective — fully conjugated.