WORKS BY EDMOND ABOUT

Edited, with Explanatory Notes and Comprehenaiue

French-English Vooabularies, for the use of

Schools, Candidates, and Priuate Students.

M. Aboat poManaB, to a high degree, the parity of thonght and stjle which the

roang itodenta of «he French language are entitled to find in the hooka deettned to help and guide them in their stadiea. This well-balanced mind, the rigorooa control he alwaya ejcerdaea over his native ikcnltiee, the predaion of hia method, the art with which he unfolds his plots according to the strict rules of logic, and giTcs to his thought all the development it admits ot render his works peculiarly adapted for the purpoae of dass readmg and study. He belongs, as it were, to that great literary school which contributed so much to the glory of the age of Louia XIV.

Le Roi des Montagnes. An entirely New and Revised Edition. Edited by Professor Hbnri Tbstabd, B.A., B.D., Officier de l'Instruotion Publique ; Membre de la Société des Gens de Lettres de France ; and Senior French Instructor at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. 286 pages. Grown 8vo. Cloth. 2b.

Contes Choisis. Containing : La Fille du Chanoine, la Mère de la Marquise, Extracts from ' Trente et Quarante ' and * Le Roi des Montagnes,' Les Gendarmes, etc. Edited by the late Rev. P. H. E. Brette, B.D., and G. Massok, B.A. New Edition revised by H. Tbstasd, B.A., B.D., etc. etc. 280 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth. 28.

Récits et Nouvelles. Containing: Lea Jumeaux de l'Hôtel Corneille, La Mort du Turco, L'Inondation, Le Grain de Plomb, and Dans les Ruines. Edited by A. P. HnouKNST, Officier d'Académie, etc. etc. 192 pages. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Cloth, 2b.

The volome eontaina the following atoriea : (1) ' Les Jvmeaux dt VH(M CSomettZe,' a characteristic epiaode of atudent life in Paria : (8) ' la Jfott du Twno, an imprcMBalve narrative of one of the many expeditions France has had to undertake agauist the Arabe ; (8) ' L'Inondation,' a dramatic story of one of those terrible floods so fréquent in France before dykes had been constructed to regulate the river oouieea ; (4) * Lc Grain de Plomb,' a simple but touching sporting anecdote in Alsace ; and (6) * Amu Um RuiTUS,' a striking study, ftall of suggestive ideas on the vital and much diacuased questions of the dwellings for the poor in great cities. These varied subjeets introduce an unusual number of words and expressions, and offer an advantage seldom secured by the study of any one book. At we same time the selections are long enough to be intereating, and afford an opportunity of forming an adequate idea of the auUior's style

La Fille du Clianoine. Edited by the late Rot. p. H. E. Brktsb, B.D., and Gustavr Masson, B.A. Revised by Hbnbi Tmabd, B.D. 80 pages. Crown 8vo. Cloth, lOd.

One of the most charming stories of this eminent Author» whom the Timts style« *The Thackeray of France.' The work can hardly be too highly recommended for its Interest, instructiveness, and cheapness. In no contemporary Author can the French language be studied to greater Advantage. The s^le is graiceAil and easy, and Uit book Is well suited, in every respect, for students of moderate attaianeatc