OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

** Thèse yolames hâve been prepared with great care for sohools and private papils who hâve in view Oxford, Cambridge, and Collage of neœptors' Local Ëxaminations, as well as for those who are preparing I6r Anny and Navy, Civil Service, and University Ezaminations. They combine ail that is beat in previous methods, and, if diligently and patiently nsed, could not &il to make the student acquainted with the mOBt subtle distinctions and elegancies which abound in the French laneoage. In the Master's Book there is an excellent " Précis de Thistoire de m littérature Française depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours." Ail that 18 requisite for mastering the idiomatic expressions in the French langnage will be found included in the System adopted by Messrs. Hunt and Wnillemin, and the Master's Book, which is meant to be used by ail teaohers, is at once a guide, a grammar, and a key. Nothing more complète in its kind has appeared even in thèse late years, which haye been prolifio in grammars and methods intended te facilitate the acqui- ■ition of modem languages.'' — The TabUt.

«For Englishmen generallv the study of French is nowadays a necessity. But it may be said that few books pretending to aid in teaching that language are of much value. ' The Oxford and Cambridge French Ghrammar ' in three parts — one for masters, and two for pupils oi différent grades — shonld, however, be very useful in achieving the task, and it is doubtfiil whether a better Grammar has before seen the light" — Dâily TeUgfoph,

*'It is not surprisînç that the rapid extension during the last few years of the Local Examinations should hâve created a literature spedally adapted for the use of candidates preparing for them. Several of the books published for this purpose hâve proved a delusion and a snare, becanse they were only crude compilations encouraging mère cram. But cramming in its worst sensé no longer ensures success at any welloonducted exaroination. We gladly welcome^ thereforty this Grammar wfAicA, whilê fulfiUing its professed object as a course preparatory for examinations^ ai the same time can be used with bqual advantaob by those who hâve no final test to work for^ but who simply aim at ac^uirin^ a thorough knawledgé of French in an attractive manner. For its immédiate purpose the Grammar is divided into four parts, each affording materiais for a year's work, and subdivided again into three divisions, corresponding to (he terms of the usnal scholastio year. Each term, again, is divided into ten lessons, so that, allowing one week every month for répétition, theio

h one lesflon for every week at a minimum rate of three lesAons a m<mth« The whole of thèse twelve parts or terms are properly graduaUd^ and eaoh lesson oontains proportionate parts of grammar, idioms, translatioBS £rom< Frenoh and into French, so as to serve as a very good model of what et UssoH in French shmld be. As a companion to the Grammar the authorp haye idso publiahed a Master's Book, containing questions and exercises on the lessons, and the translation into French of the Eoglish pièces in the Pupil's Book, sû ihat the Grammar might also be used by English masters ttocking French, At the end the authors haye giyen a uiort précis of French literature." — Edueatùmal Times,

"Into thèse three volumes — two of which are intended for pupils and one for masters — Messrs. Hant and WuîUemin hâve compressed almoit eyerything fhat it is neoessary for a student to know in order to become profioient in the French language. The only book required in addition 18 a dictionary. The usual English into French translation book, the idiom book, thé dictation book, the reading books, and the books which give a knowledge of French literatare, are aU dispensed with, their substance being induded in the volumes before us. One of the leading mérite of the system hère laid down, therefore, is the saving it effects in that constantly recurring item of parental expenditure, the outlay in Bchool books. Having carefully gone through ail three volumes, we are able to say that the system in every particular seems admirably adapted for the purpose in hand — which is, we take it, the acquirement of an efficient knowledge of French with the least expenditure of labour and the minimum of perplexity.'' — LiverpooLMermry,

" The claims with which thèse books come before the publio are fuUy instified* Ghreat judgment has been shown in what is included in the books, and in the method which is adopted. The exercises from the twenty-first lesson — second year— are composed of short stories, everyday conversations, extracts m>m daily papers, and paragraphs given to the Oxford and Cambridge senior candidates. The nomenclature of the tenses of the verb, a vexed question with teachers, is simple, and will be readily understood by studentsof English and Latin."— ^cAoo/ Cruardiaiu

** We hâve found this Grammar, iy praetUal experiment with a couple of young children, very serviceable and satisfactor^. It is specially intended by its authors for use in preparing for compétitive examinations ; but it begins at tl^e beginning, and it êimple enough to be plaeed in ^ handê of tké youngtst. It will be enough to say that Messrs. H^nt and Wuillemin hâve given évidence on every page of their expérience in teaehing^ and ihat the resuit of their labours mutt be to cUminish very notabîy the labour of ali who make use of their booke, ' The Oxford and Cambridge Frenoh Grammar ' deserves high commendation."— ^Tere/bri Times,

** After an attentive examination of this New French Course we find that it comprises a careful and complète séries of lessons, wdl adapted to prépare pupils for the examinations referred to on the title-page, and fnr othem of a similar kind. The information is dearly and simply set forth^ %nà the exercises are sufficiently full to imprees the matter on the mina «nd memory of the pupii." — The Sehoohnaster.

*f We oongratulate MM. Hunt and Wuillemin on the retolt of fheiv iàbotrs, and wish them every success with their new publioation."— Thê Hereford Journal, Jan. 14, 1862.

À French Grammar for English Public Schools

AND BNQLISK STUDENTS PRMPARINQ FOE JPXTBLIO

EXAMINATI0N8.

By GUSTAVE H. DOEET,

Btad lordgn Master of King*s Sckooî and Clergy Orpkan Schooï, Canterburyf

Queen Elizabeths Scliools, Faversham atid Sevenoaks;

Grammar School, Mmdstone.

1 Tol., 8to, 128 pacreSf olotli. Prloe 38.

me SZBXtCXBBS. 1 vol., 8to, elotb. Priée 3».

I HATB yielded to the wishes of my mimerous pupîls and f riends, and in the présent book offer a Grammar which, at ail events, bas the advantage of being short, clear, and concise. It bas been my espedal aim towrite tor English pupils, and, after an expérience in preparim; for public examlnations of over twenty years, it is my belief that this little work will be foimd particularly usefnl to the student, on account of its simplicity and brevity— characteristic» which will enable him, without any great effort, to leam it by heart. I bave not rested content with my own views as to the requirements of English boys, but bave sought the advice of University men who bave spent the greater portion of their lives in public-scbool work, and to them, one and aJl, I tender my «incere thanks for the help aff orded. G. H. D.

BOULIER, A., Fellow Univ. Gallic.

A Synopsis of French Grammar»

4b8 Pacres» small 8to. Clotlip Prloe 6d.

Ten Minutes' Examination in French.

By A. D'OURST, B.A., Lecturer on French LUerature at the Uidvtrnty CoUeget Brittol»

In Paper ixrrapper» Prloe 6d.

The French Examiner.

Gontaining Grammatical Questions and Exercises, French and English Idiomatic Escpressions, thoroughly exptlained Sélections from English Author» and Tteaich. Newspapers, with Philological and Grammatical Notes

By VIOTOB OGEB,

Leeturer on Drench Langnage and lAUrature^ Umverrity Collège^ UverpooL

1 TOl., small 8to, oloUi. Prloe Zm, 6d.

THE PHILOLOGY OF THE FRENCH LANCUAGE,

By A. Im. MBZSSKBR, Pb.D..

Prqfeaor qf Modem Languagei in ikê Qttem^ê Uniotrmêg (m Irelamd,

Tbirà and Entîrely Bevised Edition. With an Appendix of Specim«iib

fd Old French, from the 9th to ihe 16th Gentury, and a set al

Ezamination Questions.

1 FOl.» small 8to« olotli. Piioe S». 6d«

A. mww édition of ihe Fhilology of the French Langoage haying beea oalled for» Htm ▲athor haa taken the opportumtj of thoroughly reTiaing and remodeUing the woik in «ooordanoe with the présent adTanoed state of the sdenoe of oomparatiye granunar. fieveral important additions hâve been madA. eepedallj reepecting the Eeltio and Italien éléments in the French language, and ^7* ^he chapter on Fhonçlogy. In Lit leyision the author has been greatly assisted by the oaref ul and appréciative review of a former édition by Prof. Gaston Paris, w^ose siiggestions hâve reoeired ail the attention due to the highest liying authority on the subjeot. The hints giyen by M. Henri Gaidosy Editor of the Bévue Celtique^ hâve been utilised, and the laeunte^ pointed ont by Prof. Bemhaid Schmits in his Cyclopœdia of Modem Philoloçy, hâve been filled «p, so as to make the book the most complète manual of French Philology as yet pnblished.

** On ne peut que donner des Aoges à la manière dont l'auteur a oompris et *»^*m1;ft •on trayaiL" — GASTOif Pakis, Revue Critiqtte.

'' Nous Toyons avec satisfaction l'Histoire et la Grammaire sdentiflque de notn langue désormais représentées dans la littérature scolairs de l'Angleterre par oe reoom- «oandable manuel"— H. Qaidoe, Revue de Flnstruction PiU>lique,

** The Professer of Modem Languages in the Quecn*s University présents in thia iezt-book thegroundwork of his lectures in Queen's Collège, Belfast; and a good solid <oundation it u, on irhich both lecturers and students may build with saf ety. Of oourae it is not, nor is >it intended to be, light reading. The author's object is not to exhibât the resalts of modem philology in an attractive form for popular readers, but rather to «apply materials of thought and suggestive hints to those who wish tu aoquire a philological knowledge of the French language in its successive stages. . . . Beginning with « Diief but excellent aocount of the origin of modem French— induding an aocurato «nrvey of the several characteristic distinctions between the Romance languages and tha ftarent Latin, and a description of the three dialects of the Langue d'Oïl— he preceeda to set f orth under the head of " Fhonoloçy " the various changes of letters which hava taken place in passiug from one period to another. The remainder of the work ii devoted to " Morphology," or an acoount of the formation of words by the modification or addition of syllables or the composition of words. The forme assumed bv verbs ai différent période of the language are dearly and fully set f orth. By way of iUustratioa the etymology of many words are explained — of some more than once, beoause they

hap])en to be instances of more than one gênerai prindple— which is no bad thins, and is far better than giving dérivations in an isolated way witbout pointing, ont the law to which thev oonform."—^ tAenawm.

** A well-written and thoughtful treatise on ^e hietorr and philology of the Freneb language, scholarl^ in its tone and treatmen^ and full of valuable infonnation on tnany of ^e most mteresting points of comparative grammar. Though primarily inlended for advanoed students f oUowing a course of collège lectures m preparing f ot Mme of the higher compétitive examinations, it may be used with great advaniage im ihe npper forme of our public achoolB."—£dueatioiMl lïmes.

*'naa book supplies a want which has long been felt. The French Language is at p ré s e nt leamed too much as a mère matter of rote, and tiie pupil knows nothing of tht formation and history of fhe language. Dr. Heissner's worx supplies this information

In a «atisfaotory manner. It is sdiolarly, aocurate, eoid thorouga. It is a work whioh onght to be used in ail schocls where Latin is tauçht, and it will be read with muen Interest and much profit alike by those who teach French and thoee who teaoh lAtiik The book has only to be known to oome into ««xtensive use.'*— i/MtfMM.

Manuel à FUsage des Candidats Aux Examens Publics.

By HENBY BELCHEB» M.À.» Ckaplaimi

ÂXCD

ALEXANDRE DUPUIS, BJL, Chuif Ftêneh Master, Kmg*i Collège SchooT, Londam,

I vol., 400 pp., 870. Cloth, price 4s.