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Ollendorff's French Grammars.

FIRST LESSONS IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE: being an Introduction to Ollendorff's larger Grammar. By G. W. GBEEN. 16mov 138 page*.

OLLENDORFF'S NEW METHOD of Learning to Bead, Write, and Speak the French Language. With full Paradigms of the Begular and Irregular, Auxiliary, Reflective, and Impersonal Verbs. By J. L. JEWETT. 12mo, 149 pages.

OLLENDORFF'S NEW METHOD of Learning to Bead, Write, and Speak the French Language. With numerous Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, suitable for this Country. To which are added, Value's System of French Pronunciation, his Grammatical Synopsis, a New Index, and short Models of Commercial Correspondence. By V. VALUE. 12mo, 588 pages.

Ollendorff 's French Grammars have been before the public so long, and have had their merits so generally acknowledged, that it is unnecessary to enter into any detailed description of their peculiarities or lengthy argument in their favor. 'Suffice* it to say, that they are founded in Nature, and follow the same course that a child pursues in first'acquiring his native tongue. They teach inductively, understanding^, interestingly. They do not repel the student in the outset by obliging him to memorize dry abstract language which conveys little or no idea to his mind, but impart their lessons agreeably as well as efficiently by exercises, which teach the principles successively involved more clearly than any abstract language can. They give a conversational, and therefore a practically useful, knowledge of the language ; the student is made constantly to apply what he learns. To these peculiarities is due the widespread and lasting popularity of the Ollendorff series.

Prof. Green's Introduction, the first of the works named above, will be found useful for young beginners. In it are presented the fundamenta) principles of the language, carefully culled out, and illustrated with easy exercises. It paves the way for the larger works, preparing the pupil's mind for their more comprehensive course, and awakening in it a desire for further knowledge.

Value's and Jewett's works are essentially the same, though differing somewhat in their arrangement and the additions that have been made t» the original Some institutions prefer one, and others the other ; either, it is believed, will impart a thorough acquaintance with French, both grammatical and conversational, by an interesting process, and with but little outlay of time and labor.

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FBENOH QBAMMATIOAL WORKS.

Manual of French Verbs :

Comprising the Formation of Persons, Tenses, and Moods of the Regular and Irregular Verbs ; a Practical Method to Trace the Infinitive of a Verb out of any of its Inflections ; Models of Sentences in their different Forms ; and a Series of the most useful Idiomatical Phrases. By T. SIMONNE. 12mo, 108 pages.

The title of this volarne, given in lull above, shows its scope and character. The conjugation of the verbs, regular as well as irregular, is the great difficulty that the Frenen student has to encounter; and to aid him in surmounting it, M. Simonne has applied his long experience as a teacher of the language.

Companion to Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the French Language.

By GEORGE W. GREENE, Instructor in Modern Languages in Brown University. 12mo, 273 pages.

As soon as the French student has learned enough of the verb to enable him te translate, this volume should be placed in his hands. It embraces ninety-two carefullyselected dialogues on every-day subjects, calculated to familiarize the student with the most necessary expressions, and to enable him to converse with fluency. The dialogues are followed by an important chapter on differences of idioms, in which are set forth those peculiarities of the language that cannot be classified under general rules, accompanied by grammatical hints and explanations.

Grammar for Teaching English to Frenchmen, Grammaire Anglaise,

D'après le Système d'Ollendorff, à l'Usage des Français.- Pat CHARLES BADOIS. 12mo, 282 pages.

The want of a condensed Grammar for teaching Frenchmen the English language long experienced by residents as well as travellers in this country, has been met by M Bodols with this clear and practical Treatise, on the Ollendorff plan. In the course of a few lessons the learner is so familiarized with the most necessary English words and idioms that he can readily express himself; and can understand ordinary conversation.