FRENCH TEXTS

ABOTJT. — Le Roi des Montagnes. Adapted and Edited by Ernest Weekley. (Suitable for 2nd year.)

Amusing story, sometimes ludicrous, always witty. Scène laid in Greece. Vivid character sketches of the stolid German, Hermann Schultz, of the brigand haro, Hadgi-Stavros, and of the self-asserting British matron, Mrs. Simons.

BIART. — Monsieur Pinson. Edited by Otto Siepmann. (Suitable for 2nd year.)

Highly interesting sea-tale, relating the adventures of two Frenchmen in the days of privateering in the " Civil War."

BOURGET. — Un Saint. Edited by Cloudesley Brereton. (Suitable for 3rd or 4th year.)

Charming taie, scène of which is laid in Pisa. Teaches forcibly that " to err is human, to forgive divine." A story that combines humor and pathos.

Macmillan's New Séries of French Texts

COPPEE. — Contes Choisis. Edited by Margaret F. Skeat. (Suitable for 2nd or 3rd year.)

Six short, bright stories by this wxiter who understood so well " his poor." They deal with actual occurrences of life among the very poor. Good material for varied conversational exercises.

CORNEILLE. — Nicomêde. Edited by G. H. Clarke. (Suitable for 4th year.)

Edited with an introduction on the history of the French drama and a chapter on French prosody.

DAUDET, A. — Jack. Part I. Edited by Edward L. Goldberg. (Suitable for 3rd year.)

DAUDET, A. — Jack. Part II. Adapted and Edited by Edward C. Goldberg.

Without breaking the continuity of the narrative, the story has been adapted to school use. It is a powerfully written story which recalls Dickens' portrayal of the life of poor schoolboys„

DAUDET, A. — Lettres de mon Moulin. Selected and Edited by G. H. Clarke. (Suitable for 3rd or 4th year.)

Simple grâce, fascinating charm, tenderness, artistic sensibility — are the characteristics of this soul-stirring writer. Any school curriculum should include thèse inimitable " lettres."

DAUDET, A. — Tartarin de Tarascon. Adapted and Edited by Otto Siepmann. (Suitable for 3rd year.)

A combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote and yet the Frenchman recognizes the living, breathing type of the Southern Frenchman in " Tartarin." The comical adventures and sayings of Tartarin will fumish great amusement.

DAUDET, E. — La Tour des Maures. Edited by A. H. Wall.

(Suitable for 2nd or 3rd year.)

The scène of this thrilling as weU as entertaining narrative is laid in a remote corner of Provence, where great lawlessness prevailed after the Révolution of 1789. Adapted to the classroom and provided with a map.

DE LA BRÈTE. — Mon Oncle et Mon Curé. Adapted and Edited by E. C. Goldberg. (Suitable for 2nd and 3rd year.)

Notv^ithstanding its title, a gay little story, done in excellent French. Crowned by the French Academy. Excellent character sketch.

Macmillan's New Séries of French Texts

DE BERNARD. — L'Anneau d'Argent. Edited by Louis Sers. (Suitable for 3rd or 4th year.)

The story exposes the weaknesses of French society at a fashionable Swiss resort after the events of 1830. The characters are mostly persons of " family " who " emigrated " at that time. The story fixes much historical information.

LA BRUYERE. — Les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce Siècle.

Edited by Eugène Pellissier. (Suitable for 4th year.)

Gives student a good acquaintance with this classic Avriter and the manners and customs of his century.

LAMY. — Voyage du Novice Jean-Paul. Edited by D. Devaux.

(Suitable for 2nd year.)

A bright story of adventure calculated to make acquainted the youths of France and those of the colony which, lost to France many years ago, still cUngs to her language and takes pride in her ancestry. Story of a fishing-vessel saiHng from Saint Malo to Canada.

LAURIE. — Une Année de Collège à Paris. Edited by Fabian Ware, (Suitable for 2nd year.)

In this book the American schoolboy makes the acquaintance of his French brother in an easy and pleasant manner, while he is at the same time acquiring a practical knowledge of good French of the présent day.

MARIVAUX. — Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard. Edited by Eugène Pellissier. (Suitable for 3rd year.) A charming comedy which is still popular on the French stage.

MOLIERE. — L'Avare. Edited by O. H. Fynes-Clinton. (Suitable for 4th year.)

Contains a skilfuUy arranged viva voce drill on words and phrases found on each page ; a fuU, clear explanation of the grammatical pecu- Harities occurring in the text (without which pupils often fail to appreciate lyth century plays) ; a dozen or more bright sentences on syntax and idioms. The passages for translation into French deal with the personaHty of Mohère and his place as a writer. The attractive little book ends with a vocabulary made pleasing by the number of usable idiomatic phrases often found with the word sought. Most popular of Molière 's plays for school use.

Macmillan's New Séries of French Texts

MONTESQUIEU. — Lettres Persanes. Adapted and Edited by Eugène Pellisseer. (Suitable for 4th year.)

The author wishes to présent a striking picture of France in the i8th century. He supposes that two Persian noblemen travel through France and describe to their friends in Persia ail that they see, They rail at the customs, manners, laws, expose the abuses of the government and of Society, and even speak with Mussulman irrévérence of the Christian religion. It would be difhcult to show up the weaknesses of a nation more wittily. The condensed volume of Lettres Persanes is worthy of the author of " L'Esprit des Lois."

PASCAL, LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, VAUVENARGUES. — Pensées, Maximes, Réflexions. Edited by E. T. Baker.

(Suitable for 4th year.)

Passages for translation are really valuable for the insight they give into the life and times of the authors and their works. Subjects for composition follow method used in French schools.

PATRICE. — Au Pôle en Ballon. Adapted and Edited by P. Shaw Jeffrey. (Suitable for 2nd year.)

A story as fascinating as it is improbable, just suited to fire the imagination of a schoolboy, Harrowing expériences of fom" bold adventurers who run up against walruses, hurri canes, a volcano, pirates, and imprisonment. An incident of the story is the finding — on a desolate steppe — of a young girl, who subsequently marries one of the party. Ail ends happily.

SANDEAU. — Sacs et Parchemins. Edited by Eugène Pellis-

sier. (Suitable for 4th year.)

. A very clever litde novel. Drills and exercises for prose composition show wonderful ingenuity.

VERNE. — Le Tour du Monde en Quatre- Vingts Jours. Adapted and Edited by Louis A. Barbe. (Suitable for 2nd year.)

Much skill has been used in retelling this always popular taie. Tt abounds in usable words and phrases. Interest sustained till the end of the book. The story as it is now arranged to meet the exigencies of the class room will be as popular with scholars as it has ever been with their elders.