BOSTON: S. R. URBINO

Entered according to act of Cong^iese, in the year 1^38, Bt LEYPOLDT & IIOLT, ïa tiie Clerk's \.'iuce of the District Court of the United States for tM Southern District of New York.

PEEFAOE.

Although the Editor lias striven to make this book attractive to cliildren, lie has not întended tliat its usefulnesa should be connned to them alone. It is designed for a " Reader," to accompany any primary French " Instructionbook," and to be used in alternation witb tlie nsiial elementary spécial exercises. For this pnrpose, pièces containing tlie simplest words and easiest construction were necessary, and such can be fonnd to best advantage only in the literature of the young. The Editor yentnres the opinion that the mature pupil will find the little pièces contained in this volume fully as attractive as the usual string of disconnected sentences, and no less usefiil.

The greatvariety of the contents, and the constant change from serions to diverting, will do much to prevent the book's becoming wearisome. Moreover, the pièces are so easy that any beginner, by aid of the Vocabulary, can make a literal translation. Care has been t^ken to arrange the pièces progressively, especially in the second part of the book.

Ail the words are given in the Vocabulary as they appear in the book, wdth an idiomatic translation only where a literal one would not give the true sensé. More than a ^itérai translation can hardly be expected from the beginner; nor should he be trammelled by many grammatical rules.