LA CHÈVRE DE M. SEGUIN

LA PiPpE DE JEAN Barr - - UX NEZ GELÉ - : - - La MorT DE JEANNE D'ArC - = L’AVARE, ACTE III. Sc. v. - - PAR E EEE POÉSIES LA MARSEILLAISE - - - - La CiGaLe Er LA Fourmi - - Le CoRBEAU ET LE RENARD - - La FEuILLE - - - - - La Tome prr À LA Rose - - ExTAsE - - - - - L'ExILé - - = ; - - LES SOUVENIRS DU PEUPLE - - VOCABULARY - . . - «

- Passy - Nodier - Halévy - Claretie - Daudet - Daudet - Dumas - Dumas

Lamartine

- Molière

Rouget de Lisle La Fontaine La Fontaine

- Arnault - Hugo - Hugo Chateaub and

- Béranger

PREFATORY NOTE

This Reader consists of the Selections prescribed by the University of Toronto for the matriculation examination. arranged as nearly as possible in the order of their difficulty.

AIT explanations necessary for the clear understanding of the text have been placed in the vocabulary, under the more important words of every difficult sentence or phrase. The principal parts of the irregular verbs have been given —the present and past participles, the first person singular present and past definite of the indicative mood, and the first person singular of the present subjunctive: the future tense being also given whenever irregular in form. The numbers of the sections quoted are those in the High Schoo! French Grammar. The vocabulary has been made ample for even the most elementary classes,

Teachers who are interested in the use of the alphabet of the International Phonetic Association will find the following selections printed in phonetic transcription in the Chrestomathie Française, published by Henry Holt & Co., New York: Un Oiseau intelligent, le Corbeau et le

Renard, les Souvenirs du peuple, l'Exilé.