Andromaque.

Par Racine. (Texte de 1697.) Edited by FERDINAND BÔCHER, Professor of Modern Languages, Harvard University. 12mo. Paper. ii+75 pages. Mailing price, 25 cents; for introduction, 20 cents.

De l'Institution des Enfans.

Par Montaigne. (Texte original de 1580.) Edited by Professor F. BOCHER. 12mo. Paper. iv + 26 pages. Mailing price, 25 cents; for introduction, 20 cents.

Le Misantrope.

Par Molière. (Texte de 1667.) Edited by Professor F. BôCHER. 12mo. Paper. 93 pages. Mailing price, 25 cents; for introduction, 20 cents. Lee Davis Lodge, Prof. of the great masterpieces of French literaFrench Language and Literature, ture. This is a great aid to every Columbian University, Washington, professor who is striving to inspire D.C.: Especially must I commend his classes with an enthusiasm for in the highest terms your plan of advanced philological work and the publishing the original texts of the critical study of literature.

Extraits de la Chanson de Roland,

avec une Introduction Littéraire, des Observations Grammaticales, des Notes, et un Glossaire Complet.

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Les Précieuses Ridicules.

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L'Avare.

Par Molière. With Introduction, Notes compiled from the best sources, and a Complete Vocabulary. 12mo. Cloth. xxi + 140 pages. Mailing price, 65 cents; for introduction, 56 cents.

A Scientific French Reader.

Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary, by ALEXANDER W. HERDLER, Instructor in Modern Languages, Princeton University. 12mo. Cloth. x+186 pages. Illustrated. Mailing price, 85 cents; for introduction, 75 cents.

THE purpose of this book is to enable the student to acquire some general familiarity with French technical terms and style. The selections bear chiefly on electricity, mechanics, physics, chemistry, and their industrial applications. They are illustrated by numerous cuts, and will prove very interesting as well as instructive reading. The copious vocabulary contains definitions of difficult terms met with in the text.

B. L. Bowen, Department of Ro- | especially well adapted to the needs of mance Languages, Ohio State Uni- my scientific students. It is well comversity, Columbus, Ohio: I find it piled and I like its scope very much.

Edited and annotated by JULES LUQUIENS, Professor of Modern Languages in Yale University. 12mo. 252 pages. Mailing price, 70 cents; for introduction, 60 cents.

THIS volume is not, strictly speaking, a scientific reader; its

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La Prise de La Bastille. French Prose.

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THIS selection is condensed from Michelet's "History of the

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La Cigale Chez les Fourmis. Comédie en un acte.

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THIS play is a bright and sparkling little comedy, and not difficult even for young pupils.

Contemporary French Writers.

Edited and annotated by ROSINE MELLÉ, Diplomée de l'Academie de Paris et l'Université de France. 12mo. xvi +212 pages. Mailing price, 85 cents; for introduction, 75 cents.

MANY students of the French language who are familiar with

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Morceaux Choisis d'Alphonse Daudet.

Edited and annotated by FRANK W. FREEBORN, Master in the Boston Latin School. 12mo. Čloth. ix +227 pages. Mailing price, 85 cents; for introduction, 75 cents.

THIS book is issued to supply a more extended course of reading

from Daudet than is now published in any one text-book, to furnish a more harmonious and agreeable series of extracts, and to provide the learner with such explanations of the author's many historical, biographical, and literary allusions as will make the brilliancy of his style better appreciated. A large part of the text has never before been prepared for school use, and yet it is taken from his best known and most characteristic books. In addition, M. Daudet has supplied a new sketch, especially prepared for this work, and has kindly aided the editor by valuable explanations of certain phrases and allusions.

A. P. Montague, Professor of L. Oscar Kuhns, Prof. of Romance Latin in Columbian University, Languages, Wesleyan University, Washington, D.C.: The selections Middletown, Conn.: The typography are in the best taste, and admirable exponents of the author's style; the notes are scholarly, helpful, and accurate.

and book-work has pleased me very much. . . . Daudet needs no commendation. I have been very fond of him, and hope to use your edition.

Extraits Choisis de Paul Bourget.

Edited and annotated by Professor A. N. VAN DAELL of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 12mo. Cloth xvi+ 196 pages. Mailing price, 85 cents; for introduction, 75 cents.

THE recent visit of Paul Bourget to this country has naturally attracted a great deal of attention to this eminent French writer. He kindly assisted Professor van Daell in the preparation of this book, having furnished the charming autobiography which precedes the other selections. A bibliography of Bourget's works

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Difficult Modern French.

Extraits Choisis parmi les plus Difficiles de la Littérature Moderne. Edited by ALBERT LEUNE. 12mo. Cloth. price, 85 cents; for introduction, 75 cents.

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Alfred de Musset.

Selections from his Poetry and Comedies.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by L. OSCAR KUHNS, Professor of Romance Languages in Wesleyan University. 12mo. Cloth. xxxvii + 282 pages. Mailing price, 90 cents; for introduction, 80 cents.

THE aim of this book is to aid the student of French literature to form a just estimate of Alfred de Musset as a man and poet. It is not primarily designed as a text for the acquisition of a vocabulary or as affording material for drill in the elements of the language. Hence the notes are entirely of a literary and historical character. The selections, with two exceptions, are complete in themselves, and represent the very best of Musset's work in those branches of literature in which he excelled.

Geschichten aus der Tonne.

Von Theodor Storm. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by CHARLES F. BRUSIE, recently Professor in Kenyon College, Ohio. 12mo. Cloth. xii + 127 pages. Mailing price, 65 cents; for introduction, 60 cents. THEODOR STORM holds a high place among German novel

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A Preparatory German Reader.

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German and English Sounds.

By C. H. GRANDGENT, Director of Modern Language Instruction in the Boston Public Schools. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. vi+42 pages. Mailing price, 55 cents; for introduction, 50 cents.

Dietegen.

Novelle von Gottfried Keller. With introduction and notes by GUSTAV GRUENER, Assistant Professor of German in Yale University. 12mo. Cloth. vi+75 pages. Mailing price, 40 cents; for introduction, 35 cents.

THIS story, besides possessing much literary merit, is well

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