AN INTRODUCTION

TO THE

FRENCH LANGUAGE:

CONTAINING

FABLES, SELECT TALES, REMARKABLE FACTS,
AMUSING ANECDOTES, &c.

WITH

A DICTIONARY

OF ALL THE WORDS, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

BY M. DE FIVAS.

MEMPER OF SEVERAL LITERARY SOCIETIES.

Une morale nue apporte de l'ennui :

Le conte fait passer le précepte avec lui.-La Fontaine.

He that requires the attention and application of youth should endeavor to make what he
proposes as grateful and agreeable as possible.-Locke.

FROM THE FIFTH ENGLISH EDITION.

NEW YORK:

CINCINNATI: CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.