CLASS BOOK OF FRENCH POETRY FOR THE YOUNG BY PAUL BARBIER, Assistant Master at the Manchester Grammar School. LIBRAIRIE HACHETTE & CIE. LONDON: 18, KING WILLIAM STREET, CHARING CROSs. 1877. [All Rights reserved.] 56 ΤΟ MASTER RICHARD JOHNSON WALKER THIS SELECTION OF FRENCH POETRY FOR THE YOUNG IS DEDICATED AS A TOKEN OF SINCERE GRATITUDE TOWARDS HIS RESPECTED AND DISTINGUISHED FATHER, The High Master of St. Paul's School, London. PAUL BARBIER. PREFA CСЕ. IN selecting these pieces of French Poetry for the use of Children between seven and twelve years of age, I have ever had in view the purity and simplicity of the language. Notes have been thought to be superfluous. Those using the book will notice how careful I have been not to sacrifice art for the purpose of suiting the class of children for whom the book is intended. Most of the pieces, whether narratives, fables,* or subjective effusions, contain moral lessons inculcating in the learner principles of honesty, probity, truth, or gratitude towards GOD. MANCHESTER, May, 1877. * An excellent edition of Lafontaine's Fables, by my confrère, Tarver, of Eton, has been published by Messrs. Hachette & Co., of London. |