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TECHNICAL VOCABULARY.

English and French.

By Dr. F. J. WERSHOVEN.

1 vol., 16mo, cloth.

OPINIONS.

Price 3s.

Iron (London), XIV., No. 355 :..........The plan adopted for French and German has now been adopted for the present work, with results which we are glad to characterise as remarkably happy. The application to technical matter is made with great skill and intelligence. The chapter on chemical terminology is particularly full and satisfactory; the mining and metallurgical sections are also full. The respective differences of idiom have been keenly appreciated.

The Mining Journal (London), No. 2307: The admirable little book is one which all technical students and professional men should possess themselves of.

Moniteur Industriel, VI., No. 33: Indispensable pour ceux qui veulent étudier la littérature technique étrangère.

Hofrat Prof. Dr. R. von Wagner: Ein überaus nützliches und zeitgemässes Unternehmen. [Chem. Jahresbericht, 1879, p. 521.] Prof. Dr. K. Müller (Halle): Der Verfasser verdient den Dank Aller, indem er seine Aufgabe mit ebenso viel Fleiss und Geschick, als Kenntniss und geschmackvoller Anordnung des Stoffes löste.

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ANDROMAQUE. By HENRY TARVER, of Eton.

ATHALIE. By the Rev. P. H. E. BRETTE, B.D., of Christ's Hospital.
BRITANNICUS. By GUSTAVE MASSON, B.A., of Harrow.

ESTHER. By A. ROCHE, Esq.

IPHIGENIE. By JULES BUÉ, M.A., of Oxford.

PHEDRE. BY HENRI BUE, B.-ès-Sc., of Merchant Taylors' School, London,
LES PLAIDEURS. By FRANCIS TARVER, M.A., of Eton.
VOLTAIRE.

MEROPE. By CHARLES DELHAVÉ, B.-ès-L.
ZAÏRE. BY PAUL DE BUSSY, B.-ès-L.

SERIES II.

CORNEILLE.

LE CID. Translated into English Blank Verse by WALTER NOKES. 1 vol. small 8vo., bound 3s. 6d.

HORACE. Translated into English Blank Verse by WALTER NOKES. 1 vol. small 8vo. Paper wrapper, 2s. 6d., bound 3s. 6d.

LA FONTAINE.

FABLES. With Grammatical, Explanatory, and Etymological Notes, by FRANCIS TARVER, M.A., Oxon; French Master at Eton College. New edition. 1 vol. small 8vo., 450 pages, cloth, 28.

THEODORE LECLERCQ.

PROVERBES DRAMATIQUES.

L'HUMORISTE; ou, Comme on fait son lit on se couche. LA
JOURNÉE DIFFICILE; ou, Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera. With English
Notes by H. J. BROWNE, French Master at St. Charles's College,
Bayswater. Cloth, price 1s.

Excellently adapted for private theatricals.

"Plus d'un proverbe de M. Théodore Leclercq n'est qu'un caractère de la Bruyère développé, étendu, mis en action. L'HUMORISTE, par exemple, est un petit chef-d'œuvre de ce genre."-Sainte-Beuve.

PIRON.

LA METROMANIE. BY FRANCIS TARVER, M.A., of Eton. Price 18., cloth, 1s. 6d.

A celebrated critic has said of this piece: "Piron semble avoir écrit LA MÉTROMANIE devant quelque image de Molière, les yeux fixés sur les traits du contemplateur, interrogeant sur l'art de créer un caractère."

PONSARD.

LE LION AMOUREUX. Edited by H. J. V. DE CANDOLE, M.A., Ph.D. (Vol. VII. of Modern Readers.) Price 1s. 6d., cloth 28.

SCRIBE, E.

BERTRAND ET RATON ou l'Art de conspirer.

Edited by JULES BUE, Hon. M.A. of Oxford; Taylorian Teacher of French, Oxford, &c. Cloth, price 1s. 6d.

VOLTAIRE.

HISTOIRE DE CHARLES XII. Edited by GUSTAVE MASSON, B.A. of Harrow, with a Map of Central Europe. 1 vol. small 8vo., price, 2s

COMPARATIVE IDIOMS.

FIRST STEPS IN FRENCH IDIOMS,

CONTAINING

An Alphabetical List of Idioms, Explanatory Notes, and Examination Papers. Edited by HENRI BUÉ, B.-ès-L.,

French Master at Merchant Taylors' School, London.

1 vol., 192 pages, cloth. Price 1s. 6d.

"The present work is designed as an introduction to the Expressions Idiomatiques Comparées, and will be found extremely useful for students who wish to become acquainted with colloquial French. The words are arranged in alphabetical order, and the principal idiomatic phrases in which they occur are given, together with an English version. Excellent notes illustrate the origin of the various locutions, and a selection of one thousand sentences serves the purpose of examination tests." -School Board Chronicle.

"One of the commendable characteristics of this little book is that it gives intelligible reasons for idiomatic peculiarities. Another feature which will be found to be a recommendation is the supply of the keyword, which is to be taken into account in rendering English sentences into idiomatic French. In these two particulars it is the best guide we have met with, and we recommend it to learners as a book they will find pleasure as well as profit in mastering."-The British Mail.

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Everyone who has acquired any knowledge of French is ever ready to admit that, perfect as his accent and his knowledge of the finesse of the language may be, its idioms are never mastered but by those who have for years lived on the other side of the Channel, and not even by many of these, although after a long study and an anxious desire to read, write, and speak French as well as they can their own mother tongue. M. Bué has indeed grappled, tooth and nail, with this difficulty by giving as complete a method of instruction for the conquering of this difficulty that could possibly be prepared. So perfect is the grasp of his subject, that he will have the blessings of thousands for having enabled them to overcome an obstacle that has hitherto been deemed and pronounced to be insuperable."-Bell's Weekly Messenger.

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