tion, is the most conducive to the acquirement of the delicate inflexions of pure pronunciation and accent. Portions from Gil Blas, and Scenes from Molière, Beaumarchais, Picard, Scribe, Alexandre Dumas, etc., preceded by a few interesting dialogues chiefly from the ingenuous Berquin, have been introduced, with a view to supply a store of idiomatic expressions for familiar conversation. Under the head of Introduction, at the beginning of the book, will be found extracts from the early writers who flourished in France previously to the age of Louis XIV or the 17th century. Separated from the selections of French literature arrived at maturity, and merely intended, in their chronological arrangement, to develope the gradual growth of the language, these specimens may be consulted by the pupil at a more advanced period of his study. Biographical notices of each author quoted, critical explanations of the text, annotations on history, geography, statistics, etc., are given throughout the work, and the various quotations which illustrate the passages from Télémaque, Les voyages d'Anacharsis en Grèce, Le voyage de Polyclète, ou Lettres romaines, etc., showing the connexion between French and Ancient Literature, will remind the pupil that he still treads on classic ground. * The orthography adopted in the recent edition of the Dictionary of the French Academy has been strictly adhered to; consequently this work may be considered as stamped with the highest lexicographical authority, being modelled on the standard of the present day. 32, ELY-PLACE, LONDON. * INSTITUT DE FRANCE, DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. sixième édition.-Dans cette nouvelle édition, l'Académie remplace l'o par l'a dans les mots faible, monnaie, connaître, paraître, Français, Anglais, etc., ainsi que dans la terminaison des imparfaits et des conditionnels: je voulais, je voudrais, etc. Elle a également décidé que les mots terminés en ant ou en ent, tels que puissant, élément, etc., retiendraient le t au pluriel: puissants, éléments, etc. Serment de Louis, roi de Germanie, en roman, adressé aux seigneurs français et sujets de Charles-le-Chauve.. Serment des seigneurs français et sujets de Charles-le-Chauve.. Extrait de la VIE DE GARGANTUA............ Rabelais.... Extrait des MÉMOIRES HISTORIQUES de..... Martin du Bellay. Extrait de l'HISTOIRE DU CHEVALIER BAYARD. Le loyal serviteur RÉPERTOIRE DES PROSATEURS FRANÇAIS. FRAGMENTS DES AVENTURES DE TÉLÉMAQUE. Fénelon. L'orage, et la caverne des serpents au Pérou. Marmontel... |