J. V. DOUVILLE'S SPEAKING COLLOQUIAL ESSAYS, PARTICULARLY CALCULATED TO RENDER THE Speaking of French EASY TO ENGLISH PERSONS: TO WHICH IS ADDED A COMPREHENSIVE AND CLASSIFIED VOCABULARY, WITH A COLLECTION OF FAMILIAR PHRASES, AND VARIOUS MODELS OF NOTES, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, AND RECEIPTS; AND ALSO TWO TABLES THE FIFTH EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. By J. V. DOUVILLE, A.M., PROFESSOR OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., PARIS: BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI AND CO., RUE VIVIENNE; AND BY THE AUTHOR, RUE NEUVE DU MONT-THABOR, No. 10. 1835. HARVARD COLLEGE LIORARY CONCREGATIONAL LIBRARY OF BOSTON ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL. London:-Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Duke Street, Stamford Street. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION. IN preparing this Edition of the Speaking French Grammar for the press, the Author has spared no pains in his endeavours to give the work the greatest possible degree of perfection: every part of it has undergone a complete revision; many of the rules and observations have been simplified and condensed, so as to render them more distinct and easy of recollection, while much additional and useful matter has been introduced. Notwithstanding these additions and improvements, the work has been compressed into a single octavo volume of a moderate size, printed with an entirely new and superior type, and is offered at a price, not only much below that of the former editions, but, with reference to its size and contents, lower than that of other books of a similar description. The rapid sale of two large impressions of this work, each within eighteen months from the date of publication, may be appealed to as some criterion of the public judgment in its favour. Truly grateful for such flattering success, the Author indulges a hope that the present Edition will be found much improved, and still more worthy of the liberal patronage by which the work has been distinguished. London, May 20, 1828. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION. THE increasing demand for the Speaking French Grammar (a work particularly calculated to render the speaking of French easy to English persons), is a very flattering proof that this new production is judged to answer the purpose of its peculiar adaptation. Truly grateful for such an encouraging patronage, the Author has endeavoured to bring this Edition still nearer to perfection. In order to accom |