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student are explained in the Notes, to which attention is directed by the asterisks.

The Oral Exercises for practice in speaking consist of a series of questions in French. They are intended to be the basis for French conversation between the teacher and scholar.

To learn to read and understand a piece in a foreign tongue, such as French, is not a very difficult task, and will make but a transient impression on the mind, if nothing further is attempted; for the benefit we derive from our exertions is generally in proportion to the difficulties which we overcome. To obtain lasting results, the student should commit the French exercises in Part First to memory, or at least learn them so as to be able to translate the English version of any exercise into the original French.

Part Second opens with selections from some of the classic writers of the eighteenth century; their style, pure and elegant, is comparatively easy to foreign students. The course gradually approaches the modern school of literature, and furnishes models of almost every kind of prose composition. Many of the best writers of the present time are represented, to the extent that the scope of the work would permit.

The author has availed himself of all the information which he could derive from other works. He acknowledges with gratitude the aid which he has received from Professor Hippolyte Dalmon, of the United States Naval Academy of Annapolis, to whom he is indebted for many suggestions which have enhanced the value of the work.

NEW YORK, April 15, 1879.

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28. Ce que les Femmes ont de plus Précieux..

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48. L'Ours et les Deux Compagnons.

49. L'Ours et les Deux Compagnons. (Suite.).

50. Sagesse du Mandarin Yemt-se.

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51. Les Deux Sachems..

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70. Election d'un Roi des Animaux. (Suite.).
71. Election d'un Roi des Animaux. (Suite.)..

72. Les Crimes Punis l'un par l'autre.
73. L'Aveugle et son Trésor ...
74. L'Indien et son Cheval

75. La Dette de l'Humanité...

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76. Frédéric II et le Nouveau Garde...

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77. Frédéric II et le Page Endormi.

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89. Apologue d'Agrippa...

90. Générosité de Scipion l'Africain.

91. Mort de César...

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INDEX TO PART SECOND.

1. Réflexion sur l'Harmonie, etc.... Fénelon.
2. La Verdure.....

3. Le Globe que nous Habitons..

4. La Nature Sauvage

5. La Nature Cultivée

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Duguet.

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6. L'Homme.

7. Le Cheval.

8. Le Chien.

9. Le Chat.

10. Le Bœuf

11. L'Ane...

12. Le Chameau.

13. L'Eléphant..

14. L'Oiseau-Mouche.

15. Le Nid de Mésange.

16. La Rose et le Papillon.

17. Le Lézard Gris.

18. Le Serpent. ....

19. Les Oiseaux et les Poissons.

20. La Machine à Vapeur..
21. Le Génie de l'Homme

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