T H B OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE FBE WCH OBAMM AB. FikETI — PTTPIL’S 01oth,8» ^ ,^ Si. ff n.- „ Olcth.S» Sf.6d. „ nt,— ., 01oth,8<< .^ St. MA8T£K’SB00KtoPABT8I.ftIL(aot]i,8S J. fo. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
- Thèse yolames hâve been prepared with great care for sohools and
private papils who hâve in view Oxford, Cambridge, and Collage of neœptors’ Local Ëxaminations, as well as for those who are preparing I6r Anny and Navy, Civil Service, and University Ezaminations. They combine ail that is beat in previous methods, and, if diligently and patiently nsed, could not &il to make the student acquainted with the mOBt subtle distinctions and elegancies which abound in the French lan- eoage. In the Master’s Book there is an excellent " Précis de Thistoire de m littérature Française depuis son origine jusqu’à nos jours." Ail that 18 requisite for mastering the idiomatic expressions in the French langnage will be found included in the System adopted by Messrs. Hunt and Wnillemin, and the Master’s Book, which is meant to be used by ail teaohers, is at once a guide, a grammar, and a key. Nothing more complète in its kind has appeared even in thèse late years, which haye been prolifio in grammars and methods intended te facilitate the acqui- ■ition of modem languages. — The TabUt. «For Englishmen generallv the study of French is nowadays a necessity. But it may be said that few books pretending to aid in teach- ing that language are of much value. ’ The Oxford and Cambridge French Ghrammar ’ in three parts — one for masters, and two for pupils oi différent grades — shonld, however, be very useful in achieving the task, and it is doubtfiil whether a better Grammar has before seen the light" — Dâily TeUgfoph,
- ’It is not surprisînç that the rapid extension during the last few
years of the Local Examinations should hâve created a literature spedally adapted for the use of candidates preparing for them. Several of the books published for this purpose hâve proved a delusion and a snare, becanse they were only crude compilations encouraging mère cram. But cramming in its worst sensé no longer ensures success at any well- oonducted exaroination. We gladly welcome^ thereforty this Grammar wfAicA, whilê fulfiUing its professed object as a course preparatory for exami- nations^ ai the same time can be used with bqual advantaob by those who hâve no final test to work for^ but who simply aim at ac^uirin^ a thorough knawledgé of French in an attractive manner. For its immédiate purpose the Grammar is divided into four parts, each affording materiais for a year’s work, and subdivided again into three divisions, corresponding to (he terms of the usnal scholastio year. Each term, again, is divided into ten lessons, so that, allowing one week every month for répétition, theio
