Une Semaine à Paris, with a series of illustrated conversations

Edwin F Bacon

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• French language

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 191
• Langue: English
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.. v^^>^'UnrUaF,
UNE
À PARISSEMAINE
WITH A SERIES OF
ILLUSTRATED
CONVERSATIONS
EDWIX F. BACON, Pn.B.
•:• •:•NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO
AAMERICAN BOO K CO M P N YCopyright, 1901, by E. F. Bacon
Entered Stationers' Hall, Londonat
Semaine ParisUne à
M. P. 3PREFACE
on the spot of eachThe conversations hère présentée! were written
tu life and features of modem Paris.scène described, and are true the
pupils of the Oneonta State Nor-They fulfil a promise made to my
mal School prépare, for them a séries ut readings that should maketo
them feel at home in Paris whenever they might hâve the privilège
of visiting that interesting city.
mayDuring my former résidence in Paris I had found that one
and quite helpless, or at thestudy the language for years yet be
guides, about city. The phrases andmercy of hired when going the
stories of the usual text-books, however well learned, do not enable
the foreigner to order a dinner at a restaurant, to do his shopping,
nor to pronounce the naines of the streets, churches, muséums, eti .,
of informationintelligibl) to the natives. The policeman whom
not the question,may be asked upon the street may understand nor
the the answer, and the policeman, the omnibusbewildered inquirer
the cabman, salesman, the waiter, will rarely help theconductor, the
stranger ont of his trouble by any slowness of speech or by under-
standing a word of the foreign language.
ofThe double purpose thèse conversations is to make the visitor
ofacquainted both with the physical features the city and with the
information and phrases to about andnecessarj get independently
"to enjoy "the sights as he would in his own country, with the least
expense of time and money.
The authorities to which most constant référence was made were
toBaedeker's complète and admirable guide Paris {Paris et ses En-
virons) and Paris. I ad-Dickens' Dictionary enjoyed also theof
vantage of a thorough revision ol manuscript at that excellentthe
school of languages, the "Institut Rudy" in Paris.
E. F B.
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