()F THElîfuunurntir.îîlntlUTiîitî)BY^ï^^[^CONTES ET SAYNÈTESEditedWiTH Notes and VocabularvBYfr'W'^COLIN, Ph.D.Recentlv Instructor in Romance Languages, Bryn Mawr CollègeHead of Fren'ch Department, Miss Baldwin'sPrei'aratory School, Bryn MawrBOSTON, U.S.A.GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS1902Copyright, 1900Bv GINN & COMPANYALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPREFACE.Frenchsaid to set forth the charm of theMucH has beenof their intrinsicstories, and much might yet be saidshortas language study. They are countless in number.valueParis,The foUowing, which hâve recently appeared in areTheypresented for the first time as a class-room text.nowRichepin,vvere written by such well-known novelists as JeanPierre Loti, Aicard, Armand Silvestre, Paul et VictorJeanwhoMargueritte, Rameau, and other younger authorsJeanFrench — the shortdelight in this now so essentially productstory and the saynète.Some slight altérations, the occasional change or omissionof a Word or Une, hâve been made when imperative.studentThis little volume offers no spécial difificulty to theand irregular) togetherwho has mastered the forms (regularofwith the elementary syntax of French. A vocabularyfew notes hâve beenwords differing from the English and aonly as are not given in anadded to elucidate such pointsdictionary, or in usual class-room aids toabridged thestudy.The centre on the mastery ofstudent's attention shouldprécise and expression and the fluent reading of thevariedtext, never ...
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lîfuunurntir.îîlntlUTiîitî)
BY
^ï^^[^CONTES ET SAYNÈTES
Edited
WiTH Notes and Vocabularv
BY
fr'W'^COLIN, Ph.D.
Recentlv Instructor in Romance Languages, Bryn Mawr Collège
Head of Fren'ch Department, Miss Baldwin's
Prei'aratory School, Bryn Mawr
BOSTON, U.S.A.
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
1902Copyright, 1900
Bv GINN & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPREFACE.
Frenchsaid to set forth the charm of theMucH has been
of their intrinsicstories, and much might yet be saidshort
as language study. They are countless in number.value
Paris,The foUowing, which hâve recently appeared in are
Theypresented for the first time as a class-room text.now
Richepin,vvere written by such well-known novelists as Jean
Pierre Loti, Aicard, Armand Silvestre, Paul et VictorJean
whoMargueritte, Rameau, and other younger authorsJean
French — the shortdelight in this now so essentially product
story and the saynète.
Some slight altérations, the occasional change or omission
of a Word or Une, hâve been made when imperative.
studentThis little volume offers no spécial difificulty to the
and irregular) togetherwho has mastered the forms (regular
ofwith the elementary syntax of French. A vocabulary
few notes hâve beenwords differing from the English and a
only as are not given in anadded to elucidate such points
dictionary, or in usual class-room aids toabridged the
study.
The centre on the mastery ofstudent's attention should
précise and expression and the fluent reading of thevaried
text, never disconnecting sound from sensé.
F. C.T.
Bryn Mawr, January, 1900.