A PRACTICAL METHOD
FOR
Learning Spanish
BY
A. RAMOS DIAZ DE VILLEGAS
"Spanish is not under any circumstances a difficult language to learn. It has in its construction and pronunciation an encouraging directness very unlike the grammatical involutions of German and the delicate sound-shadings of French. Working in accordance with the rules of almost any 'system,' a diligent student can in a very little while acquire a fair mastery of the language; though it is true that some of the 'systems' are much more difficult than others. One of the simplest and best of them all is 'A Practical Method for Learning Spanish,' by Señor A. Ramos Diaz de Villegas, just now published by William S. Gottsberger, New York. The 'method' of Señor de Villegas comprehends a collection of anecdotes arranged in short lines with an English translation, similarly arranged, on the corresponding opposite page; familiar phrases, with idiomatic renderings in English in parallel columns; a vocabulary of words in common use, and a complete list of the Spanish irregular verbs. It will be observed that this method hardly can be called original; that it is more or less that of Morales, of Velazquez, of Prendergast, and that some of its features are found in Ollendorff and in Ahn; but in simplicity of arrangement and directness of purpose it is superior to all of these—Prendergast possibly excepted. It certainly is what it is called—a practical method for learning Spanish. With a relatively small outlay of mental exertion it produces exceptionally good results."—Philadelphia Times, June 24, 1882.
One Vol., 12mo. — Price 75 Cents.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price.
WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER,
Publisher,
11 Murray Street, New York.