The attention of Schoolmasters and Heads of Colleges is respectfully requested to the following eminently useful series of French class-books, which have enjoyed an unprecedented popularity. A detailed prospectus will be sent on application.
De Fivas’ New Grammar of French Grammars; comprising the substance of all the most approved French Grammars extant, but more especially of the standard work ‘La Grammaire des Grammaires,’ sanctioned by the French Academy and the University of Paris. With numerous Exercises and Examples illustrative of every Rule. By Dr. V. de Fivas, M.A., F.E.I.S., Member of the Grammatical Society of Paris, &c. &c. Twenty-second Edition, price 3s. 6d. handsomely bound.
‘At once the simplest and most complete Grammar of the French language. To the pupil the effect is almost as if he looked into a map, so well-defined is the course of study as explained by M. de Fivas.’—Literary Gazette.
A Key to the above, price 3s. 6d.
De Fivas’ New Guide to Modern French Conversation; or, the Student and Tourist’s French Vade-Mecum; containing a Comprehensive Vocabulary, and Phrases and Dialogues on every useful or interesting topic; together with Models of Letters, Notes, and Cards; and Comparative Tables of the British and French Coins, Weights, and Measures; the whole exhibiting, in a distinct manner, the true Pronunciation of the French Language. Thirteenth Edition, 18mo. price 2s. 6d. strongly half-bound.
‘Voulez vous un guide aussi sur qu’infallible pour apprendre la langue Française, prenez le Guide de M. de Fivas: c’est l’indispensable manuel de tout étranger.’
L’Impartial.
De Fivas, Beautés des Écrivains Français, Anciens et Modernes. Ouvrage Classique à l’usage des Collèges et des Institutions. Dixième Edition, augmentée de Notes Historiques, Géographiques, Philosophiques, Littéraires, Grammaticales, et Biographiques. Tenth Edition, 12mo. 3s. 6d. bound.
‘An elegant volume, containing a selection of pieces in both prose and verse, which, while it furnishes a convenient reading book for the student of the French language, at the same time affords a pleasing and interesting view of French literature.’—Observer.