MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PRESS OPINIONS " Teacher's Aid-"The result of Mrs. Frazer's efforts has been most successful. There is not a dull line in the book, and the language used is so simple that the youngest learner will understand and appreciate the writer's meaning. It is one of the best books of the kind that we have yet seen.' Educational News-"Cannot fail to interest and instruct young children in French." Mrs. Frazer's dialogues are Times-"A charming little volume admirably adapted for beginners in French, and Bébé may perhaps become as familiar to the small boys and girls in nurseries and preparatory schools as Balbus and his wall are to their bigger brothers." Now Ready. Globe 8vo. Price 1s. 6d. SCENES OF FAMILIAR LIFE ARRANGED PROGRESSIVELY FOR STUDENTS OF COLLOQUIAL FRENCH BY MRS. J. G. FRAZER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MISS E. P. HUGHES ILLUSTRATED London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PRESS OPINIONS SCHOOLMASTER.-"It is not too much to say that the thorough acquisition of the contents of these two little volumes would make any pupil thoroughly proficient in ordinary French conversation." ... SATURDAY REVIEW.-"A quite charming school-book We congratulate Mrs. Frazer; and still more the children who are lucky enough to be taught out of her book." EDUCATIONAL TIMES.-"Instructive and amusing to the full. . . We can fully recommend this volume to teachers who wish to make French classes a serious preparation for pleasant trips on the Continent, and a sound mental gymnastic for the quick attainment of facility of speech in the Gallic idiom." SCENES OF FAMILIAR LIFE SCÈNE I AU PREMIER DEJEUNER MONSIEUR GROUVEL, (old gentleman in dressing-gown, a silk handkerchief round his head). MADAME PUISEUX, (his housekeeper in cap and apron) MONSIEUR GROUVEL. Sept heures vont sonner, et le café n'est pas sur la table; c'est trop fort. MADAME PUISEUX. Monsieur a sonné ? (He rings.) Monsieur GROUVEL. Mai oui, où est le café ? MADAME PUISEUX. Je l'apporte à l'instant; il n'est pas encore sept heures. MONSIEUR GROUVEL. Voyons, dépêchez-vous, s'il vous plait. MADAME PUISEUX. J'allais l'apporter quand monsieur a sonné et m'a empêchée de monter le déjeuner. MONSIEUR GROUVEL. C'est bien. Donnez moi mon journal, s'il vous plait. MADAME PUISEUX. the newspaper and goes Le voici, monsieur (hands him out). MONSIEUR GROUVEL (alone). Ma gouvernante devient inexacte et raisonneuse. Hm! Hm! Deux grandes imperfections. Je ne puis pas supporter le manque de ponctualité; quant aux caquetages, j'en ai horreur! (The clock strikes seven; on the seventh stroke Madame Puiseux arrives with a tray.) MADAME PUISEUX. Voilà, monsieur, le café est prêt. Monsieur mangera-t-il un œuf ce matin ? Now Ready. Pott 8vo. Price is. 6d. FRENCH PLAYS FOR SCHOOLS BY MRS. J. G. FRAZER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MISS E. P. HUGHES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY THE AUTHOR London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PRESS OPINIONS EDUCATIONAL NEWS.-"These plays we praise highly, on every point, for school use." CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.-"This neat little book supplies a long-felt want. We can confidently say that they will be of the greatest help towards that mastery of colloquial French which is so lamentably wanting in the average learner." EDUCATIONAL TIMES.-"Readable throughout, entertaining, and instructive. They supply, indeed, as is claimed for them, a much and long-felt want. The notes are all that can be desired." |