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Beginners will have their attention arrested by those authors and literary events with which everyone should be familiar, whilst the table of suggested readings, at the end of the volume, contains a list of the typical masterpieces best calculated to serve as a foundation for more extended studies. "MR. GUSTAVE MASSON'S 'Outlines of French Literature' contains a great amount of information in very small space. His book is trustworthy, and is capable of being very useful as an introduction to the study of French literature." Scotsman. "Primers and résumés are now so completely the order of the day that M. MASSON'S Outlines' will no doubt be welcomed as a matter of course. The present little work does not aim at anything beyond a syllabus which pupils may develop at leisure, and which can likewise be used as a memento by students who wish to take in without difficulty the leading facts and typical characters in the history of French intellectual life. 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None of the Stories contained in Messrs. Hachette's Readers can be reproduced without special o asent. HACHETTE'S MODERN FRENCH AUTHORS. VOL. I.-EDMOND ABOUT. Edited by the Rev. P. H. E. BRETTE, B.D., and GUSTAVE MASSON, B.A., of Harrow. New edition. 1 vol., small 8vo, cloth, 28. The Editors have selected, amongst others, two of the most charming stories of the eminent Author whom the Times styles "the Thackeray of France." The volume can be put into the hands of every young person, and will be a welcome reading-book for all Schools. In no living French author can the French language be studied to greater advantage. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "The present collection is the best and most amusing ever published in England." Bristol Times. "The result is a book which we would at once put in the hands of our daughter, and bid her study it thoroughly." Weekly Review. "There can be no hesitation in earnestly recommending the immediate adoption of this book in every collegiate institution and public school throughout the country." Bell's Weekly Messenger. "The work can hardly be too highly commended for its interest, instructiveness, and cheapness." Athenæum. VOL. II.-PAUL LACOMBE. Petite Histoire du Peuple Français. VOL. III.-TOPFFER. — HISTOIRE DE CHARLES; HISTOIRE DE JULES. VOL. V.-VILLEMAIN.-LASCARIS. Nouvelle Historique, with a Biographical Sketch of the Author, a Selection of Poems on Greece. Edited by A. DUPUIS, B.A., First French Master at King's College School, London. 1 vol., small 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d. VOL. VI.-ALFRED DE MUSSET. Contents :-" On ne Saurait Penser à Tout"; "Il faut Qu'une Porte soit Ouverte ou Fermée"; "Croisilles"; "Pierre et Camille"; Lyrics and a Biographical Sketch of the Author. Edited by GUSTAVE MASSON, B.A. Cloth. Price 2s. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "English students of French literature are indebted to Messrs. 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The Leeds Mercury. "Mr. Masson, in his Selections from Alfred de Musset, has made some judicious extracts from the works of one of the most elegant lyric poets and vigorous dramatists that modern French literature can boast." Scotsman. "It is generally believed that Alfred de Musset's works, admirable as they are, must, on account of their character, be scrupulously excluded from the schoolroom. We have been told that it would be impossible to make from them a selection both ample ard varied enough to give a satisfactory idea of the writer. Young persons must, it is said, believe, on the authority of more experienced readers, that the poet who charmed us by "L'Espoir en Dieu" was one of the greatest representatives of contemporary French literature. M. Gustave Masson has endeavoured to show the fallacy of this statement by publishing a volume in which will be found choice specimens of Alfred de Musset's composition in every style." School Board Chronicle. Edited by H. J. VOL. VII.-PONSARD, LE LION AMOUREUX. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "The result is a charming little book, which we can heartily recommend to all our readers." School Board Chronicle. "M. de Candole, French Master at Clifton College, has prepared an excellent edition of Ponsard's famous comedy 'Le Lion Amoureux'-not perhaps a work of genius, but on the whole the author's masterpiece, and therefore having special interest as an example of the dramatist who led the reaction against the triumph of the romantic school, and also valuable for educational purposes from the purity and grace of its language. M. de Candole has appended numerous notes and an index which increase the utility of the work as a class-book." Scotsman. "Mons. H. J. V. de Candole, French master of Clifton College and lecturer at the Bristol University College, has brought before the public, in an interesting form, one of the finest of Ponsard's productions. 'Le Lion Amoureux' is the seventh volume of Hachette's series of modern French authors, a series of special value and attractiveness to the more advanced class of students. The biographical sketch, which enters thoroughly into the spirit of Ponsard's style, is at the same time a comprehensive statement of his life and work and a careful criticism of his position in French literature. The notes and biographical index are copious and useful, the work of a mind well acquainted with the requirements of modern study in its advanced stages. They give to the English scholar a distinct idea, which would otherwise be difficult of attainment, of the whole purpose of the French dramatist; and make it possible for him to grasp, with as much ease as a French reader, details that, without them, would be passed over unperceived and unappreciated. Le Lion Amoureux' is to be commended to teachers of French as more than usually interesting in itself, and rendered doubly so by M. Candole's method of treating it." The Western Daily Press. "Le Lion Amoureux,' in the cheap and comprehensive form in which it has been just issued, will form a valuable addition to the series of French educational works being published by Messrs. Hachette and Co. M. de Candole is also to be complimented on the efficient manner in which he has edited this little volume." The Clifton Chronicle and Directory. "Hachette's French Library.-Professor H. J. V. de Candole, Ph.D., M.A., French lecturer at University College, Bristol, has just published vol. vii. of this series of modern French authors, Le Lion Amoureux,' by Francois Ponsard. This play-the last but one written by the late poet-deals with the events of the Reign of Terror, and was successfully produced in Paris ten years ago. The pure and vigorous style adopted will commend the work to a wide circle of readers, and it is needless to say M. Candole's editing of the volume is worthy of one who is an experienced as well as an able contributor to philological literature." The Bristol Daily Post. None of the Stories contained in Messrs. HACHETTE's Readers can be reproduced without the special consent in writing of the Publishers, who own the copyrights. N |
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