Fraser W.H., Squair J. French Grammar and Reader

Toronto: Corp. Clark and Co, 1911. — 552 p. — (High School).Part I. consists of a sériés of lessons on the éléments of grammar, and includes copious exercises. An effort has been made to render the exercises interesting in themselves by basing them, for the most part, on connected pièces of French dealing with topics of every-day life Considérable prominence has been given to oral practice. Part II. consists of a systematic grammar of modem French. A sériés of exercises has been added, dealing with the various topics treated in the text. It was thought best to group these exercises together at the end of this part, in order not to impair the usefulness of the grammar as a book of reference by inserting the exercises immediately after the paragraphs to which they refer. Each exercise is furnished with section references, which will enable the pupil to turn readily to the theory upon which the exercises are based. The Reader is made up of interesting sélections, for the most part complété in themselves, and affording a considérable range as to topic, vocabulary, and idiom. The exercises which hâve been inserted at the end of the Reader are based on the idiom and vocabulary of the text, and are intended to give practice in the reproduction in French of the substance of the sélections