afford suitable composition material for second year classes. It is conveniently divided into (1) Lecture Française; (2) English Exercises based upon the French; and (3) Grammar Review.The Lecture Française contains thirty-six short sketches on interesting phases of French thought and French life. An earnest effort has been made to present strikingly modern material that the average student will find interesting.Some of the sketches are in the form of description; others are in the form of dialogue, according to the nature of the topic treated. In all cases they are in the language of every day, - the language that is employed in informal conversation. The past definite is sparingly used, so that practice in the proper conversational past tense, the past indefinite, may be emphasized. The simple style of the sketches will direct and encourage the student to use in a natural manner the unstilted and informal language forms that are so truly characteristic of French conversation.The English Exercise for translation into French are based directly on the thirty-six units of the Lecture Française. They cover quite thoroughly the vocabulary and grammatical content of the French text, and are arranged in the form of connected discourse. Especial care has been taken to make no unnecessary demands on the capacity of the student. The English Exercise are simple and clear and will permit the average student to feel encouraged with his efforts.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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