mensurate with the advance of education; and under the head Méthode d'enseignement, a few remarks, the result of constant practice in the art of teaching, have been added, with the view of illustrating, in its details, the system of tuition pursued in the classes using this work. They will be found to contain some valuable hints, selected from the writings of Pestalozzi, Jacotot, and others whose lives have been devoted to the sacred and noble duty of training and instructing the youthful mind. Confidently trusting that his endeavours will afford greater facilities to the acquisition of a language daily increasing in importance and utility, the author has only in conclusion to reiterate his thanks to his literary friends, particularly his confrères, both in Paris and London, for the kind and valuable assistance he hs received from them during the progress of his labours. C.-J. D. 32, Ely Place, London. NOTE. At the request of many Parents who superintend the studies of their children, a KEY* TO THE EXERCISES OF DELILLE'S FRENCH GRAMMAR has been published, and may be had of Whittaker and Co., Ave-Maria-Lane, London. *In 12mo, price 3s. xii Tableau des principaux auteurs dont les ouvrages ont servi de base à la composition de cette Grammaire. ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE (Dictionnaire de l'). Sixième édition. Paris, 1835. Et le complément du Dictionnaire de l'Académie. Paris, 1842. BESCHER, BOUSSI, DARJOU, etc. Journal grammatical. Recueil mensuel. Paris. GUIZOT. Dictionnaire des synonymes. Paris. BOISTE. Dictionnaire universel de la langue française. Douzième édition. Revue par Charles Nodier de l'Académie française. Paris, 1844. BONNEAU ET LUCAN. Grammaire selon l'Académie, revue par MICHAUD. Paris, 1844. BESCHERELLE, frères. Grammaire nationale. 3o édition. Paris, 1840. BONIFACE. Grammaire méthodique et raisonnée. Paris. GIRAULT-DUVIVIER. Grammaire des grammaires. Paris. LEMARE. Cours théorique et pratique de langue française. Paris. MADAME TASTU. Éducation maternelle. Paris. LAVEAUX. Dictionnaire des difficultés grammaticales et littéraires. Paris. NOËL ET CHAPSAL. Grammaire française. Paris. AUGUSTE SCHIEBÉ. Correspondance commerciale. Leipzig. Et ROQUEFORT, PORT-ROYAL, DOMERGUE, LÉVISAC, VANIER, COLLIN D'AMBLY, LÉVI, POITEVIN, etc. etc. Œuvres diverses. Extrait du Rapport, fait à la SociÉTÉ GRAMMATICALE de Pakis, de la Grammaire de M. Charles-Jean Delille. Séance du 5 juillet 1836. "Cet ouvrage, à la fois analytique et synthétique, est une excellente introduction à l'étude de la langue française; il renferme des principes clairement exposés, et fondés sur l'usage de nos meilleurs écrivains, ainsi que des exercices de grammaire, de langage, et de narration, adaptés aux besoins usuels de la vie. CONTENTS. N.B.-The figures on the left show the number of the Rule or of 2-4. French Alphabet: Vowels; Consonants 5-10. Accents: the Acute, the Grave, the Circumflex 11–14. The Apostrophe; the Cedilla; the Diæresis; the Hyphen 16. Simple emissions of the voice expressed by two or more 22. On Quantity, and Accent or stress 23, 24. Exercises in Pronunciation Vocabulary and Phrases of language in common use: The Days 41-46. SUBSTANTIVE: Gender; Number 47-54. Formation of the Plural of Nouns 55, 56. ADJECTIVE; its nature; concord with the Substantive... 57-64. Formation of the Feminine of Adjectives.—Plural of 65, 66. Of the Position of Adjectives........ 67-69. Formation of the Degrees of Comparison 70-72. Of Comparison: superiority, inferiority, equality..... 87. PRONOUN; its nature and different classes 90–93. Place of the Conjunctive Pronouns... Pag 94, 95. Personal Pronouns Disjunctive, their use....... 96. Table showing the order in which Personal Pronouns are placed when there are two or three governed by 97-104. Possessive Pronouns Conjunctive,―Disjunctive; their 105-120. Relative and Interrogative Pronouns : qui, que, le- .71-74 131–133. Cases of nouns or pronouns with regard to the verb 79 134-139. Verbs, Substantive, Transitive, Passive, Intransitive; 147–154. Of Verbs used Interrogatively and with a Negation... 94 155, 156. Conjugation of avoir and être Negatively, Interroga- tively, and Interrogatively with a Negation...96—103 157, 158. Use of du, de la, des before Nouns, and of de before Adjectives; De after beaucoup, combien, peu, etc. 10? 163, 164. Regular Verbs: Model of the First Conjugation, AIMER 112 165, 166. Remarks on the Orthography of Verbs 167-172. Models of the Second Conjugation: AGIR, SENTIR, 173. Model of the Third Conjugation APERCEVOIR 174-179. Models of the Fourth Conjugation: RENDRE, PARAÎ- 180, 181. Conjugation of Passive Verbs 182, 183. Conjugation of Neuter Verbs 184, 185. Conjugation of Reflective Verbs, affirmatively, interro- gatively, and interrogatively with a negation...138-148 186-190. Conjugation of Verbs Unipersonal or Impersonal... 149 191, 192. Comparison between the English verb must and falloir 152 193. Verbs frequently used impersonally .... 194–201. General Rules for forming the Tenses 202. Synoptic Table of the Terminations of French Verbs...... 155 214-240. Illustrations of Moods and Tenses: use of the In- finitive mood; use of the Indicative present, im- 241-244, Rules on the Place of the Adverb, and other remarks for the composition of the exercises on verbs...... 191 245-247. How to translate do, did, would, will, should, shall, |