Excerpt from A Practical Grammar of the French Language The present Grammar has been selected from many in use both in England and this country, and prepared to meet the wants of such young persons as are studying French in our schools and colleges. The grammars most frequently used in such institutions, it may be safely said, have been found very imperfectly fitted for those to whom they were given Lévizac's, for instance, being crowded with philosophical and metaphysical discussions, which are embarrassing in themselves, and have little or no prac tical value; and Wanostrocht's being confused, awkward, and ill-arranged. The merits, which led to the selection of the present work for the students Of Harvard College, are its clearness, simplicity, and accuracy; its excellent divisions and disposition; and its practical character throughout. The separation of the Accidence from the Syntax; the shortness and plainness of the rules; the abundance and aptness Of the examples; the clear manner in which the verbs, ' and especially the irregular verbs, are exhibited; the large amount of the exercises, with their obvious application; and the direct tendency of the whole to produce a habit of speaking the language, will, it is believed, recommend it for general use before any one now given to the same class of pupils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.