Excerpt from Preparatory French Reader The vocabulary contains one feature believed to be new; viz., the showing, as far as a difference in type would permit, the indebtedness of the English language to the French. 1 am aware of a few slight inconsistencies in the printing, owing to the fact that occasionally a word is partly English and partly French; but I do not think any one will be misled thereby. In the etymologies I have usually followed Skeat. I desire to make a general confession of obligation to the numerous teachers who have aided me in my work, but the fol lowing merit special mention: Professor ]oynes, of the Uni versity of South Carolina, has been my trusty counsellor from the very beginning of this work; Professors Fay of Tufts College, Fontaine of Washington, D.C., Fortier of Tulane University, Louisiana, Garner of Annapolis, Newton of Ohio, and Van Baell of Boston, have also rendered valuable assistance. 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.