Excerpt from A French Reader: Arranged For Beginners In Preparatory Schools And Colleges In the preparation of the Vocabulary and Notes the follow ing aims have been constantly in mind (a) To lead the pupil to think rather than to memorize mechanically; (b) to enable him not merely to translate the several selections, but also to translate French (5) to secure correct and idiomatic English. 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.