Contes et saynètes. Edited with notes and vocabulary

()F THElîfuunurntir.îîlntlUTiîitî)BY^ï^^[^CONTES ET SAYNÈTESEditedWiTH Notes and VocabularvBYfr'W'^COLIN, Ph.D.Recentlv Instructor in Romance Languages, Bryn Mawr CollègeHead of Fren'ch Department, Miss Baldwin'sPrei'aratory School, Bryn MawrBOSTON, U.S.A.GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS1902Copyright, 1900Bv GINN & COMPANYALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPREFACE.Frenchsaid to set forth the charm of theMucH has beenof their intrinsicstories, and much might yet be saidshortas language study. They are countless in number.valueParis,The foUowing, which hâve recently appeared in areTheypresented for the first time as a class-room text.nowRichepin,vvere written by such well-known novelists as JeanPierre Loti, Aicard, Armand Silvestre, Paul et VictorJeanwhoMargueritte, Rameau, and other younger authorsJeanFrench — the shortdelight in this now so essentially productstory and the saynète.Some slight altérations, the occasional change or omissionof a Word or Une, hâve been made when imperative.studentThis little volume offers no spécial difificulty to theand irregular) togetherwho has mastered the forms (regularofwith the elementary syntax of French. A vocabularyfew notes hâve beenwords differing from the English and aonly as are not given in anadded to elucidate such pointsdictionary, or in usual class-room aids toabridged thestudy.The centre on the mastery ofstudent's attention shouldprécise and expression and the fluent reading of thevariedtext, never ...