Spiers' New French-English Dictionary.

Compiled from the French Dictionaries of L'Académie, Bescherelle, Littré, etc., and the English Dictionaries of Johnson, Webster, Richardson, etc., and the technical works in both languages. By Dr. SPIERS, Agrégé de l'Université, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Officier de l'Instruction Publique. Twenty-ninth edition, entirely remodelled, revised, and largely increased by H. WITCOMB, successor to Dr. Spiers at the École des Ponts et Chaussées. Crown 8yo. Half morocco. 782 pages. Mailing Price, $4.85; for introduction, $4.50.

DR.

R. SPIERS continued, so long as he lived, to collect materials for the improvement and the enlargement of his great work. These materials, supplemented where necessary, have now been incorporated by most competent hands, and this work, after forty years of success, is the newest exhaustive French Dictionary. This is the only authorized American edition.

This book comprises: (1) all the literary and colloquial words; (2) the principal terms relating to science, art, commerce, industry, and the navy; (3) compound words that are not to be translated; (4) the various meanings of each word arranged in logical order, and separated by numbers; (5) short instances of colloquial or literary uses of words, also of grammatical constructions where difficult; (6) alterations in the meaning of words, according as they are used with adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, etc.; (7) the idioms and colloquial expressions that differ in the two languages; (8) the prepositions required by the government of verbs, adjectives, etc.; (9) irregular or difficult pronunciation made clear; (10) grammatical notes on difficult constructions; (11) typographical signs to distinguish between the proper and figurative uses of words, and marking the style to which they belong; (12) a vocabulary of proper names.

Spiers' English-French Dictionary.

Crown octavo.

Half morocco. 910 pages. Mailing Price, $4.85; for introduction, $4.50.

THE plan of this work is similar to that of the French-English Dictionary.

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M. Blanqui, Membre de l'Insti- | l'attention du monde savant. tut: Cet excellent ouvrage qui me C'est un travail tout a fait neuf, semble digne au plus haut point de sérieux, approfondi, complet.

Modern French Readings.

Edited by WILLIAM I. KNAPP, Professor of Modern Languages in Yale College. 12mo. Cloth. 467 pages. Mailing Price, $1.35; Introduction, $1.20.

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HE selections have been made with reference to style and vocabulary, rather than to the history of the literature, so as to enable the reader to acquire experience in the popular, social, every-day terms and idioms that characterize the writings of the French to-day. They embrace about a year's study.

Tribune, Chicago: To familiarize the young with what may be called the French of the people, which now dominates the French of literature,

the work of the accomplished professor of modern languages at Yale College cannot be too highly commended.

A Grammar of the Modern Spanish Language.

As now written and spoken in the Capital of Spain. By WILLIAM I. KNAPP, Professor in Yale College. 12mo. Cloth. 496 pages. Mailing Price, $1.65; Introduction, $1.50.

HIS book aims to set before the student, clearly and completely,

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yet concisely, the forms and usages of the present speech of the Castiles, and to fix them in the memory by a graded series of English-Spanish exercises. The work is divided into two distinct parts, a Grammar and a Drill-Book.

The inflected parts of speech are presented on a new, and, it is believed, a more judicious method, and the so-called irregular verbs are considerably reduced in number. A few reading lessons are appended, with an appropriate vocabulary, for those who may not care to follow the exercises.

Schele De Vere, Prof. of Modern | Having myself published - many Language, etc., University of Virginia: After a careful, practical examination of your strikingly handsome edition of Professor Knapp's Grammar, I am convinced that it is by far the best work of its kind.

years ago-a Spanish Grammar, which in its day was successful, I ought to be no incompetent critic. I shall certainly use the book in this university. (Dec. 19, 1882.)

Modern Spanish Readings.

By WILLIAM I. KNAPP, Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languages, Yale College. 12mo. Cloth. 458 pages. Mailing Price, $1.65; Introduction, $1.50.

THE 200 pages of text represent the average modern style of composition in the newspaper article, the novel, the essay, history, and criticism.

George L. Andrews, Prof. of Modern Languages, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.: Professor Knapp's Spanish Grammar and Modern Spanish Readings have been in use as text-books at the Military Academy for the last three years,

and have been found very satisfac-
tory. For any serious study of the
Spanish Language by those whose
vernacular is the English, I know of
no other grammar that is nearly as
good as that of Professor Knapp.
(March 17, 1886.)

Spanish Idioms, with their English Equivalents,

Embracing nearly 10,000 phrases. By SARAH CARY BECKER and Señor FEDERICO MORA. 12mo. Half morocco. 330 pages. Mailing Price, $2.00; for introduction, $1.80.

THIS is as nearly as possible a complete collection of Spanish

idioms, or of Spanish phrases which, if literally translated, would fail to convey to foreign ears the sense in which they are understood by Spaniards. No approximately complete collection of these idioms has hitherto been published, either separately, or scattered through any more comprehensive work. The translations have been made with great care, and numerous errors in the readings found in Spanish-English dictionaries are here corrected. The idioms are arranged on a plan so simple that any phrase may be found with the utmost ease. Spanish literature and conversation fairly bristle with idioms, and this difficult feature of the language is here adequately dealt with for the first time.

J. F. Sagrario, Sec'y of the Span- | book will be very useful, not only to ish Legation, Washington: All the beginners, but to the more advanced expressions are thoroughly idiomatic. students.

They are very well translated. The

An Alphabetical Table of German Prefixes and

Suffixes.

By WILLIAM Cook, Editor of Otto's Grammar. 4 pages of tough paper, 8 x 10 inches. Price, 5 cents.

THIS may be used either for reference or for regular lessons, in connection with any text-book.