Modern Language Teaching Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...the Luxembourg, a plan of Orleans, with special reference to the siege of 1429, and a map of the North of France. The notes, in a separate booklet, contain: (1) Analyse de Jeanne d'Arc. (2) La France et l'Angleterre de 1066 a 1429. (3) Les Armees et la Guerre. (4) La Noblesse et l'Eglise au 15 Siecle. (5) Le Role de Jeanne d'Arc. (6) Jeanne d'Arc dans la Litterature historique; La Jeanne aVArc de Michelet. (7) Biographic de Michelet. In addition, there is a summary of grammatical points worthy of notice; a list of words occurring in the text, and classified under the headings: (a) La Religion; (J) Qualites, Vertus, Defauts; (e) Pays, Institutions; (rf) La Guerre; (e) Les Tribunaux. Finally, there are notes explicatives, which seem to give all that is essential. The edition as a whole is a very careful piece of work, which we are happy to commend to the notice of English teachers. R. Morax: La Prineesse Feuille-Morte. Edited by A. P. Guiton. Pp. 40. Blackie. 4d. A well-written short story, with touches of humour and of pathos. The notes are generally good, the English renderings quite idiomatic. A questionnaire is also given. There are some ten questions on the subject-matter and the grammar to each page. De Maistre, Le Lepreux de la CiU d'Aoste. Edited by Maurice Laresse. Pp. 48. Blackie, 1908. Price 4d. The editor supplies a short note on Xavier De Maistre's life and works, notes, and a set of questions on the subjectmatter of the text and on some points of grammar. The notes are not free from misprints (chateau on p. 80, je fera on p. 31, souriens for souviens on p. 87); otherwise they are generally satisfactory. Deslys, Le Zouave and La Montre de Gertrude. Edited by Louis A. Barre. Pp. 112. Blackie, 1907. Price 8d. Two excellent...