The Practical French Teacher; or, a New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak the French Language
New York: Huntington & Savage, 1849. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2343300
Text in English and French. Spine head and spine base rubbed, page ridge lightly foxed, small owner bookplate on front endpaper.
400 pp. Black leather spine with gilt titles and blind-stamped decorations over dark brown cloth. "Some of the principal advantages, which the present work is thought to offer over others on this method, are the following: An improved arrangement, fuller instruction and exercise on the subjective mood, on those tenses of the verb which present many irregularities as the first future, the present subjective, and the simple perfect, fuller explanations and exercises on the past tenses, on the use of the auxiliaries avoir and etre, on the reflective verbs, and a greater fullness of rules and explanations generally. I would add, that this work is designed to teach the theory, as well as the practice of the language..."
Price: $30.00