Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th August 1881, Edition 1 of 1, Page 668

DR . DE FIVAS ' FRENCH EDUCATIONAL WORKS . * We have previously expressed a very favourable opinion of the works written for learners of French by Dr . de Fivas , and need now only to call attentio 7 i to the new editions recently issued . Their great popularity is evideticed by the fact that they Jiave all passed through several editions ) the grammar having reached the forty-fourth . There are in < X 7 ty excellent French grammars in the authors market , conta but we ined know in the of few il Beaut equal ^ s" to are De well Fivas chosen \ The . The extracts " Nezv from Git French ide to French Conversation " will be found extremely useful to tourists . " Le Tresor National " contains graduated exercises , intended to facilitate the acquisition of the power of translating English into French , while the " Introduction " provides a good selection of easy French passages , -affording suitable reading for beginners ! The Schoolmaster , Dec . 4 , 1880 . DE FIVAS' NEW GRAMMAR OF FRENCH GRAMMARS ; comprising the substance of all the most approved French Grammars extant , but more especially of the standard work , 'La Grammaire des Grammaires / sanctioned by the French Academy and the University of Paris . With numerous Exercises and Examples illustrative of every Rule . By Dr . V . de Fivas , M . A ., F . E . I . S ., Member of the Grammatical Society of Paris , & c . 44 th Edition , enlarged and improved , 3 s . Qd . strongly bound . [ Just published . Note . — The Academic Frangaise having , in 1877 , issued a New Edition of their Dictionary \ introducing many innovations , the opportunity has been taken to thoroughly revise this Grammar in accordance therewith . Many other improvements and amplifications have at the same time been effected , with a view to "maintaining the long-established reputation of the New Grammar of French Grammars as a thoroughly reliable modern class-book , acceptable to Teachers and Masters throughout the British Empire . Opinions of the Press . ' The " Grammaire des GrammaireR " long ago approved itself to the public as one of the most practical books ever written . It claims to contain " every thing useful and nothing superfluous , " and we believe the claim fairly justified Grathic . ' . ' More than 350 pages of most accurate French grammatical work leaves the pupil little to learn . It would be difficult to name a grammar better suited for instilling a sound knowledge of the French language . "—Schoolmaster . * The best and most complete grammar of the French language ever prepared for the use of English students Scotsman . ' * . 1 We can confidently say that this capital book can stand comparison with any rival . It is an Christian admirable grammar World . . ' A book that has stood the test of years , like tkat before us , must be possessed of intrinsic merits of the very highest order . The book may be accepted as one of the best of its kind . '—Educational News . * One of the simplest and most complete French Grammars that have been yet published . ' —National Schoolmaster . ' This French Grammar has for a long time been recognised as . the best we have in England , and it seems to be rapidly superseding most others . '—Educational Times . 1 The very best of the many able works which the present day has produced to meet the requirements of the Students of the * We French speak Language with personal —in other knowledge words , of of its all terseness who aim , clearness at belonging , and to good the educated arrangement classes , and . '— strongly Publi English c OriNiox recommend Churchman . it . examination * Of the , many to be the French fullest Grammars , clearest , and which most I exact have , is consulted tlio * ' Grammaire , " tho one des that Grammai I consider res" of , upon Dr . V . close de Fivas and . frequen Rev . J . D . Oollis , Head Master of the Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth , Bromsgrovc . A Key to the Grammar , Containing , besides a Translation of the Exercises , numerous Grammatical and Critical Remarks , not to be found in other Grammars . 3 s . 6 d . bound . ( 402 _ ) London : CROSBY LOCK WOOD & CO ., 7 Stationers ' -Hall Court , Ludgate Hil ^ O

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