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Pylodet. — NEW GUIDE TO GERMAN CONVERSATION;

containing an Alphabetical List of nearly 800 Familiar Words similar in Orthography or Sound and the same Meaning in both Languages, followed by Exercises, Vocabulary of Words in frequent use. Familiar Phrases and Dialogues; a Sketch of German Literature, Idiomatic Expressions, &c.; and a Synopsis of German

Grammar. By L. Pylodet. 18mo. cloth limp. 2s. 6d.

Sonnenschein and Meiklejohn. — THE ENGLISH

METHOD OF TEACHING TO READ. By A. Sonnenschein

and J. M. D. Meiklejohn, M.A. Fcap. 8vo.

Comprising:

The Nursery Book, containing all the Two-Letter Words in

the Language. 1d. (Also in Large Type on Sheets for

School Walls. 5s.)

The First Course, consisting of Short Vowels with Single Consonants. 3d.

The Second Course, with Combinations and Bridges, con­sisting of Short Vowels with Double Consonants. 4d.

The Third and Fourth Courses, consisting of Long Vowels, and all the Double Vowels in the Language. 6d.

A Series of Books in which an attempt is made to place the process of learning to read English on a scientific basis. This has been done by separating the perfectly regular parts of the language from the irregular, and by giving the regular parts to the learner in the exact order of their difficulty. The child begins with the smallest possible element, and adds to that element one letter — in only one of its functions — at one time. Thus the sequence is natural and complete. “These are admirable books, because they are constructed on a principle, and that the simplest principle on which it is possible to learn to read English.” — Spectator.

Taylor. — WORDS AND PLACES; or, Etymological Illus­trations

of History, Ethnology, and Geography. By the Rev. Isaac Taylor, M.A. Third and cheaper Edition, revised and

compressed. With Maps. Globe 8vo. 6s.

In this edition the work has been recast with the intention of fitting it for the use of students and general readers, rather than, as before, to