LETTERS AND CONVERSATIONS, SELECTED FROM THE BEST WRITERS, FOR THE USE OF ENGLISH STUDENTS, TO FACILITATE THE PRACTICE WITH NOTES. BY G. A. NEVEU. AUTHOR OF "EXERCISES ON PAST PARTICIPLES, ADAPTED FROM THE WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON; AND 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH. 1864. 303. f. 27. PREFACE. The following pages require but a few words of introduction; they are the result of some years' experience in endeavoring to teach my native language to foreigners. I am not ignorant of the numerous, and the useful books already published for practice in translation, and willingly bear testimony to their service; but, having a conviction that a more intimate knowledge of corresponding forms of expression, in French and English, can be acquired by the study of "Letters and Conversations," than by any other course, I have limited myself to these subjects in my selec tions. The first part of the book I have made to consist of literal translations from French writers, because these, not being made with a view to produce even readable English, simply give phraseology which, by its closeness to the original, can be correctly translated back into French by the student, who, by this process, will gain a variety of colloquial expressions, and thus find himself better prepared to take the |