naries have been freely consulted.
Students will at first require some aid and encouragement from
the teacher, in the use of the all-French vocabulary; but they
can be made, in a surprisingly short time, to form the habit of
using a French dictionary by preference, and of doing a large
part of their thinking in French.

It is suggested that the book be used on certain days of the
week only, to supplement the student's reading texts, and provide
the sort of exercise indicated by its title. It is not intended
as a reader.

The author's thanks are due to his former colleague, Professor
Hugo P. Thieme, of the University of Michigan, for many helpful
suggestions and criticisms, as well as to Professor Rene Talamon,
of the same institution, who kindly assisted in reading the proof.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON I.

Use of definite and indefinite articles.--Simple
interrogation.--Contraction of _de_ and _a_ with definite
article.--Possessive case of nouns.--_Chez_.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON II.

Possessive adjectives.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON III.

Position of adjectives.--Irregular adjectives.--Compound
subject, agreement.--Forms and use of _lequel_.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON IV.

Future and conditional tenses.--The demonstrative
adjective.--Meanings of present tense.--_Est-ce que_.--Use
of past tenses.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON V.

_Voici_.--_Voila_.--_Il y a_.--Expressions with _Avoir_.--_Se
trouver_.--_Aimer mieux_.--_Venir de_.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON VI.

Comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON VII.

Partitives and expressions of quantity.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON VIII.

Conjunctive pronouns.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON IX.

Compound tenses.--_Avoir_ and _Etre_ as auxiliaries.--Agreement
of past participles: _Avoir_ verbs.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON X.

Agreement of participles: Reflexive verbs.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XI.

Agreement of participles: Passive verbs.--Substitutes for the
passive.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XII.

Agreement of participles: Intransitive verbs conjugated with
_Etre_.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XIII.

Disjunctive pronouns.

ANECDOTES

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XIV.

Possessive pronouns.--Word order in interrog