FRENCH: Special.
B. A. COURSE.
Text-Books.—Whitney's Large French Grammar and Introductory French
Reader; Matzke's French Pronunciation; Bruno's Tour de la France; Joynes'
Classic French Plays; Kuhns' St. Pierre's Paul et Virginie; Fortier's Littérature
Française. Exercises. Parallel reading (completion of the texts begun in class).
Heath's, Gasc's or Bellows' Dictionary. The texts used have been so chosen as to
form a suitable general introduction (a) to the grammar, (b) to the vocabulary, (c)
to the history and geography, and (d) to the literature of France in the seventeenth
and nineteenth centuries.
A course in Scientific French, for the benefit of medical and other students, will
be offered as occasion requires.
M. A. COURSE.
For pronunciation: Matzke's French Pronunciation; Koschwitz' Parlers Parisiens.
For reference and study: Harrison's French Syntax; Brachet-Toynbee's Historical
French Grammar. For reading: Fasnacht's Select Specimens of Great French
Writers; Masson's Series of French Prose (for the study of select periods of French
culture and civilization); Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV (for the study of one typical
reign); professor's lectures on Eminent French Writers; Chardenal's Advanced
Exercises. Examinations on definite assigned work.
