A French reader : with phonetic transcriptions for first year students

SMITH AND GREENLEAF »>aoeBW»»i»oon*«j««o«ao«cfw,^rw«vv?x>Hr/t>.ç '.ppr-. TR^ DCT97137f S9^' 51ROy MAY2T m nw^i'fel 4 F*' .'^r'^'^ : Ifpc-i «,j LU IaM 12»?A F.f?(^ TTômft • F.Rec'd O Mflj-r|pi 1 FORM I09 A FRENCH READER With Phonetic Transcriptions For First Year Students BY HUGH A. SMITH Professor of Romance Languages in the University of Wisconsin AND JEANNE H. GREENLEAF Instructor in Romance Languages in the Uniiersiiy Wisconsinof NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND C0:MPANY f- Copyright, 1920, BY HOLT AND COMPANYHENRY Afav, JÇ26 THE U. S. A.PRINTED IN PREFACE The publication of this reader is due to a strong belief in the great importance of reading in French instruction in America, and to a désire to provide, in the first year, more interesting and worthy texts, which will be an incentive to the student con-to tinue his work in this field. There is no doubt that our récent intimate relations with France hâve given a new impetus to the study of the French lan- guage, and especially to the practice of speaking and writing it. This is to be applauded. However, we should not forget that the greatest value for the majority who study French in this country will always be a knowledge of French life, thought and literature, which cornes almost entirely through reading.