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_WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR_


  JULES SANDEAU. LA ROCHE AUX MOUETTES (Extracts). [_Nutt’s Short
  French Readers, 6d._]

  THÉOPHILE GAUTIER. VOYAGE EN ITALIE. [_Cambridge University
  Press, 3s._]

  ÉMILE SOUVESTRE. LE PHILOSOPHE SOUS LES TOITS (Extracts).
  [_Blackie’s Little French Classics, 4d._]

  PIERRE CŒUR. L’ÂME DE BEETHOVEN. [_Siepmann’s French Series.
  Macmillan, 2s._]




                   FRENCH IDIOMS AND PROVERBS


    “_Omne epigramma sit instar apis; sit aculeus illi,
    Sint sua mella, sit et corporis exigui._”
                                                      MARTIAL.

[Thus Englished by Archbishop Trench:

    “_Three things must epigrams, like bees, have all;
    Its sting, its honey, and its body small._”]

[And thus by my friend, Mr. F. Storr:

    “_An epigram’s a bee: ’tis small, has wings
    Of wit, a heavy bag of humour, and it stings._”]

    “_Celebre dictum, scita quapiam novitate insigne._”
                                                     ERASMUS.

“_The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs._”--BACON.

    “_The people’s voice the voice of