Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

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and nature. The Class meet.'4o

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tan mane. germs.—une round a Quarter in advance. A Cff'dif
Teachers.—The course includes all that is required
Government Examination for Certificates. Private instructiotio•
also given. Further particulars may be obtained on aPPlic'l9o;
The Ladies Class will re-assemble on Wednesday, JanuarY lgjl

THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
nsiclef);
" The principles of nature appear so simple, that many, c°-
ing them acknowledged facts, or undisputed- trun,ms, dole,
deem them worthy of notice. Thus has been rejected t-o-el
ni
damental law, that the ear alone causes the tongue to (lit;
for, had this been duly reflected upon, it must, at one.Chocl
nr nnnthor barn I,a sn meth

teaching languages."—Dufief. ‘, SCSItBn;
ONS. RAGONOT (of Paris), Author of the
bolic Anglo-French Vocabulary," and of the A. 6 k.asle-
_1
•/cbe
Shortest Method of Learning French." The unsuccessfuinFs „ "
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pi-e,v,uniig moue 01 teaming toreign languages is proverw._—„ifv
what other results can be looked for, when the teacher ino fga
considers himself justified in disregarding the laws of nature
as to endeavour to impart sounds by the medium of the eiies'ille!
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teach the science of a language before the pupil can lisp its slg°,4
accents! With Such a theory all human devices must nefe'' ai fail; and hence the numerous complaints of wasted time . Or,
ineffectual endeavours, from those who have laboured in is
• d the general notion that a language can be acquire . onlv in
ts 01
country where it is spoken ; hence the despair of many stonf;9o
the French language of even understanding the rapid conve
of natives of Franc(

ices may be obviated by
,ystem of teaching s adopted by Mons. 11-
To carry out the s min its perfection, it
several members of a family should take lessons
advantage being derived from numbers.

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FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS ATTENDED. PRIVATE LESSO)

sons a ice4'

a* Evening Classes, El Is. per quarter, two Lc

Payable in 'Adv6cE

ear The "SYMBOLIC ANGLO-FRENCH Vocasts LARY,' ,00e,
Edition, particularly adapted for Schools, &c., approved anli),
tioned for the use of the Institutions for the Deaf and Pi.7o:4o''
England and France.—To be had from the author, M. R•t"
and sold by all Booksellers.
115, Mount-pleasant, Liverpool. _

I • UNIVERSITY OF FRANCE. 1/.
CLASSICAL AND COUMERCIAL ACADEM Ot
nderAP
RUE DE CHAILLOT (CIIAMPS-ELYSEEB), 21, PADIS.
direction of M. SERION, Licencie es Lettres. This establish
founded twenty years ago, is delightfully, situated in the mo;nerle;
a quit quarter Paris, at a very short distance from the "r;
It umtes the combined advantages of town and country.
play-ground planted with trees and an ample shed for oti
recreation, a large refectory, rooms for classes and studies, Po_r,tlii!if
heated dormitories-, a well mounted Gymnasium, eve,uo.l`j
demonstrates to visitors that nothing has been neglected,, 59:4
could secure the health of the pupils. The most scruPlll°os v
liberal attentiqn is paid to all religious matters, the pupil s'
conducted every Sunday to their respective places of worsl?l'o.,:#
in this point their instruction is wholly intrusted to mhu-60?)
their own persuasion. The terms are per annum and
parlour boarders : these terms include the following studies,„A
are all taught by able professors—Greek, Latin, French, (1""
graphy
Drawing, Arithme tic, Algebra and the higher mathernatict,
tory, Writing, Book-keeping, Chemistry, Natur3l of
why, &ral History, Logic, etc. The following studies areo r
ir,
£2 per quarter; Piano, B 2 per quarter; Fencing' iglei quartertailan; 'Dancing, £1 per quarter; Gymnastics, 12s. per sio
A small number of pupils can have separate rooms at
clil1.04,1)
annum each extra. These terms are payable in advance,
relD
For the first few Months the English pupils take lessthis in #l3h
with a master who speaks English • but from the time thPotP;,
understand a little French, no distinction is made betweellis.o#
and the other pupils, in order that they may acquire, by continua
course with the French, a good accent and a perfect fluent' :t)
short space of time. At the end of the scholastic year (A,“„'`c)(`;
general examination, conducted by the most distinguished pr
sore of Paris, takes place ; this is followed by a distributioli
at which parents are invited to attend. Satisfactory references references will be given to those parents whose sons ha`' f
educated at this establisment. Mr. Edward P. McKnight' -fer,;,i
Exchange-street East, Liverpool, has kindly offered to be r:eror
to, he having entrusted in succession his sons to If. "
rare.