Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-05 00:00:00

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ITALIAN and FRENCH LANGUAGES taught by an
Italian Gentleman, of the University of Pavia, on an invaluable
new method, exclusively his own, and most instructive to pupils,
imparting at the same time a thorough knowledge of the history
and literature of the country. The highest testimonials given.
Teams: 2s. per lesson of one hour. Address Professor G., 19,
Exmouth-street, Everton.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

GOOD NEWS FOR CLERKS.
and Yotrxo MEN GENERALLY, who desire to improve their
position in this commercial community. They acquire a GOOD
BUSINESS HANDWRITING, COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC, and BOOK-
iutsrrwa by nouBLE ENTRY, in a few lessons, by applying to Mr.
GEORGE TIIOMPSON, No. 8, CLAYTON-SQUARE. MORNING
CLASS, Ten to Eleven; EVENING, Six, Seven, and Eight. Private
Lessons at any hour..
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LADIES may acquire the TASIIIONABT.F. style of WRITING.
Class, Three to Four. Lessons, strictly private, by Mrs. THOMP-
SON, at any hour Established 1827.
A l'eu for all Writers at the Establishment.

DANCING AND EXERCISES.—The Messrs.
LOWE'S ACADEMY, 2, Islington-square, (near Shaw-
street and Brunswick-road), Liverpool. Juvenile Classes, Wed-
nesday and Saturday Afternoons ; Evening Class for Gentlemen,
Tuesdays and Fridays ; Miss Miner's Classes for Exercises and
Marching, Wednesdays and Satuidayi. Schools and Families
attended in town or in the country. Terms, &c., on application.
The quarter commences when the pupils enter.

VIE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
The principles of nature appear so sinuile, that many, consider-
ing them acknowledged facts, or undisputed truisms, do not
deem them worthy of notice. Thus has been rejected the fun-
damental law, that the car alone causes the tongue to move;
for, had this been duly reflected upon, it must, at one period
or another, have led to the discovery of the true method of
teaching. languages."—Dufief.
lONS. RAGONOT (of Paris), Author of the " Sym-
bolic Anglo-French Vocabulary," and of the " Easiest and
Shortest Method of Learning French." The unsuccessfulness of the
prevailing mode of teaching foreign languages is proverbial; and
what other results can be looked for, when the teacher in general
considers himself justified in disregarding the laws of nature so far
as to endeavour to impart sounds by the medium of the eyes, and
teach the science of a language before the pupil can lisp its simplest
accents ? With such a theory all human devices must necessarily
fail ; and hence the. numerous complaints of wasted time and
ineffectual endeavours, from those who have laboured in vain ; and
the general notion that a language can be acquired only in the
country where it is spoken ; hence the despair of many students of
the French language of even understanding the rapid conversation
of natives of France.
All these deplorable consequences may be obviated by the natural
system of teaching languages adopted by Mons. Ragonot.
To carry out the system in its perfection, it is desirable that
several members of a family should take lessons together, much
advantage being derived from numbers.

FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS ATTENDED. PRIVATE LESSONS

GIVEN.
Terms for Evening Classes, El Is. per quarter, two Lessons a week,

Payable in Advance

ar The "SYMBOLIC ANGLO-FRENCTI VOCAIMLART," Fifth
Edition, particularly adapted for schools, &e., approved and sanc-
tioned for the use of the Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, in
England and France.—To be had from the author, M. IlacioNoT,
and sold by all Booksellers.
115, Moant-pleasant, Liverpool.