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NOTES AND QUERIES of f ntm0mmumcati0tt LITERARY MEN, GENERAL READERS, ETC. "When found, make a note of," CAPTAIN CUTTLE. Nn 1 5fi PTWELFTH-J INO. 1OD. L SERIES. J APRIL 9, 1921. (PBICE SIXPEMCB. Post free 7d. I Registered as a Newspaper THE IMPORTANCE OF SPANISH. ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR PELMAN METHOD OF LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Pelmanism as applied to the learning of Foreign Languages, has registered a further triumph, As readers know, the Pelraan method of learning French in about one-third the usual time has been received on all sides with extraordinary enthusiasm. All who have taken this Course agree that it is the best and simplest method of learning French ever introduced into this country, "The method is splendid," writes M.iso. " Fulfils a long-felt want," writes W.ioH. "What the student has wanted for years," writes 8.130. " Never in my life have 1 enjoyed anything so much as this study, and I think the Institute is to be very heartily congratulated on having introduced the undoubtedly correct method of teaching Foreign Languages," writes M.I 10, Full particulars of this remarkable method will be forwarded, gratis and post free, to every reader who applies for them to-day to the address printed below. And now comes the most important news that this method has now been applied with equal success to the language of Spain. This news is exceptionally important in view of the fact that Spanish, which is spoken by over 80,000,000 people to-day, has become one of the leading com- mercial languages in the world. From a literary point of view, of course, the im- portance of Spanish can hardly be over-estimated, As an old writer says : "It is grave, lofty and expressive; the better you are acquainted with it the better you will admire it, there being about it something unspeakably charming." Those who have not already made themselves acquainted with the language of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderon, and other masters of Spanish litera- ture have now an opportunity of doing so by the simplest and most effective method ever placed within reach of readers of this journal. SIMPLE TO LEARN. Spanish, fortunately, is a comparatively easy language to learn, and the Pelman method is the best and simplest method of learning ir. One of the chief features of the Pelman Spanish Course is that it is written entirely in Spanish. There isn't a single English word in it. And yet even if you do not know a word of Spanish to begin with you can study this Course without the slightest difficulty. In fact, the Pelman method enables you to read Spanish right away, and saves you the trouble of mastering difficult grammatical rules, and of learning by heart long lists of foreign words. Yet, when you have completed the Course, you will be able to read, write, and speak Spanish accurately and fluently, and without that hesitation which comes when a Foreign Language is acquired, as it too often, but wrongly, is, by some method involving translation. The Pelman method of learning Spanish by corre- spondence is described in a little book entitled " How to learn Spanish." Another little book entitled " How to learn French" describes the Pelman French Course. You can obtain a copy of either of these booklets, gratis and post free, by writing to-day (mentioning which of the two you require) to the Pelraan Institute (Modern Languages Department), 36 Bloomsbury Man- sions, Hart Street, London, W.C.I.