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LIST OF MR. COBBETt’s BOOKS. 3 the grossest of all human absurdities. My knowledge of French was so complete thirty-seven years ago, that the very first thing in the shape of a book that I wrote for the press, was a Grammar to teach the Frenchmen English; and, of course, it was written tn French . I must know all about these two languages; and must be able to give advice to young people on the subject : their time is precious ; and I advise them not to waste it upon what are called lessons from masters and mistresses. To learn the pronunciation, there is no way but'that ol hearing those, and speaking with those, who speak the language well. My Grammar will do the rest. — A ^GRAMMAR OF THE ITALIAN LAN- GUAGE ; Or, a Plain and Compendious Introduction to the Study of Italian. By James Paul Cobbett. This work contains explanations and examples to teach the language practically ; and the principles of construction are illustrated by passages from the best Italian authors. Price 6s. A LATIN GRAMMAR. A LATIN GRAMMAR, for the Use of English Boys; being an Explanation of the Rudiments of the Latin Language. By James Paul Cobbett. Price 3s. boards. FRENCH EXERCISES. EXERCISES TO COBBETT’S FRENCH GRAMMAR (price 2s.) is just published. It is an accompaniment to the French Grammar, and is necessary to the learner who has been diligent in his reading of the Grammar. By James Cobbett. FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY. COBBETT’S FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY.— This book is now published. Its price is 12s. in boards; and it is a thick octavo volume. GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENG- LAND AND WALES. This hook was suggested to me by my own frequent want of the information which it contains; a suggestion which, if every com- piler did but wait to feel before he puts his shears to work, would spare the world many a voluminous and useless book. I am con- stantly receiving letters out of the country, the writers living in obscure places, but who seldom think of giving more than the name of the place that they write from ; and thus have I been often puzzled to death to find out even the county in which it is before I could return an answer. I one day determined, therefore, for my own convenience, to have a list made out of every parish in the kingdom ; but this being done, I found that I had still township t and hamlets to add in order to make my list complete ; and when I had got the work only half done, I found it a book } and that, with the addition of bearing, and population, and distance from the next market town, or if a market town, from London, it will be a really useful Geographical Dictionary. It is a work which the learned would call sui generis; it prompted itself into life, and it has grown in my hands; but I will here insert the whole of the title-page, for that contains a full description of the book. It is a thick octavo volume, Price 12*.— W. C.