Je prétends vous traiter comme mon propre fils. RACINE. Et le Rhin de ses flots ira grossir la Loire, Avant que tes faveurs sortent de ma mémoire. BOILEAU. I intend to treat you as my own | beginning and in the middle of the words. Welcher Regenschirm haben Sie cannot be right. It should be Welchen, accusative masculine to agree with Regenschirm. We have not time or room to point out more mistakes. son. And the Rhine will go and swell the Loire with its waves, before the remembrance of thy goodness leaves my memory. D. D. CAUSALITY: For something of the Art of Photography, see the Majesty's inspector of Weights and Measures in your own district.-A. "Magazine of Art." For proving your Apothecaries weights, apply to her LISPER (D-d): We know of no cure for lisping but a strong effort of the will to speak without lisping.-R. LAMBIE (Glasgow): Cassell's French 131.-VERBS REQUIRING THE PREPOSITION à BEFORE AN Dictionary will be completed in two divisions-1, French-English, which INFINITIVE. Apprêter (s'), to prepare Aspirer, to aspire Assigner, to summon Assujettir (s'), to subject one's self Attacher (s'), to apply Attendre (s'), to expect Attendre, to put off Augmenter (s'), to increase Avilir (s'), to debase one's self Avoir peine, to have difficulty in Borner (se), to confine one's self to Etre, être à lire, to be reading, Exhorter, to exhort Exposer (8'), to expose one's self Hésiter, to hesitate Instruire, to instruct Intéresser, to interest Inviter, to invite Songer, to think, to intend Suffire, (not unip.), to suffice. Tenir, to intend, to aim Viser, to aim Man does not like to contemplate his nothingness and his vileness. Have you ever thought of offering all these sufferings to God? ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. HARRIET STYLE: The German is very correctly translated into English; not so the English into German, as might be expected. All substantives should begin with a capital letter, and the finals should not be used any. where else than at the end of a word. The inverted arrangement, according to which the verb is placed at the end of a sentence, only takes place in rela tive and other subordinate clauses. W. MABRAISON: We cannot, as we have before said, undertake to correct exercises Those sent by our correspondent contain a good many errors. In translating from German to English, he appears more anxious to make some sort of sense than to get at the exact meaning of the original. Thus he renders: Was sonst als was die Nachtigall einst zu der Lerche sagte? by "Wherefore as the nightingale said to the lark." The proper translation is: "What else than what the nightingale once said to the lark ?" Again, machte er seinen Gruss unter allen Göttern der Juno zuerst, does not mean he made his salutation to all the gods of Juno first." which is scarcely sense at all, but "he made his obeisance to Juno first of all the gods (and goddesses)." It is not English to say-" those which my brother in his hands has had." This is carrying literal translation too far. Our correspondent seems to have forgotten that in writing German two distinct characters are used for the letter s. He puts the final one at the is now published, price 43. in stiff covers, or 53. in cloth. The EnglishFrench Division will be completed in December. The entire work will be published, bound, at 8s. 6d.-S. GRAHAM (Liverpool): We have had lessons on Floriculture and Horticulture in view; and we shall by no means lose sight of them.-J. M. (Aberdeen): We have seen some American (U. 8.) publications on Book-keeping, and they are so extremely similar to our own, that it is very evident that brother Jonathan is indebted to us for this as well as many other lessons relating to the business of human life. There is one difference which must be carefully looked into, viz., that of Federal Money instead of Sterling Money. When we come to Exchanges in our Arithmetic, this will be considered; and we shall soon give an inkling of it under the head of Reduction. As to the conversion of the money of differen nations, see Kelly's "Universal Cambist," or Macculloch's "Commercial Dictionary."-JAMES WARDLE (Dean Mills): Right. APOLLO (Cheltenham) should apply to R. Cocks and Co., New Burlingtonstreet, about Musical Instruments, &c.-T. CHOPE (Hartland): His sug gestions are good, and will be considered.-J. HOULDEN, Jr. (Edinr.): The Perpetual Almanac extends only from 1758 to 18301-INQUISITIVE (Liverpool) must omit the word of in the sentences to which he refers. As to books which are deemed authorities for excellence of style, we say Addison's papers in the "Spectator," and his writings generally; Dean Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," and his writings generally; and Dr. Samuel Johnson's papers in the "Rambler," and his writings generally. Macaulay, our most recent historian, is admired for his style, but it is too flippant for us; those of Sir James Macintosh, Dugald Stewart, and Professor Playfair, are vastly superior.-G. ARCHBOLD (St. Peter's): Right.-H. 8.: We can't tell.-A LEARNER (Swaffham): The plants referred to, grow from seeds that preceded them. Griffith's "Chemistry of the Seasons" is good and useful. There is a larger edition than the 48. one which is greatly improved. QUINTIN PRINGLE (Glasgow): His solutions of the teak and pine question are correct.-G. S. (Cupar): See p. 223. vol. III., P. E.-J. L. (Duke-st.): Binding 2d. vol. 1s. 6d.-G. J. B. ANVERS had better write to Professor De Loline.-SAMUEL ESQUIRE (Logierait) will find an explanation of his difficulties in a note to the Article Duodecimals of the 1st vol. of Hutton's Mathematics, at pp. 63 and 64 of the 12th edition.-ZENO (Glasgow): We strongly advise him to persevere at self-education in the midst of all his difficulties and discouragements, as he will be ultimately rewarded. The errors to which he refers are now corrected. συν becomes συμ when combined with Bovλn for the sake of euphony.-G. ELTON (Beatton) The writing out of the French Exercises is generally considered all that is necessary; and the committing of the rules to memory in the best way you can; but we may be allowed to remark that the writing out of a rule once is equivalent to reading it carefully, at least, six or seven times.-W. 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