In this textbook, the parts of speech are arranged in the usual order, and each part is discussed under a separate section. Each rule is followed by a familiar exercise, which the master may use in the place of a dialogue. The advantages resulting from the scholars learning and then repeating their own translations by heart, must, in the opinion of impartial and disinterested minds, materially tend to their improvement. By these means, the pupils, uniting practice to theory, not only become imperceptibly acquainted with the French phraseology, which in many instances differs so much from the English construction, but immediately know what is the English word that corresponds with the French, and vice versa, which cannot absolutely be done, in a dialogue where the French is ready made for them. At the close of every section, a recapitulatory exercise is given upon all the preceding rules. Throughout the whole composition, the author's chief aim has been to unite ease and simplicity with accuracy and precision. Notable features of this textbook include a comprehensive table of contents, an alphabetical arrangement of the irregular verbs with reference to the places where they are conjugated, with alterations, additions, and improvements; and a scheme for parsing. A treatise on French versification by M. De Wailly is also included.