16 MAY 1863, Page 23

F rMay / 1/6, 1863.] Fablei Parlantes. — By L. P. R. F. De Porquet,

Author of "Le Tresor do l'1EcTlior," drc. (Simpkin and Marshall.)—The object of this small work is to train pupils in speaking, rather than in reading, French. It consists of a number of French fables, each of which is followed by a conversation in the same language between teacher and pupil, based upon the fable which has just been read. There is no doubt that, when the pupil is able to sustain with facility his share of the dialogue, he will (always supposing that he does not merely learn it by rote) have acquired the ability of speaking French in a respectable manner.