27 FEBRUARY 1864, Page 20

Ne Coil?' or, B0771 to Good Luck. By C. Dagobert.

(London : Dula% Paris : Truchy.)—The writer boasts that he has comprised the whole French language in this one tale, and for the purposes of conversation we think he has. Grown-up people, who have not time or patience for writing exercises and attending a tutor, must learn French by reading. But the French of literature is little help in conversation, and this humorous little book of dialogue is colloquial in a way which is highly creditable to the author's ingenuity.