credibility. But this much he does not hesitate to claim, that, after a
study of less than two weeks, he was able to sustain conversation in the
newly-acquired language on a great variety of subjects."

FROM THE ENGLISH PRESS.

"The principle may be explained in a line--it is first learning the
language, and then studying the grammar, and then learning (or trying to
learn) the language."--_Morning Star_.

"We know that there are some who have given Mr. Prendergast's plan a trial,
and discovered that in a few weeks its results had surpassed all their
expectations."--_Record_.

"A week's patient trial of the French Manual has convinced that the method
is sound."--_Papers for the Schoolmaster_.

"The simplicity and naturalness of the system are obvious."--_Herald_
(Birmingham.)

"We know of no other plan which will infallibly lead to the result in a
reasonable time."--_Norfolk News_.


FROM THE AMERICAN PRESS.


"The system is as near as can be to the one in which a child learns to
talk."--_Troy Whig_.