Excerpt from French Theory And Practice For Schools, Colleges, And Private Teaching The extent of our daily vocabulary is exceedingly small; some authorities limit it to six hundred words. It is easily seen that if eight hundred words, judiciously selected, are embodied in proper exercises, it is quite possible to speak and read the language, with sufficient facility for ordinary purposes, in a very short time. The selection of these words was one of the chief efforts of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.