| | | From Professor E.M. Gallaudet, | | of the National Deaf Mute College. | | | | "The results which crowned the labor of the first week | | were so astonishing that he fears to detail them fully, | | lest doubts should be raised as to his credibility. But | | this much he does not hesitate to claim, that, after a | | study of less than two weeks, be 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| | us 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_. | | | | "We would advise all who are about to begin the study of | | languages to give it a trial."--_Rochester Democrat_. | | | | "For European travelers this volume is | | invaluable."--_Worcester Spy_. | | | | Either of the above volumes sent by mail free to any part | | of the United States on receipt of price. | | | | D.