Excerpt from Cortina Method Intended for Use in Schools, Etc., And for Self-Study: French in Twenty Lessons, With a System of Articulation, Based on English Equivalents, for Acquiring a Correct Pronunciation

The publication of my two books: Ingl s en Veinte Lecciones for the use of Spanish speaking -people, and Spanish in Twenty Lessons for English and American students, has been attended with a success so far exceed ing my anticipations that I have been induced to write two additional works, based on the principles of my method of teaching languages, and intended for the use of Spanish, South American or English people desirous of studying the French language.

The public and the majority of teachers of foreign lan guages are already acquainted with the leading features of my plan; its aim is to enable the student to acquire thorough control of the language he is studying in the shortest possible time, and with the least possible strain upon his patience and mental faculties. I have tried to avoid the slow, monotonous and befogging processes which consist in impregnating the pupil's mind with a number of grammatical rules which are generally of no practical value in the end.'

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