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NEW-WORLD SPANISH SERIES

TEATRO DE ENSUEÑO

By

G. MARTÍNEZ SIERRA

With Introduction, Notes Exercises, and Vocabulary By

AURELIO M. ESPINOSA

Associate Professor of Spanish, Leland Stanford Junior University The purpose of this edition of Teatro de Ensueño is to supply school andcollege classes with selections from one of the best and most popularCastilian writers of the present day—this present day which shows that inall its manifestations Spanish literature is rapidly approaching a secondgolden age. And the lasting glory of Spanish literature seems to be foundin the drama.

In language and style these dramatic tales are beautiful and poetic, and atthe same time easy, simple and clear.

The selections are

Por el Sendero Florido, Pastoral,

and

Cuento de

Labios en Flor

.

They are easy enough for students in the second or third half-year.

xvii + 108 pages. Price 50 cents.

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ALL SPANISH METHOD

_Método directo para aprender el español

By_ GUILLERMO HALL

Adjunct Professor of Spanish in the University of Texas 1 Teaches Spanish in Spanish.

2 Gives conversational command of the language.

3 Enables the student to make his way in any Spanish-speaking country.

4 Thoroughly practical vocabulary of about 4000 everyday words.

5 More than 300 illustrations which teach vocabulary.

6 Numerous and varied exercises.

7 Constant drill on verb forms.

First Book: xxix + 280 pages; price $1.00. Second Book: xxix + 307 pages;price $1.20. Combined Book: xxix + 509 pages; price $1.60

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#Lesson Books:# Guillermo Hall's

All Spanish Method, First Book

($1.00),

Second Book

($1.20), or in one volume

Complete

($1.60), furnishes thebest direct-method Spanish course published. It is designed for high schoolor college beginning classes.

Poco a Poco

, by the same author, is an easy book, profusely illustrated,especially well adapted to junior high-school classes.

#Readers:# Allen's

Fábulas y Cuentos

, Uribe's

Por Tierras Mejicanas

,and Phipps's

Páginas Sudamericanas

are easy reading books, wellillustrated, for students of high-school grade or any beginners in Spanish.

Higiene Práctica

(60 cents), which tells how to live in health in thetropics, and Higiene Personal

(72 cents), which applies to the moretemperate regions of Latin America, furnish excellent simple Spanish forreading practice.

#Annotated Texts:# Benavente's

El Príncipe que Todo lo aprendió en los

Libros

, and Martínez Sierra's

Teatro de Ensueño

, edited by Aurelio M.

Espinosa, Associate Professor of Spanish, Leland Stanford Junior University; Benavente's

Los Intereses Creados

, edited by Francisco Piñol,

Instructor in Spanish, University of Pittsburgh, and Tamayo y Baus'

Más

Vale Maña que Fuerza

, edited by C. Everett Conant, Professor of Modern Languages, University of Chattanooga, are interesting modern works. All are provided with exercises in composition and full vocabularies.

#Reference Books:# Wessely and Gironés'

Spanish-English andEnglish-Spanish Dictionary

(96 cents) is the latest revised edition of thebest small dictionary now available.

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