Excerpt from Les Caracteres, Ou Les Moeurs De Ce Siecle: Adapted and Edited In English editions, but this could not be avoided if our new section was to be representative of the Classical period of French literature it is intended to illustrate. We trust that these volumes will none the. Less be welcome to teachers who attach importance to the Appendices. The majority appear for the first time as a contribution to the literature suitable for school purposes. They include works of the first rank, to be studied not only for the language but also for the thoughts of great men of the past for the light they throw on the manners and customs of a great age in the history of civilisation; and, from a literary point of view, as works of art. Appreciation of what is good, beautiful and true in literature can. And should be developed in the upper forms of our schools, over and above the linguistic and logical training which is imparted by a careful study of the language. If Modern Languages are to justify the prominent position which we claim for them, it is absolutely indispensable that this claim should be made good not only by the intrinsic value they have as an instrument for training the mind, and from their commercial utility, but also by the study of some of the best literature that France and Germany have produced from the ages of Louis XIV. And Frederick the Great to our. 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.