Excerpt from Rational Method, Following Nature Step by Step, to Learn How to Read, Hear, Speak, and Write French, Vol. 1 While learning its native tongue, a child passes from audition to reading; the spoken language, the direct sign of its thoughts, gives it the key to writ ten language. In like manner, but reversing the order of acquiring knowledge, he who learns an idiom in books, and becomes familiarized with the written form, will only require frequent audition of the written text, which he already understands, to become familiar with pronunciation. This progress in the comprehension of the spoken language will increase in proportion to his knowledge of the writ ten idiom. 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.