CHAPTER VII

THE TEACHING OF FRENCH AND ITS POPULARITY AFTER THE RESTORATION 381

French grammars after the Restoration--Pierre de Lainé, tutor to the children of the Duke of York--The _Princely Way to the French Tongue_--Guy Miège--His Dictionaries--His French Grammars--His method of teaching--Rote and grammar--Miège's other works--Other French Grammars--Pierre Berault--The universality of French--Supremacy over Latin in the world of fashion and diplomacy--Position of French in the educational world--The classics read in French--'All learning now in French'--French recognized by writers on education--Projects for reformed schools--Numerous French schools in and about London--Villiers' school at Nottingham--Academies for ladies--Academies for training gentlemen in the necessary social accomplishments and for business--Effects of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

APPENDICES

I

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MANUALS AND GRAMMARS FOR TEACHING FRENCH TO THE ENGLISH 403

II

BIBLIOGRAPHY, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY, OF MANUALS FOR TEACHING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE TO THE ENGLISH, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE END OF THE STUART PERIOD 410

INDEX 429

PART I

INTRODUCTORY