This splendid manual of conversation was published in 1912 and was found by us on a local tip. It harks back to a delightfully archaic form of conversation, polite but also frank. I include a bizarre conversation about a horse which sets the tone!
A French traveler setting out on holiday to England was apparently expecting to paint and write. There are two pages of vocabulary devoted to writing and painting and three pages of conversation about painting. Its hard to imagine this being included in a modern phrase book.
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| Essential vocabulary for a painter |
Hard times eh? But the local tip!
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