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V. Schoolboys I have met. — Promising Britons. — Sly Boots. — Too Good for this World. — "No, thanks, we makes it." — French Dictionaries. — A Naughty Boy. — Mothers' Pets. — Dirty, but Beautiful. — John Bully. — High Collars and Brains. — Dictation and its Trials. — Not to be taken in. —  Unlucky Boys. — The Use of Two Ears. — A Boy with One Idea. — Master Whirligig. — The Influence of Athletics. — A Good Situation. — A Shrewd Boy of Business. — Master Algernon Cadwaladr Smyth and other Typical Schoolboys, 40 VI. French as she is Traduced. — More Grumblings. — "La Critique" is not the Critic's Wife. — Bossuet's Prose, and how it reads in English. — Nothing improves by Translation except a Bishop. — A Few French "Howlers." —  Valuable Hints on translating Unseen Passages, 72 VII. English Boys on French Etymologies. — Why "Silence" is the only French Noun ending in "ence" that is of the Masculine Gender. — A Valuable Service rendered by the Author to his Land of Adoption. — Learned Etymologies. — Return to old Philological Methods. — Remarkable Questions. — Written and Oral Examinations. — A Kind Examiner. — How long would it take the Moon to Fall to the Earth? — How many Yards of Cloth it takes to cover an Ass, 80 VIII. English Boys on French Composition. — "Go ahead" is not in French "Allez une Tête." — How Boys set about French Composition. — A Written Proof of their Guilt. — How Large Advertisements can help them. — A Stumbling-Block cleared away, 90 IX. Suggestions and Hints for the Class Room. — Boys on History and Geography. — "Maxims" and "Wise Thoughts." — Advice to those about to Teach. — "Sir," and not "Mossoo." — "Frauleins" and "Mademoiselles." —  Check your Love for Boys. — No Credit. — We are all liable to make Mistakes. — I get an insight into "Stocks," 95 X. English Boys' Patriotism put to a Severe Test. — Their Opinion of French Victories. — King Louis VI. of France and the English Soldier at the Battle of Brenneville. — An English Boy on French Wrestling. — Young Tory Democrats. — "Imperium et Libertas." — A Patriotic Answer. — Duck and Drake, 110 XI. Cricket. — I have an Unsuccessful Try at it. — Boys' Opinion of my Athletic Qualities. — French and English Athletes. — Feats of Skill and Strength versus Feats of Endurance and Brute Force. — A Case of Eviction by Force of Arms, 116 XII. Old Pupils. — Acquaintances renewed. — Lively Recollections revived. — It is easier to Teach French than to Learn it. — A Testimonial refused to a French Master. — "How de do?" — "That's What-d'ye-call-him, the French Master," 121 XIII. Debating Societies. — A Discussion on the Pernicious Use of Tobacco. —  School Magazines in France and England. — A Business-like Little Briton. — An Important Resolution passed unanimously. — I perform an Englishman's Duty, 125 XIV. Home, sweet Home! — Boys' Opinion of the Seaside. — French and English Beaches. — Who is he at Home? What was his Grandfather? — Remarks on Swaggering. — "I thought he was a Gentleman," 128 XV. He can not speak French, but he can read it, you know. — He has a try at it in Paris. — Nasal Sounds and accented Syllables. — How I reduced English Words to single Syllables, and was successful in the Object I had in View. — A Remark on the Connection of Words, 133 XVI. Public School Scholarships and Exhibitions. — Grateful Parents. —  Inquiring Mothers. — A Dear Little Candidate. — Ladies' Testimonials.  — A Science Master well recommended, 138 XVII. The Origin of Anglomania and Anglophobia in England. — A Typical Frenchman. — Too much of an Englishman. — A remarkable French Master.  — John Bull made to go to Church by a Frenchman. — A Noble and Thankless Career. — A Place of Learning. — Mons. and Esquire. — All Ladies and Gentlemen. — One Exception. — Wonderful Addresses, 148 XVIII. The Way to Learn Modern Languages, 158 XIX. English and French Schoolboys. — Their Characteristics. — The Qualities of the English Schoolboy. — What is required of a Master to Win,