Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION xv
6. AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION xxi
7. COMPARATIVE CHART OF GRADES IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND IN FRENCH SECONDARY SCHOOLS xxx
8. PART I. OBSERVATION OF REAL LIFE
9. INTRODUCTION. THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS OF THE CLASS 3
10. FIRST SERIES. ANECDOTES OF TOWN AND VILLAGE 10
11. SECOND SERIES. MEMORIES OF SCHOOL LIFE 32
12. THIRD SERIES. MY HOBBIES 59
13. FOURTH SERIES. SUBJECTS OF PRACTICAL VALUE 99
14. PART II. LIFE AS SEEN IN HISTORICAL AND LITERARY TEXTS
15. PREPARATORY SERIES. THE PROCESSES OF ANALYSIS 137
16. FIRST SERIES. TEXTS TAKEN FROM ANTIQUITY 147
17. SECOND SERIES. TEXTS TAKEN FROM THE MIDDLE AGES 164
18. THIRD SERIES. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY TEXTS 198
19. FOURTH SERIES. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TEXTS 230
20. FIFTH SERIES. THE END OF THE YEAR IN CLASS 2 244
21. CONCLUSION: THE LAST MEETING OF THE CLASS 267