ARITHMETIC--Continued.

(2) If 20cwt. be carried 50 miles for £5, what will be the cost for the carriage of 40cwt. for 100 miles?

(3) If 8 men reap a field of 6 acres in 3 days, in how many days will 6 men reap a field of 9 acres?

(4) If 800 soldiers consume 5 sacks of flour in 6 days, how many will consume 15 sacks in 2 days?

(5) If £60 support 8 persons for 4 months, how long ought £15 to maintain 6 persons at the same rate?

(6) If 8 horses can be kept for 6 weeks for £12, what sum of money ought to keep 16 horses for 2 weeks?

(7) If 16 horses eat 96 bushels of corn in 42 days, in how many days will 7 horses eat half as much?

(8) If 12 horses in 5 days draw 44 tons of stones, how many horses will draw 8 times as much the same distance in 18 days?

Lesson 49-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.

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Ex. 22.-Put the subject, the enlargement, the predicate, the object extension in separate columns.-The good king sat upon his throne. sang that song too fast. Peter the Hermit preached the first crusade very boldly. The disorderly boys were at once expelled. The stream, thick and muddy, rolled towards the sea. We chased the hare over the

common. The father of the boy was very angry.

Ex. 23. Parse-Cotton is more largely used for clothing than any other substance.

Lesson 50.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) If 7 horses be kept 20 days for £14 5s., how many horses may be kept 7 days for £28 13s.?

(2) If 10 men can perform a piece of work in 24 days, how many men will perform another piece of work 7 times as great in one-fifth of the time?

(3) If 18 men can dig a trench 30 yards long in 24 days by working 8 hours a day, how many men will dig a trench 60 yards long in 64 days, working 6 hours a day?

(4) If 7 men can mow 84 acres in 12 days of 8 hours cach, how many acres can be mowed by 20 men in 11 days of 9 hours cach?

History. Write and Learn.

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THE TUDOR PERIOD.

This period is noted for three things.

(1) The great Reformation in religion.
(2) The numerous discoveries at sea.

(3) The celebrated writers.

(1) The Reformation was general in Europe, but was helped forward
in England by Henry VIII., who, having a quarrel with the Pope
respecting a divorce from his wife, Queen Catherine, constituted
himself the head of the Church.

(2) America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus.
In 1497, John Cabot discovered Newfoundland, and the same
year Vasco de Gama rounded Cape of Good Hope.
(3) The reign of Elizabeth was specially famous for its great
writers-William Shakespeare, the poet aud dramatist; Edmund
Spenser, author of the "Faerie Queen;" Sir Philip Sydney, author
of "Arcadia ;" and Sir Walter Raleigh, author of "The History of
the World."

ELEVENTH WEEK.

Lesson 51.-Learn for Monday Morning.

MAXIMS.

Persevere against discouragements. Keep your temper. Employ your leisure in study, and always have some work in hand. Be punctual and methodical in business, and never procrastinate. Never be in a hurry. Preserve self-possession, and do not be talked out of a conviction. Rise early, and be an economist of time. Maintain dignity without the appearance of pride manner is something with everybody, and everything with some. Be guarded in discourse, attentive, and slow to speak. Never acquiesce in immoral or pernicious opinions. Be not forward to assign reasons to those who have no right to ask. Think nothing in conduct unimportant or indifferent. Rather set than follow examples. Practise strict temperance; and in all your transactions remember the final account.-Bishop Middleton.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm lxix., verses 21—36.

Lesson 52.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. CHIEF TOWNS.

IN THE BASIN OF THE TWEED.-Berwick is an English town. Kelso and Melrose have the ruins of beautiful abbeys. Near Melrose is Abbotsford, where Sir Walter Scott lived. Peebles manufactures woollens and Hawick hosiery.

IN THE BASIN OF THE FORTH.-Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and one of the finest cities in Europe. The castle stands on a high rock near the centre of the city, and the whole is nearly surrounded by hills. Leith, two miles distant, is the port of Edinburgh. Stirling was formerly the residence of the Scottish kings. Near it is Bannockburn, where Bruce defeated Edward II. of England, 1314.

IN THE BASIN OF THE TAY.-Dundee, the third largest town in Scotland. It is an important seaport, and the great seat of the linen manufacture. Perth was once the capital of Scotland. Near it is Scone, where the Scottish kings were formerly crowned. St. Andrew's is the seat of a famous university.

Lesson 53.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) If the wages of 10 men for half a year be £30, what will be the wages for 14 men for 14 weeks?

(2) If £150 gain £2 53. in 4 months, what sum will gain £2 1s. in 11 months?

(3) If 6 men build a wall, 60 yards long, in 10 days of 8 hours each, how long will they be in building it if they work 12 hours and work twice as hard?

ARITHMETIC-Continued.

(4) The penny roll weighs 8oz. when wheat is 14/-a bushel: how much should the 2d. loaf weigh when wheat is 19/- a bushel?

(5) If 4 men in 3 days earn 33/-, how many men will earn 3 times as much in 5 days?

(6) Three men in 10 days earn £10 14s.: how many men will earn £50 13s. in 5 days?

(7) If it takes 21 men 5 days to mow 72 acres of grass, how many men must be employed to mow 320a. 2r. 4pol. in 3 days?

(8) Nine persons spend £60 in 4 months: how much will be required by 13 people for 7 months?

Lesson 54.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write. EXTENSION OF THE PREDICATE.

The extension of the predicate may denote various circumstances or relations, especially time, place, manner, or cause. (1) Time, answering to the question- When ?.

He came yesterday.

(2) Place, answering to the question- Where? He came here.

(3) Manner, answering to the question—How? He came quickly.

(4) Cause, answering to the question— Why?

He died from exhaustion.

Ex. 24.-Put the extensions into four columns.-Oft have I heard of Lucy Gray. The farmer goes to market to buy eggs. I met John in London. He looked like a dead man. The ear was made for hearing. He made his fortune by trade. He fought for glory.

Ex. 25. Parse. The shades of fast descending night had settled on the little group of islands.

Lesson 55.-Friday Morning.

Work these Sums.

(1) How long will it take 17 men to earn £50, if 20 men carn 13 guineas in 6 days?

(2) If 300 men can do a piece of work in 24 days, how many men can do one-third as much in 12 days?

(3) A party of 7 gentlemen on a journey together spend £150 in 3 weeks 4 days: what would be the expenses of 11 persons for 14 days at the same rate?

(4) If 125 yards of flannel, 6 quarters wide, cost £28 2s. 6d., what should be paid for 350yds., 10 quarters wide?

History.—Write and Learn.

1603 James I., son of Mary Queen of Scots, who was King of Scotland under the title of James V., reigned from 1603 to 1625.

Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower, 1603, and executed 1618, for taking part in a conspiracy to place Lady Arabella Stuart on the throne.

1605 November 5th, Gunpowder Plot. A conspiracy of the Romaniste to blow up the houses of parliament on their first-day-of meeting Sir Thomas Catesby was the chief instigator, and Guy Fawkes the principal actor.

HISTORY-Continued.

James had many disputes with his parliament. He was both arbitrary and despotic, and for more than half his reign governed without a parliament. This was the commencement of a long struggle between the Stuarts and their parliaments.

TWELFTH WEEK.

Lesson 56.-Learn for Monday Morning.
IMAGINARY EVILS.

Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate :
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
If to hope overmuch be an error,

"Tis one that the wise have preferred;
And how often have hearts been in terror
Of evils that never occurred.

Have faith-and thy faith shall sustain thee—
Permit not suspicion and care

With invisible bonds to enchain thee,

But bear what God gives thee to bear;
By His spirit supported and gladdened,
Be ne'er by "forebodings" deterred!
But think how oft hearts have been saddened
By fear of what never occurred.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow;
Short and dark as our life may appear,
We may make it still darker by sorrow,
Still shorter by sorrow and fear!
Half our troubles are half our inventions,
And often, from blessings conferred,
Have we sunk in the wild apprehension

Of evils that never occurred.-C. Swain.
OR ELSE LEARN Psalm lxxii., verses 1-15.

Lesson 57.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. CHIEF TOWNS-(Continued).

IN THE BASIN OF THE CLYDE-Greenock, the port of the Clyde, was the birthplace of James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine. It has extensive shipyards. Dumbarton has a famous castle built on a rock. Glasgow is the great manufacturing seat of the country, especially for cotton and iron. Paisley is noted for shawls and thread manufacture.

Ayr, on the coast, and Kilmarnock, are two important towns south of the Clyde.

GEOGRAPHY-Continued.

ON THE EAST COAST.--Montrose, on the R. Esk, imports a great quantity of corn, and has flax-spinning and shipbuilding. Aberdeen, between the mouths of the Dee and Don, is the fourth largest city of Scotland. It is the seat of a university, has valuable granite quarries and numerous shipyards. Balmoral, a residence of the Queen, lies 45 miles to the west of Aberdeen. Inverness, at the mouth of the Caledonian Canal, is often called the Capital of the Highlands. The Pretender was defeated at Culloden Moor, near Inverness, in 1746. Wick is the chief seat of the herring fishery.

Lesson 58-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) If it costs £59 2s. 14d. to keep 3 horses for seven months, what will it cost to keep 2 horses for 11 months?

(2) If the carriage of Scwt. of goods for 124 miles be 6 guineas, how much ought to be carried 53 miles for half the money?

(3) Ten men can reap a field of 7 acres in 3 days of 12 hours each: how long will it take 8 men to reap 9 acres, working 8 hours a day?

(4) If 11 men can do a piece of work in 25 days, how many men will it take to do 7 times as much in one-fifth of the time?

(5) If 42 yards of cloth, 18in. wide, cost £48 14s., what will 118 yards of cloth one yard wide cost?

(6) If 16 men eat 14/- worth of bread in 4 days, how many men can be kept on £4 78. 4d. for 10 days?

(7) If the carriage of 5cwt. for 75 miles be £9 68., what will it cost to carry 9cwt. 25 miles?

(8) Thirteen horses plough 17 acres of land in 7 days: how many horses will be able to plough 69 acres in 19 days?

Lesson 59.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.

Ex. 26. Arrange the various extensions in columns. -The boy stood on the burning deck. The crew cheered loudly. The women scolded in a furious manner. I got up when the sun rose. The ship sailed to the East. William Rufus was shot with an arrow. Cloth is made of wool. Lift the lamp carefully. A student studies for his profit.

Ex. 27. Parse.-"The vine still clings to the mouldering wall;

But with every gust the dead leaves fall."

Ex. 28.-COMPOSITION.

Write about a horse, stating its size, parts, as, hide, hoof, &c.; its properties, as swiftness, strength, and docility; its food and uses.

Make short sentences with full stops, and begin with capital letters.
Do not use "and" and "but" many times.

Lesson Co.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.
(1) If 12 horses in 5 days draw 44 tons of stone from a quarry, how
many horses would it require to draw 132 tons in 183 days?

(2) A garrison of 1,500 men has provisions for 12 weeks, at the rate of 20 ounces per day to each man: how many men will the same provisions maintain for 20 weeks, allowing each man only 8oz. per day? (3) If 50 men can do a piece of work in 100 days, working 8 hours per day, in what time will 120 men do it, working 6 hours per day?

(4) If £600 gain £45 in 18 months, how much will £103 gain in 12 months?