1660

HISTORY--Continued.

This invitation Charles gladly accepted, and by the Declaration of Breda promised to leave the Parliament to settle all questions of liberty, conscience, and affairs of the army,

Charles made a triumphal entry into London, May 29th, and was proclaimed king in Westminster Hall.

SIXTEENTH WEEK.

Lesson 76.-Learn for Monday Morning.

NEVER GIVE UP-(Continued).

If anyone is in doubt as to what perseverance is, he may soon find it out by a little observation. Look round upon your friends and acquaintances; there is, perhaps, amongst them an example of perseverance. Keep your eye on him for a time: does it not seem as though he had a double vitality within him, some other man's life as well as his own? It is true that his heart beats, and his blood circulates in the some way as other men, but you cannot help thinking that there is something else in the circulation moving every nerve and muscle, only to cease when his heart stands still. If at any time it seems to be idle you may be sure that it is not real idleness, but only a pause for a new start. OR ELSE LEARN Psalm cxviii., verses 1-13.

Lesson 77.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

SURFACE.-Ireland is a flat country. The hills and mountains are chiefly round the coast, and are highest in the south-west. The interior is occupied with a large central plain, containing numerous bogs, the chief of which is the Bog of Allen.

Nearly half the level surface of Ireland is covered with bogs or peat mosses. They are especially abundant west of the R. Shannon. The peat when dried is used for fuel instead of coal.

The chief mountain ranges are-Mourne Mountains, in Down; Wicklow Hills, the Nock'-mele-down Mountains, between Waterford and Tipperary; the Kerry Mountains, of which the highest parts are Mac-gil'li-cud-dys Reeks, and Carn'tual (3,402 feet); the mountains of Mayo, the mountains of Donegal, and the mountains of Antrim.

MINERALS.-Iron and coal are found in various parts, but are little worked. Copper, lead, and silver are found in Kerry and Wicklow, and considerable quantities of gold have been found in Wicklow.

Lesson 78.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Lesson 79.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write. CONTRACTED SENTENCES.

When a sentence has TWO or more SUBJECTS and only ONE PREDICATE it is called a CONTRACTED SENTENCE.

John and Mary have gone to school.

Here there are two subjects, John and Mary, and only one predicate, have gone. If it were not contracted the sentences would be, John has gone to school and Mary has gone to school. The two predicates are contracted into one.

When a sentence has only ONE SUBJECT and TWO or more PREDICATES it is called a CONTRACTED SENTENCE.

Mary went to school and said her lesson.

Here there is only one subject, Mary; but two predicates, went. and said. The two sentences are, Mary went to school and Mary said her lesson. The subject is contracted.

Ex. 37.-Write out the contracted sentences jully.-I saw a horse and cow in the field. Everybody heard him with concern and offered to help him. The light is brilliant, and may be seen fully ten miles away. I went into the market and made some purchases. My pens, ink, and paper are all used up. Gold and silver are precious metals.

Ex. 38.--Parse.-"Sow in the morn thy seed, and at eve hold not thy hand."

Lesson 80.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

Reduce to IMPROPER FRACTIONS-
(1) 231

(2) 102 (3) 144 (4) 1951
(7) 83-12 (8) 14889

(5) 235 (6) 579198

(9) 3661

CHARLES II.

History. Write and Learn.

A, D.

1660 Charles II., son of Charles I., reigned from 1660 to 1685.

Several Acts of Parliament were passed which pressed heavily on
Dissenters. The chief were-

1661 The CORPORATION ACT, which prevented any but members of the Church of England from holding corporate offices.

1662 The ACT OF UNIFORMITY, compelling all clergymen to assent to everything contained in the Book of Common Prayer.

1665 Great Plague in London : 100,000 persons died.

1666 Great Fire in London. The greater part of the city was destroyed. 1667 War with the Dutch, who sailed up the Thames.

1679 The HABEAS CORPUS ACT passed, which provided that all prisoners should be tried at once.

The Scotch Covenanters were defeated by the Duke of Monmouth at Bothwell Bridge.

SEVENTEENTH WEEK

Lesson 81.-Learn for Monday Morning.

NEVER GIVE UP (Continued).

The man who is never idle, who has no waste time, is in the fairest way to secure contentment of mind and body. Nine times out of ten the idle man, he who has nothing to do, is unhappy, and is put to all sorts of shifts to kill time-the most lamentable

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NEVER GIVE UP-Continued.

kind of murder. There is something so terrible in the idea of flinging away one's breathing moments, hours, and days, which are only lent to us, as though they were worthless. No one likes to fling away shillings by the handful, and yet how few hesitate to squander minutes! Not so with him who perseveres. He has an object in view, and strives to accomplish it. Early and late he follows it up, finding time too short. He cannot do half that he would in a day; all his waking moments are employed with the duty he has in hand, or in thinking about it.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm cxviii, verses 14—29.

Lesson 82.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. RIVERS.--Ireland is well watered. The chief rivers are the Shan'non, the Ban'don, the Lee, the Black'water, the Suir, the Noir, the Barrow, the Sla'ney, the Liffey, the Boyne, the Bann, and the Foyle.

The Shannon is the largest river of Ireland. It passes through Lakes Allen, Lee, and Derg, and forms a large estuary open to the Atlantic. The Battle of the Boyne was fought on the Boyne, in 1690. The Liffey is simply important because Dublin stands on it. The Bann has a very rapid current, and is noted for its abundance of salmon. It drains Lough Neagh (nay), the largest lake in the British Islands.

Generally the rivers of Ireland are not so navigable as those of England, but more so than those of Scotland.

LAKES.-Ireland contains a great many lakes. Besides those mentioned with the rivers, there are Upper and Lower Lakes Erne, discharged by the R. Erne into Donegal Bay; Lakes Mask and Corril, discharged into Galway Bay; and the Lakes of Killarney, in Kerry.

The Lakes of Killarney are noted for their beautiful scenery.
They consist of three parts-the Upper, Middle, and Lower lake.
Near them is Carn'-tual. They are studded with about thirty
islands.

Lesson 83.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Reduce to INTEGERS or MIXED NUMBERS

Lesson 84.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.

COMPLEX SENTENCES.

A COMPLEX SENTENCE consists of two or more sentences connected with each other, of which one is called the PRINCIPAL and the other the SUBORDINATE sentence.

I found the top which you lost.

GRAMMAR-Continued.

There are here two sentences, "I found the top," and "which you lost."

The first one, I found the top, makes sense by itself, and is called the PRINCIPAL SENTENCE; which you lost does not make sense by itself, and is called the SUBORDINATE SENTENCE. two together make a COMPLEX SENTENCE.

These

Ex. 39.-Show which are the principal and which the subordinate SENTENCES.-I thought I saw a ghost. My father knows that I came here. It was so cold in 1830 that Lake Constance was frozen over. A dervish was travelling alone in the desert when two merchants met him. "The place whereon thou standest is holy ground."

Ex. 40.-Parse.- "When Tancred's buried, and not till then,
The heir shall have his own again."

Lesson 85.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

Reduce to INTEGERS or MIXED NUMBERS

(1) 72 (2) 5801

(6) 231750

153

63

(3) 우승을 (4)

5876
167

(5)

10000 111

(7)

142649
239

9595067
9999

History. Write and Learn.

A. D.

JAMES II.

1685 James II., brother of Charles II., reigned from 1685 to 1688. He was a bigoted Romanist.

1685 The Duke of Argyle raised a rebellion in Scotland. He was taken prisoner and executed.

1685 The Duke of Monmouth assumed the title of king, and landed in Dorset. He was defeated at Sedgemoor, and executed; and JUDGE JEFFREYS sentenced more than 300 of his followers to death. 1688 James endeavoured to restore Romanism, and seven bishops were imprisoned for refusing to read "The declaration of indulgence,' which allowed freedom of worship to Romanists. They were tried and declared not guilty.

This act of James caused great discontent, and William Prince of Orange was invited to take the throne.

William landed at Torbay, and James fled to France.

EIGHTEENTH

WEEK.

Lesson 86.-Learn for Monday Morning.
THE WEAKEST THING.

Lesson 87.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. DIVISION.-Ireland is divided into four provinces-Ul-ster in the north, Lein'-ster in the east, Mun'-ster in the south, and Con'-naught in the west. These provinces are again subdivided into thirty-two counties; of which nine are in Ulster, twelve in Leinster, six in Munster, and five in Connaught.

The west and south are thinly populated. Ulster is in general a Protestant province, the rest are Roman Catholic.

INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.-Agriculture, manufactures, and

commerce.

(1) Agriculture.-Ireland is chiefly an agricultural country. The scarcity of coal prevents many manufactures; but both the climate and soil are suitable for agriculture, especially grazing and dairy farming. The climate is moist, and the winters warm, but the sun is scarcely powerful enough to ripen wheat and fruits.

The potato is the chief article of cultivation, and next comes oats, flax, and hemp. Cattle and sheep are reared chiefly in the south and west. Hogs are abundant everywhere.

Lesson 88.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Lesson 89.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write. THE NOUN SENTENCE.

There are three kinds of subordinate sentences, the NOUN SENTENCE, the ADJECTIVE SENTENCE, and the ADVERBIAL SENTENCE. A Noun sentence stands in the place of a Noun, and may be

(1) The SUBJECT of a sentence

That he is gone home is certain.

(2) The OBJECT of the sentenceI saw that he was dead.

The noun sentence is often introduced by

The conjunctions, that, but that, whether; where, when, how, why, &c.

Or by a RELATIVE PRONOUN, who, which, what, &c.

Ex. 41. Pick out the noun sentences.-How he made his escape is a profound mystery. You forget what I told you yesterday. Dost thou remember when first we met? That steam is useful is now universally admitted. It is wise to be cautious how you act.