GEOGRAPHY-Continued.

The Pyr'-en-ees form the boundary between France and Spain.
The Ap'-en-nines are joined to the Alps, and run through Italy.
Mt. Ve-su'-vi-us, 4,000 feet high, is a celebrated volcano, on the
Bay of Naples, not far from the Apennines.

The other volcanoes of Europe are Mount Et'-na, in Sicily, 11,000
feet high; and Mount Hec'-la, in Iceland, 5,000 feet high.

The Car-pa'-thi-ans are in the east of Aus'-tri-a; they contain valuable gold, silver, and copper mines.

The Bal-kans run across Turkey.

The Cau'-ca-sus Mountains run between the Black Sea and the
Caspian Sea. They partly divide Europe from Asia.

The Scan-di-na'-vian Mountains are chiefly in Norway.

Lesson 123.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) £f, £7%, £t, cr., of 14s. 6d., G.
(2) cwt., ml,, of 3 of 51b, 18dwt.
(3) cr., of 13 of 3 cwt. 2qrs. 13lbs.
(4) fyd., E. e., bush.

Lesson

of 2 of 27ac. 3ro. 25po.

124.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.

Ex. 60. Analyse.

I ask'd an aged man, a man of cares,

Wrinkled and curved, and white with hoary hairs: "Time is the warp of life," he said; "Oh, tell

The young, the fair, the gay, to weave it well!"

Ex. 61. Parse.-Let it be remembered that one honest endeavour is worth ten fair promises.

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 62.-Write about gold; where and how found; its value and properties; its uses; why used for money instead of iron or brass. Lesson 125.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

What is the value of

A.D.

THE REBELLION O F

of a day?

of a lb., troy; † of a

1745.

Charles Edward, the young Pretender, son of James Stuart, the old Pretender, attempted to regain the throne.

1745 He landed in Inverness in July, with only seven followers, but

was soon joined by several Highland chiefs. He marched southward, and was gladly received by both Perth and Edinburgh, Sir John Cope, who was marching towards Edinburgh, was met by the Pretender at Preston Pans, and suffered a defeat. After six weeks spent in mustering troops, Charles marched into England, but few Jacobites joined him. He took Carlisle, and advanced as far south as Derby, but by the advice of the Highland chiefs he retired into Scotland.

1746 The Duke of Cumberland followed, and in April, 1746, a battle was fought at Culloden, near Inverness, when the Pretender was totally routed.

For several months Charles wandered about, and after many narrow escapes got back to France, though a reward of £30,000 was set on his head

This was the last attempt of the Stuarts to gain the throne.

TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK.

Lesson 126.-Learn for Monday Morning.

MUCH WISDOM IN FEW WORDS.

I. Keep good company or none.

II. If your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind.

III. Make few promises.

IV. When you speak to a person, look him in the face.

V. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue.

VI. Good character is above price.

VII. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts.

VIII. If any one speaks ill of you, let your life be so that none will believe him.

IX. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquor.

X. When you retire for the night think over what you have been doing during the day.

XI. Make no haste to be rich if you would be happy.
XII. Never speak ill of any one.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm xxiv.

Lesson 127.—Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. PLAINS.-The Great Plain, occupying more than two-thirds of Europe. It includes all Russia and the greater part of the countries lying round the Baltic and the North Sea.

In the south of Russia the district is called Steppes (steps). The Plain of Hungary, in Austria, south of the Carpathians. The Plain of Rou-ma-nia (roo-ma'-ne-a), in Turkey, on each bank of the Danube.

The Plain of Lom'-bar-dy in North Italy.

PLATEAUS.-The Central Plateau of Spain; the Plateau of Ba-va-ria in South Germany; the Plateau of Bo-he-'mia in the north-west of Austria.

CLIMATE, SOIL, AND PRODUCTIONS.-The northern parts are cold, the centre moderate, and the south warm the soil is generally fertile. There are large forests in Russia, Germany, and Norway and Sweden. Bears, wolves, and boars are found in the large forests.

Gold and silver are found in Austria; lead in Austria and Spain; coal in England and Belgium; iron in England, Sweden, Norway, and Russia; tin in England and Saxony.

The Alps are singularly destitute of useful minerals; whilst the Carpathians, the Scandinavian and the Ural Mountains are especially rich.

Lesson 128.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Lesson 129.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write

Ex. 63. Analyse.

Ex. 64. Parse.

That autumn leaf is sere and dead,
And soon will seek its wintry bed;
Yet many a lesson can supply

To fancy's ever watchful eye.

Yes; goodness will yield to thy soul a delight

Which the splendour of greatness can never bestow.

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 65. Write about a steel pen; what it is; where made; how made; and its uses.

Lesson 130.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

A.D

The Seven Years' War was caused by the ambitious policy of
Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, and the anxiety of
George respecting Hanover.

1756 England and Prussia took up arms against France and Austria,
and the war was prosecuted in India, Europe, and America.
(1) IN INDIA the French determined to drive out the English,
and joined the native princes. Surajah Dowlah took
Calcutta, but Robert Clive, formerly a clerk in the Civil
Service, retook it, and gained a victory over the natives at
Plassey. This laid the foundation of our Indian empire.
(2) IN EUROPE.- The French took the island of Minorca, which then
belonged to England. Admiral Byng was sent to prevent
its capture, and was afterwards shot because he was unable
to prevent its being taken.

1757

(3) IN NORTH AMERICA.-Here the war broke out respecting the boundaries between the respective colonies of France and England. After several reverses, the English, under General Wolfe, took Quebec.

1763 The war was concluded by the Treaty of Paris (1763, George III.) England gained Canada, several West India islands, and some possessions in Africa.

Robert Walpole and William Pitt were the chief statesme during this reign.

TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK.

Lesson 131.-Learn for Monday Morning.
MERCY.

The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath it is twice bless'd;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The thronéd monarch better than his crown:
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway--
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute to God himself;

And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Think of this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation. We do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
Shakespere.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm xxx.

Lesson

132.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

RIVERS. The Vol-ga, flowing into the Caspian Sea.
The Don, into the Sea of Azof.

The Dnie'-per (nee'-per) Dnies'-ter (nees'-ter), and Dan'-ube into the Black Sea.

The North Dwi'-1
-na, into the White Sea.

The Western Dwi'na, Vis'-tula, and O'-der, into the Baltic.

The Elbe, We'-ser, and Rhine, into the German Ocean. The Seine (sane), Loire (wor), Ga-ronne', and Rhone, which flow through France.

The Dou'-ro (doo'-ro), Ta'-gus, Guadia'-na (gwad-e-ah'-na), Guadalqui'-ver (gwad-al-kee-ver), and E-bro, which drain the Spanish peninsula.

And the Po and Ti'-ber, in Italy.

The largest rivers of Europe are the Volga (2,200 miles), the Danube (1,700 miles), the Dnieper, the Don, and the Rhine (700 miles),

Lesson 133.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Reduce £, s., td., cr., fl. to the fraction of 1 far.

4oz., dwt., gr.

11b.

1lb.

Lesson 134.—Thursday.—Grammar. Learn and Write.

Ex. 66. Analyse.—

With dove-like wings, Peace o'er yon village broods;
The dizzying mill-wheel rests; the anvil's din
Hath ceased; all, all around is quietness.

Ex. 67. Parse.

How still the morning of the hallow'd day!
Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd

The ploughboy's whistle and the milkmaid's song.

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 68.-Write about bread; what it is; what made of; how made; and uses.

Lesson 135.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

Reduce-

(1) 7 d., 41d., 3 d., 1s. 3d., 3s. 6d., to the fraction of £1.
(2) £3, cr., fl., § hf. cr., 2s. 74d., to the fraction of 1 G.
(3) 7 oz. 4 dr., 5lb. 8oz., 2qr. 14lb. to the fraction of 2 cwt.
(4) 5dwt. 18gr., 4oz. 15dwt., 2oz. 3dwt., to the fraction of 31b.
2s. 7 d., 7s. 10 d., £1 11s. 6d., to the fraction of £2 12s. 6d.

History. Write and Learn.

(1) When was the last attempt of the Stuarts to gain the throne? (2) Describe the seven years' war.

TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK.

Lesson 136.-Learn for Monday Morning.

FALSEHOOD AND DISHONESTY.

Untruthfulness and deception propagate their own kind. A youth who defrauds his employer cannot keep the secret to himself; he whispers to others, and boasts of his success; and the method is soon learned, and the sin soon practised by them. And, on the other hand, he who is pure and good enough to love the right, and has the power to put it steadily into execution, will never pass unheeded. If the evil he does is noticed and imitated, so also, to some extent at least, will be the good. No one can look without interest on a conscientious young man. Youth is an impressible age, and good and evil in it stand at the door and knock.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm xxxvi.