Lesson 137.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. LAKES.-La-do-ga and O-ne-ga, in Russia; Wen'-er, Wet'-ter, and Mae'-lar (ma'-lar), in Sweden; Mios'-en, in Norway; Ba'-la-ton (bah-lah-ton) and Neu'-sied-ler(new-sed-ler), in Austria; Con'-stance, Geneva, and Neuf-cha-tel (nushah-tel'), in Switzerland; Mag-gi-o'-ré (ma-je-o'-ra), Co ́-mo, and Gar-da, in Italy.

The northern lakes are large, but their shores are generally bleak
and dreary. Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe, is nearly as
large as Wales. The Italian and Swiss lakes have beautiful
scenery. They are generally very deep. The two Austrian lakes
are salt.
The lake districts of Europe are chiefly in the north and among
the Alps.

Along the south-east shores of the Baltic, in Prussia, are many
hundred small shallow lakes.

In the Steppes of Russia are a number of salt lakes. Generally salt lakes have no outlet; fresh-water lakes are seldom without outlet.

PENINSULAS.—Scan'-di-na-via, including Sweden and Norway; Jut-land, or the Da'-nish (da-nish) peninsula; the Spanish peninsula, including Spain and Portugal, often called "The Peninsula."

Italy, Turkey, and Greece, and the Cri-me-a, in the Black Sea, are all peninsulas.

Lesson 138.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) £j + js.; £5, + § G.; 5 cr. + gs. ; & ton + cwt. + lb. lb. oz.; ml. + po.

(2)

(3)

ac.ro. + 14 yds.; 47,qr. + §bu. + pk. (4) of 7s. 84d. + 3 of 17s. 8d. + of £3 11s. 6d.

Lesson 139.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.
Ex. 69. Analyse.-

It once was green, and fair, and young;
Heaven's brightest beam was on it flung;
With many a friend that round it grew,
It danced in every breeze that blew.

Ex. 70. Parse.

But now old age has stolen on--
Its youthful beauty all is gone;
And now it dreads the zephyr's play,
Which only bears its friends away.

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 71.-Write about butter; what it is; what made from; how made; its properties and uses.

Lesson 140.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

1760 George III, grandson of George II., reigned from 1760 to 1820. His reign is the longest and the most glorious of all the English sovereigns.

The following are a few of the most important events in this reign ; 1763 Treaty of Paris, concluding the Seven Years' War.

1767 Imposition of taxes on glass, paper, and tea, on the American colonies. This led to the

1775 American war, and to

1776 Declaration of American Independence.

1789 Commencement of the French Revolution. 1801 Union of Great Britain and Ireland.

1808 The Peninsular War.

1815 Battle of Waterloo.

These will be mentioned more in detail in succeeding lessons.

TWENTY-NINTH WEEK.

Lesson 141.-Learn for Monday Morning.

THE FREEMAN.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides. There's not a chain
That hellish foes, confed'rate for his harm
Can wind around him, but he casts it off
With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
He looks abroad into the varied fields

Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared
With those whose mansions glitter in his sight,
Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
His are the mountains, and the valleys his,
And the resplendent rivers: his t' enjoy
With a propriety that none can feel,
But who, with filial confidence inspir'd,
Can lift to heav'n an unpresumptuous eye,
And, smiling, say, "My Father made them all!"
Are they not his by a peculiar right,
Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy,

Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind,
With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love,
That plann'd, and built, and still upholds, a world?

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm xlviii.

Lesson 142.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn. COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, WITH THEIR CAPITALS.

Great Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Austria are called the "Five Great Powers."

Lesson 143.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) £7-5 G.; £f-cr.; & ton - cwt. (2) glb. tr.-oz. co. ye. -218 da.

(3)ac.-1ro.; 3 yds. E. e.

(4) 1 of ton- of cwt.; of 365da.- of 175da. 2ho.

Lesson 144.—Thursday. Grammar. Learn and Write.
Ex. 72. Analyse.-

"In the days of my youth," Father William replied,
"I remember'd that youth could not last;

I thought of the future, whatever I did,
That I never might grieve for the past."

Ex. 73. Parse.

GRAMMAR-Continued.

I asked the golden sun and silver spheres,
Those bright chronometers of days and years;
They answered, "Time is but a meteor glare."
And bade us for eternity prepare.

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 74.-Write about pottery; what it is; how made, and what from; where made; kinds, and their uses.

Lesson 145.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) 214 at 24d. each, and at 31s., 4772d., 2s. 1d.

(2) 15 at 3d. each, and at 45 d., 58s., 3s, 33d.

(3) 37 and 4717 at 67d. each, and at 77d., 17 d., ls, 93d. History.-Write and Learn.

A.D.

GEORGE III.-Continued.

1762 War was declared with Spain for assisting France.

Spain lost many of her possessions, and England gained Canada, Minorca, Cape Breton, Florida, and several West Indian islands. 1765 The American Stamp Act, imposing a duty on the stamps affixed to all law deeds. The Americans opposed it, and it was repealed. 1767 A bill was passed in the English parliament for imposing taxes on tea, paper, and glass, &c., on the American colonies. In 1770 these were all repealed except the duty on tea.

1773 A mob destroyed all the tea in Boston harbour. Next year the Government was asked to repeal the tax. They refused, and the 1775 year after the American War of Independence commenced. 1775 The English gained a slight victory at Bunker's Hill, in June, and the Americans invaded Canada.

George Washington was appointed to the command of the army; in 1776 the Americans declared their independence. 1777 France joined the Americans, and through several encounters they 1781 gained the advantage. At last Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, and the war ended.

1783 The Independence of the thirteen United States was acknowledged.

THIRTIETH WEEK.

Lesson 146.-Learn for Monday Morning.

DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS.

Cultivate a spirit of diligence, and strictly adhere to your business. There may be difficulties in your calling, and so there are in every situation; but let not this relax your exertions, lest you give occasion for the enemy to speak ill of you. Besides, assiduity in your lawful concerns is one of the best ways to be preserved from temptation. Idleness has led to a thousand evil consequences, while in itself it is a most unhappy state of mind to labour under. It is good to be employed. Action is really the life and rest of the soul, Idleness is the emptiness, and business the fulness, of the soul; and we all know that we may infuse what we will into empty vessels, but a full one has no room for a further infusion.-Buck.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm lvii,

Lesson 147.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

FRANCE.-PHYSICAL.

BOUNDARIES.-North by English Channel, west by Bay of Biscay, south by Pyrenees and Mediterranean, east by the Alps, the Jura Mts., the Vosges (rozh) Mts., Germany, and Belgium. The area is nearly four times that of England. SURFACE. The surface is in general flat or undulating. Besides the mountains mentioned above are the Au'-vergne (o'-vern) Mts. in the centre, and the Ce'-vennes (se'-vens) in the south-east.

RIVERS. The Seine (sane) rising in the Cevennes, flowing into the English Channel. The Loire (war), 600 miles long, rising in the Cevennes, and the Garonne' (ga-run'), rising in the Pyrenees, and flowing into the Bay of Biscay. The Rhone, rising in the Alps, flowing through lake Geneva into the Gulf of Lyons.

France is well-watered.

With the exception of the Rhone, the rivers have slow currents, and are well adapted for navigation. The Rhone is one of the most rapid rivers of Europe.

CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. The climate, generally delightful, dry, pleasant, and healthy, is similar to England in the north, but warmer further south. The soil is generally fertile, but there are large wastes, especially on the shores of the Bay of Biscay, towards the south-west. There are extensive forests in the east. The minerals are not important, excepting coal and iron in the north-east. Agriculture is backward, but maize, the vine, and the olive, tobacco, beet root, and madder, are extensively cultivated.

Lesson 148.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) 52/63, and by 2, 41, 57, 67, 71, 81.
(2) 4123 tons 14, and by 15g, 62, 278.
(3) £27/61812, and by 331, 40, 60%, 544.

Lesson 149.-Thursday.-Grammar. Learn and Write.
Ex. 75. Analyse.-

Religion, if in heavenly truths attired,
Needs only to be seen to be admired;

But thine, as dark as witch'ries of the night,

Was form'd to harden hearts and shock the sight.

Ex. 76. Parse.

I ask'd a spirit lost, but, oh! the shriek

That pierc'd my soul! I shudder while I speak!
It cried, "A particle! a speck! a mite
Of endless years, duration infinite!"

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 77.-Write about hens and chickens; their kinds, covering, appearance; the mother's care; instinct and uses.