Lesson 232.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA.

Norway and Sweden occupy the Scandinavian Peninsula. They are now united under one sovereign.

BOUNDARIES.-North by the Arctic Ocean, west by the Atlantic and the North Sea, south by the Skag-er Řack and the Baltic, and east by the Baltic and Russia.

SURFACE.-Norway is covered with mountains, which are called the Do'-vre Field in the centre, and the Ki-o'-len Mts. in the north. Sweden is in general low and level.

RIVERS.-The Got'-ha, from Lake Wen'-ner, flowing into the Cat-tegat; the Dal, U-me-a, and Tor-ne-a, into the Baltic, all in Sweden. The Glom'-men, into the Skag'-er Rack from Norway. Owing to the mountains being so near the coast, Norway has few rivers. The coast is deeply indented with "fiords," like the west coast of Scotland.

CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS-Not very severe, summers short and warm, winter lasts seven months. Nearly threefourths of the country is covered with forests. The wealth of the country is derived from the forests, the mines, and the fisheries. Shipbuilding is the principal manufacture, and iron and copper are the chief minerals. The Loffo-den Isles are noted for their fishing.

The GOVERNMENT is a limited monarchy, but each country has its own laws and legislative assembly. The RELIGION is the Lutheran form of Protestanism.

CHIEF TOWNS.-SWEDEN. Stockholm, the capital, is built at the entrance to Lake Mae' lar (ma'-lar). Got'-tenburg, at the mouth of the Gotha, has considerable trade and maufactures.

NORWAY.-Chris-ti-a'-na (kris-te-ah'-na), the capital, stands on a bay of the same name. Ber'-gen is a great fishing place. Trondheim (trond'-yem) or Dront'-heim (dront-im) was the ancient capital of Norway.

Lesson 233.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. *(1) Find the value of 17 articles at £19 16s. for every 13. (2) Find the value of (of of ) + ( of 23 of 71 of 2).

(3) How many apples must I cut up among 19 children so as to give each of an apple?

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*(4) What is the insurance of £6,968 for 2 years @ 44 per cent? (5) How much tea can be bought for £20 3s. Od. if one-half of it cost 3/1 per ib, and the remainder 2/9 per b?

* Inspector's Examination Questions.

Lesson 234.-Thursday.-Grammar. Write.

Ex. 125. Analyse and Parse.

The life-boat! the life-boat! the whirlwind and rain,
The white-crested breakers, oppose her in vain;
Her crew are resolv'd, and her timbers are staunch,
She's the vessel of mercy-God speed to her launch!

COMPOSITION.

Ex. 126.-Write about spring or summer.

Ex. 127. What are auxiliary verbs? Give a list of the principal, and how their uses.

Lesson 235.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

* (1) A plank is 9 inches wide; what must be its length that it may cover a space equal to 12 square feet?

(2) If the 4lb. loaf costs 84d. when wheat is 56/- a quarter, what should be its weight when wheat is 52/- a quarter? *(3) Reduce (2} + 6) ÷ (3} — 125).

(5) If 5 horses are worth 7 cows, and 4 cows cost £50, what is the value of 6 horses?

* (6) The interest on £475 amounted to £18 14s: what was the rate cont?

History.-Write and Learn.

VICTORIA.-Continued.

IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS, &c.

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This reign is remarkable for the great improvement that has taken place in the condition of the working classes by the repeal of many taxes and the passing of just laws.

During the last 50 years education has made rapid strides, through
the cheapening of newspapers and books. Newspapers first
acquired political importance in the reign of George II. In 1814
The Times was first printed by steam. In 1855 the stamp duty,
and in 1861 the paper duty, was abolished.

The penny postage was made general throughout the United
Kingdom by the exertions of Sir Rowland Hill.

The electric telegraph is one of the most wonderful inventions
of this reign. In 1837 the first successful experiment was made.
In 1851 the first "cable" was laid between England and France,
and in 1866 the Atlantic cable was laid from Valencia, in
Ireland, to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.

Trade, commerce, and population have increased wonderfully during the last 50 years.

* Inspector's Examination Questions.

FORTY-EIGHTH WEEK.

Lesson 236.-Learn for Monday Morning.

TRUE PATRIOTISM.

Is he not in reality the truest patriot who fills up his station in private life well; he who loves and promotes peace both public and private; who, knowing that his country's prosperity depends much more on its virtues than its arms, resolves that his individual endeavours shall not be wanting to promote this desirable end? And is he not the greatest hero who is able to despise public honours for the sake of private usefulness; he who has learned to subdue his own inclinations, to deny himself those gratifications which are inconsistent with virtue and piety, who has conquered his passions and brought them low even as a child that is weaned; is not such a man greater than he who taketh a city, sheddeth blood as it were water, or calls for the thundering applause of assembled multitudes ?-Taylor.

OR ELSE LEARN Psalm xxxix.

Lesson 237.-Tuesday.-Geography. Write and Learn.

DENMARK.

Denmark consists of the peninsula of Jutland, and several islands at the entrance to the Baltic, Zealand, Fu-nen, and Laa-land.

BOUNDARIES.-North by the Ska' ger Rack, west by the North Sea, south by Prussia, and east by the Sound and the Cat'-te-gat.

SURFACE. The surface is flat, and much of the soil poor and sandy. There are no rivers of importance.

CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.-The climate is humid, but temperate. Agriculture and the fattening of cattle are the chief employments. There is considerable commerce, but no manufactures of importance.

The GOVERNMENT is a limited monarchy, and the RELIGION the Lutheran form of Protestantism.

CHIEF TOWNS.-Co-pen-ha'-gen, the capital, stands on the Sound, in the island of Zealand. The name means &. Merchants' Haven." At El-si-nore' shipping dues were formerly paid by all vessels passing into the Baltic. They are now abolished. Aalborg is a small town on Lym Fiord, noted for eels.

The islands of Ice'-land and Faroe (far-ō), in the Atlantic, belong to Denmark.

GEOGRAPHY-Continued.

Mount Hecla, in Iceland, is one of the three great volcanoes of Europe. Rei-ki-a-vik (rēē'-ke-a-vik) is the capital of the island.

Green land, in North America, and the island of San'-ta Cruz (cruss), in the West Indies, are also possessions of Denmark.

Lesson 238.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. *(1) From of half-a-sovereign take off of half-a-crown, and reduce the result to the decimal of a guinea.

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(2) If 3lb. tea cost 10/4, what will 13lb. cost at the same rate?

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*(4) If cheese sold at 84d. per lb. give a profit of 7 per cent, what was the cost price?

*(5) Reduce 3 roods 17 perches to the decimal of an acre.

Lesson 239.-Thursday-Grammar. Write.
Ex. 128. Analyse and Parse.-

The life-boat! the life-boat! how fearless and free
She wins her bold course o'er the wide rolling sea!
She bounds o'er the surges with gallant disdain :

She has stemmed them before, and she'll stem them again.
COMPOSITION.

Ex. 129.-Write about anything you like.

Ex. 180.-Give a few of the most important rules of Syntax, with examples.

Lesson 240.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) Reduce 19hrs. 22 min. to the decimal fraction of a day.

(2) What sum will amount to £580 in 4 years @ 5 per cent per

annum?

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(3) Divide £271 5s. by 179.

(4) A certain sum of money is to be divided between A, B, and C. A is to receive 1+£25; B, }+£122 10s. ; and C, +£145. What was the sum divided, and what did the three persons respectively receive?

History.-Write and Learn.

Give an account of a few important events in Victoria's reign.

JOHN HEYWOOD, Excelsior Works, Hulme Hall Road, Manchester.

John Heywood's Educational Works.

English Language.

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