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LESSON 95-Continued.

History. Write and Learn.—CHARLES II.

A. D. Charles II. (1660-1685), son of Charles I., succeeded. Several Acts of 1660 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 C mmon 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 brought to trial as soon as possible after they were put in prison.

TWENTIETH WEEK.

Lesson 96.-Monday Morning. Learn.

PSALM XXXII.; OR ELSE LEARN

IL PENSEROSO-(Continued).

(85) Or let my lamp at midnight hour
Be seen in some high lonely tower,
Where I may oft out-watch the Bear98
With thrice-great Her'-mēs, or unsphere100
The spirit of Plato, 101 to unfold

(90) What worlds or what vast regions hold
The immortal mind, that hath forsook103
Her mansion103 in this fleshy nook :104
And of those demons105 that are found
In fire, air, flood, or under ground,
Whose power hath a true con-sent' 106
With planet, 107 or with element. 108

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98. Sit up all night. The Bear is a group of seven stars which in our part of the world never sets. 99. Hěr'-mēs Tris-mě-gis'-tis, a fabled Chaldean philosopher. He was said to have three great qualities-(1) The power of a king, (2) the knowledge of a priest, (3) and the learning of a philosopher. 100. Bring down to the earth from the sphere" or heavens. 101.ˆ The greatest of the ancient philosophers of Greece. 102. Forsaken, left. 103. Dwelling place. 104. The body. 105. And to unsphere the spirits that, &c. Demons disembodied spirits. 106. Agreement. 107. The heavenly bodies which wander or revolve round the sun. 108. The ancients supposed fire, air, earth, and water were the four elements from which everything was composed. Line 96 = with the stars and the forces of nature. Lesson 97.-Tuesday Morn. Geography. Write and Learn. A 20-ISLANDS.-Numerous, but unimportant. Ach'il Is. (ack'-il), Ar'-ran Is., and Va-len'-tia (va-len'sha), all on the west; and Cape Clear Is. on the south.

Achil Is. The name means "Eagle Island." It is the largest of the
Irish islands. It is much frequented by eagles.

Valentia is the terminus, on this side, of the Atlantic Telegraph
cables between England and America. The first successful cable
was laid in 1866.

The coast is much indented on the north-west, the west, and the south-west. It is washed on these sides by the Atlantic, and receives the full force of its stormy waves. All this part of the coast is generally high and rocky. The eastern coast is low and flat, and the sea shore is encumbered with sand-banks. There is an abundance of good harbours on all sides of the island except the east. On the north coast, west of Fair Head, is the Giant's Causeway, a curious natural pier, 700 feet long and 350 broad, formed of columns of a rock called bă-salt'.

EUROPE. THE GERMAN EMPIRE.-PHYSICAL.

B 20-The tract of country extending from Switzerland and the northern ranges of the Alps to the Baltic, and from the Rhine to the Vis'-tula, consisted, until 1871, of several states, but it is now nearly all united under the King of Prussia, who is called "Emperor of Germany.'

Its area is more then four times that of England. "The GERMAN EMPIRE" consists of Prus'-si-a, Ba-va'-ria, Wür'-tem-burg, and Sax-ony.

BOUNDARIES.-North by the Baltic Sea; west by Holland, Belgium, and France; south by Switzerland and Austria; east by Russia.

SURFACE. A large part of the country is level. In the north it is flat, forming part of the Great Central Plain. The south forms a tableland, and is hilly. The Hartz Mountains, in Hano'-ver, yield gold, silver, copper, and lead. The Mountains of Bohemia form part of the boundary on the east. The Black Forest is a low range of hills in BA'-DEN (bah'-den), east of the Rhine.

AFRICA.

C 20-Africa is a very compact continent, and is about three times the size of Europe. We know less about it than of any other of the continents. The sea nearly surrounds it, It has the Mediterranean on the north, the Atlantic on the west, and the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea on the east. It is joined to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez, about 70 miles long.

The Suez Canal (90 miles), is longer than the Isthmus, as it does not run in a straight line.

The Gulf of Guin'-ea and Table Bay are the chief bays on the west, and the Moz-am-bique' Channel and the Gulf of A'-den the principal parts of the sea on the east.

The principal capes are Cape Verde and Cape of Good Hope on the west.

MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS.-All the principal mountains appear to be round the coast, and the interior seems to consist chiefly of elevated tablelands. The chief mountains are the At'-las Mts, in the north, the Kong Mts. in Upper Guinea, and the Mts. of Ab-ys-sin'-ia in the Nile district. There are some high mountains near the centre of the continent.

North of the equator is the Great Desert or Sa-ha'-ra, the largest desert in the world, reaching from the Atlantic to Egypt.

Lesson 98.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

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Lesson 99.-Thursday Morn. Grammar. Write and Learn.

Ex. 52. Analyse and Parse

On either side the river lie

Long fields of barley and of rye,

That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And through the fields the road runs by

To many-towered Camelot. (Tennyson.)

Ex. 53. Define a noun, a verb, and a preposition. Make three sentences containing only these words.

Ex. 54. COMPOSITION.-Linen: what it is made from; where the plant is grown; how prepared into thread and manufactured; and its uses.

Lesson 100.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

Reduce

(1) 7 d., 41d., 33d., 1s. 3d. each to the fraction of £1

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1685 James II. (1685-1688), brother of Charles II., 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. William Prince of Orange was invited to take the throne. He landed at Torbay, and James fled to France.

TWENTY-FIRST WEEK.

Lesson 101.-Monday Morning. Learn.
PSALM XXXVIII., Verses 1-8; OR ELSE LEARN—
IL PENSEROSO-(Continued).

Sometime let gorgeous109 tragedy110
In scepter'd pall111 come sweeping by,
Presenting Thebes', 112 or Pel'op's13 line,
Or the tale of Troy114 divine;

(100) Or what115 (though rare) of later age
Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. 116

But, O sad Virgin, 117 that thy power
Might raise Mu-so'-us118 from his bower,
(105) Or bid the soul of Or'-pheus119 sing
Such notes as, warbled to the string, 120
Drew iron tears121 down Plu'-to's cheek
And made hell grant what love did seek.

109. Showy, splendid. 110. A kind of dramatic performance, generally ending in the death of the hero. 111. Carrying a sceptre, or staff, the sign of a king's authority. Pall, a cloak or mantle. 112. Representing, playing, or performing a tragedy of the "Expedition of the Seven" great Greek chieftains who marched against Thebes. 113. King of Pi'-sa, in Greece. 114. The taking of the city of Troy by the Greeks. 115. Whatever. 116. The stage where tragedies were performed, the actors in which wore a boot with high heels, called a "buskin." 117. Melancholy. 118. An ancient Greek poet. 119. Á fabled poet and musician. His skill on the harp was so great that animals, trees, and stones followed him to listen. When his wife, Eu-ryd'-I-ce, died, he descended to the infernal regions (Ha-dēs or Hell) over which Pluto reigned and so charmed him that he gave him back his wife, on condition that he did not look back. He looked back and she returned to the Shades. 120. Sung as he played the strings of his harp. 121. Tears forced from him with difficulty, and which he tried to conceal,

Lesson 102.-Tuesday Morn. Geography. Write and Learn. A 21-SURFACE.-Ireland is a flat country. The hills and mountains are grouped in irregular masses, and lie chiefly round the coast, being 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.

The great central plain stretches from the Irish Sea to the Atlantic, and covers nearly one-fourth of the island.

Nearly half the level surface of Ireland is covered with bogs. They are composed of decaying vegetable matter called "peat," and are generally from 20 to 30 feet deep. 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 (morn) Mountains, in Down; Wick'low Hills, in Wicklow, the Nock'-mel-e-down Mountains, between Waterford and Tipperary; the Kerry Mountains, of which the highest parts are Mac-gil-li-cud-dys Reeks, and Carn'-tual (3,400 feet), the mountains of Mayo, the mountains of Don'-e-gal, and the mountains of An'-trim.

Ireland was formerly covered with thick forests, and was once called "The Island of Woods." Most of the forests have been cut down, and wood is now scarce. Whole trunks of trees, the remains of ancient forests, are often found in the bogs.

EUROPE.-GERMAN EMPIRE. PHYSICAL.

B 21-RIVERS.-The Rhine, rises in the Alps, and the Elbe, rises in the Bohemian Mountains, both flow into the North Sea; the O'-der and the Vis'tu-la, both rise in the Carpathians, and flow into the Baltic. The upper course of the Danube, which rises in the Black Forest, waters the south. The Rhine rises in Mt. St. Got'-hard, passes through Lake Con'stance, and flowing generally in a north-west direction for about 760 miles, forms a large delta before it enters the sea. Its chief feeders are the Maine on the right, and the Mo-selle' on the left bank. It is one of the six large rivers of Europe.

The

CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.-The climate is generally temperate and healthy, but the winters along the shores of the Baltic are severe. soil is not very fertile, and there are large barren tracts in the north; in the south are extensive forests. The hills are rich in minerals, and nearly half the zinc used in the world is got from Prussia. Amber is found along the north-east coast, on the Baltic.

About three-fourths of the people are engaged in agriculture, rye being the chief grain. Flax is grown in all parts.

SEAS, &c., OF AFRICA.

C 21 (1) THE MEDITERRANEAN separates Africa from Europe on the north, and receives the R. Nile, 4,000 miles long.

This river is the largest in the Old World, and rises somewhere south of the equator. It overflows its banks every year.

(2) THE ATLANTIC RECEIVES the River Gam'-bi-a north of C. Verde, the R. Ni'-ger (ni-jer) flowing into the Gulf of Guinea, and the R. Con'-go and the Orange R. further south.

The Ca-na'-ry Islands, north of C. Verde, belong to Spain, the Cape Verde Islands, opposite C. Verde, belong to Portugal, and the islands of As-cen'-si-on and St. Hel-e'-na belong to England; all are in the Atlantic. (3) THE MO-ZAM-BIQUE CHANNEL receives the Zam-be'-si, in which are the celebrated Victoria Falls.

The large island of Mad-a-gas'-car is separated from the mainland by this channel. It is about twice the size of the British Islands. LAKES The lakes of Africa are one of its important physical features. Lake Tchad (chad), to the south of Sahara, is a shallow fresh water lake, having no outlet. Lakes Albert Ny-an'-za and Victoria Nyanza, situated on the equator, are connected with the Nile. L. Tan-gan-yi-ka lies south of the equator. L. Ny-as'-sa empties itself by the R. Shire into the R. Zambesi.

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Lesson 103.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) £3 + $s.; £f + §G.; fcr. + s.; & ton + cwt. + 3lb. (2) lb. + oz.; 19ml. + po.

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(3) ac. + ro. + 141yds.; 41qr. + §bu. + 3pk.

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Lesson 104.-Thursday Morn. Grammar. Write and Learn. Ex. 55. Analyse and Parse-

But the sound of the church-going bell,

These valleys and rocks never heard;
Never sighed at the sound of a knell,

Or smiled when the Sabbath appeared.-(Cowper.)

Ex. 56. How are adjectives compared. Compare good, blessed, happy, bad. Ex. 57.-COMPOSITION. Clouds: what they are; how produced; why high in fine weather, and low in bad weather; and their uses.

Lesson 105.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

Find the value of

(1) of 4cwt. 3qr. +

(2) of 73da. 5h. +

of 12oz. 12dr. + ton of 20da. 30min.

(3) of £4 3s. 6d. + of £5 6s. 8d. + 1gu.

History. Write and Learn.-THE REVOLUTION OF 1688. A.D. After the trial of the Seven Bishops the people determined to depose 1688 James. An invitation was sent to Holland to William Prince of Orange, grandson of Charles I, husband of Mary, daughter of James I., and the next heir to the throne. Both were Protestants. William landed at Torbay, and marched to London. A convention parliament was called. This assembly declared the throne vacant, and offered the crown to William and Mary.

They accepted it, declaring their intention to rule justly, and according to the laws. This declaration was called the Declaration of Rights.

This completed the REVOLUTION, and ended the struggle between the king and the people, which had lasted more than 30 years. James fled to France, and found a home with Louis XIV., at St. Germain, near Paris, where he died, 1701.

TWENTY-SECOND WEEK.

Lesson 106.-Monday Morning. Learn.
PSALM XXXVIII., Verses 9—22; OR ELSE LEARN-
IL PENSEROSO - (Continued).
Or call up him122 that left half-told123

(110) The story of Cam-bus'-can bold,

Of Cam'-ball,124and of Al'-går-sife, 124
And who had Can'-a-ce to wife;

That own'd the virtuous125 ring and glass,
And of the wondrous126 horse of brass
(115) On which the Tartan king127 did ride:
And if aught128 else great bards129 beside
In sage and solemn tunes have sung
Of tourneys, 50 and of trophies131 hung,
Of forests and of enchantments drear, 132
(120) Where none is meant that meets the ear.

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