ON THE

GLOBES;

INTERSPERSED WITH SOME

Hiftorical, Biographical, Chronological, Mytholo-
gical, and Mifcellaneous Information;

ON A NEW PLAN:

DESIGNED

FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES.

BY WILLIAM BUTLER,

Teacher of Writing, Accounts, and Geography, in Ladies'
Schools, and in Private Families.

Ere half the School-Authors are read, it will be seasonable for Youth to
learn the Ufe of the Globes.-Milton.

History is particularly proper for the Study of Young Ladies. English Bio-
graphy Itrongly recommend. A little Chronology will be highly useful.
Mythology is neceffary to throw a light on the ancient writers. Dr. Knox.
The taking a Tafte of every Sort of Knowledge is neceffary to form the
Mind, and is the only way to give the Understanding its due Improve.
ment to the full Extent of its Capacity.-Locke.

THE THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.

London:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,

BY S. COUCHMAN, THROGMORTON-STREET;

AND SOLD BY

J. MAWMAN, IN THE POULTRY; J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S
CHURCH-YARD; AND T. CONDER, BUCKLERSBURY.

PREFACE

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THE FIRST EDITION.

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"HE fubfequent little Work having been originally compiled, and being still chiefly intended, for private use, it is almost unneceffary to affign the motives for its publication; but, as it may poffibly be asked, why I have augmented the number of books on this fubject, fome reafons fhall be ftated.

I had been taught by long experience, that much general information might be communicated to my pupils through the channel of my profeffional occupation, as a teacher of WRITING and of ARITHMETIC; and this, indeed, is a circumftance which I have already explained

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explained at fome length in the prefaces to AN INTRODUCTION TO ARITHMETIC, and to A COLLECTION OF ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS, which were publifhed fome time fince. That another branch of my ftated employment might be made fubfervient to the fame beneficial purposes, did in confequence occur to me; I accordingly drew up a part of the following fmall Manual, and foon had the pleasure of finding that it perfectly answered my preconceived ideas on the fubject. It not only increased the pupil's stock of knowledge, but, by its diversity, rendered the ufe of the globes one of the most delightful juvenile ftudies. To accelerate the advancement of the fcholar, and relieve myself from the toil of frequent tranfcription, I then determined to make a few additions to what I had at first written, and commit the whole to the prefs, though I ftill retained my primary intention of confining its fale almost entirely to my own immediate connexions. On this account, fuch a number only has been printed as would, it might be rationally apprehended, be adequate to this purpofe. Should the partiality of friendship,

or

or the utility of the work, obtain for it fomewhat of a general circulation, a future edition fhall contain a fufficient number of copies to answer all demands.

As this Compendium may perhaps fall into the hands of persons little accustomed to this pleafing department of instruction, I may, without impropriety, obferve, that the pupils, befide working each problem agreeably to the rule attached to it, fhould be defired, when it contains places, concisely to state such particulars relating to them as are to be found in a well-felected Gazetteer, together with fuch anecdotes from biography, and fuch facts. from natural history and the annals of nations, as the instructor has been accustomed to deliver in the course of his geographical lectures. Thus may be acquired an extensive knowledge of places, and of their relative situations, with refpect to London and to each other, and a promptitude in discovering them on the globe; important attainments, of which young perfons can rarely be faid to be poffeffed.