frozen at a few feet below the surface. On the Great Table land the climate is cold and dry, and subject to very cold piercing winds. The Soil is as various as the climate. The countries south of the Table land are very fertile In the northern plain are immense swamps and barren wastes, and the soil, even where fit, cannot be cultivated, from the extreme cold. The inhabitants live by the chase. A band of desert country, broken only by the Valley of the Euphrates, stretches right across the Continent from Arabia to the Pacific. The people of these parts wander from place to place, with their flocks and herds, in search of pasture and water, both of which are very scarce. Name six of the principal towns in Yorkshire, and say for what each is noted. Words derived from Latin roots :-Palpo, I touch gently. pal'-pa-ble, that can be touched. | im-pal'-pa-ble, that cannot be touched. The Predicate is a verb, and may be enlarged, or, as it is called, extended, by (1.) An adverb of time; as, The train starts immediately. (2.) An adverb of place; as, The fire occurred here. (3.) An adverb of manner; as, The boy spoke sensibly. (4.) A prepositional phrase; as, Saul fell on Mount Gilboa. Parse-Napoleon took his army over the Alps into the plains of Italy. Thursday. Friday. WORK THESE SUMS Find the value of (1.) 32; 44-27; 37 — 17. (2.) 4 of 21-31; 8 — 24 of 14; 377-34 of 93. LEARN AND WRITE MARY, 1553-1558. HISTORY. Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Catherine of Arragon. She married Philip, King of Spain. On the death of Edward VI., Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen, but Mary raised an army of 30,000 men, and, in 13 days, Lady Jane, her husband, Northumberland, and Archbishop Cranmer, were lodged in the Tower. Northumberland was beheaded, and Mary ascended the throne. The chief events of her reign were 1. Persecutions.- Mary was a Roman Catholic, and as soon as possible she restored the Roman Catholic religion. The Protestant bishops were expelled; the married clergy were commanded to put away their wives; the Romish service was restored; and the lands, formerly belonging to the Church, were given back to it. Rather than submit, many of the Reformers left the country. In January, 1555, Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, and three clergymen named Rogers, Saunders, and Taylor, were burnt as heretics. During the reign Archbishop Cranmer, Bishops Ridley and Latimer, and about 300 others, suffered the same fate, and many perished from torture in the prisons. LEARN AND WRITE PRODUCTIONS OF ASIA. GEOGRAPHY. Besides many of the trees and vegetables found in Europe, Asia produces the tea plant in China and India; the coffee tree in Arabia; rice, the chief food of the people, in all the wellwatered countries south of the table land; cinnamon and other spices in Ceylon and the other islands South and South-East of Asia. In the Southern countries also are found many valuable trees, as teak, ebony, sandal wood, rosewood, &c. Among the wild animals are the lion, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, and leopard, found in the Southern countries, and the polar bear, reindeer, wolf, and numerous fur animals in the North. The domestic animals are the elephant, camel, and reindeer, besides all those common to Europe. Many of our most valuable fruits have been introduced from Asia, as the vine, orange, cherry, peach, walnut, and many of our beautiful flowers. Name the Norman Kings of England, and write all you can about one of them. (1.) § × 8 ; ; × 18 ; # × 8 × 8. (2.) × ×f8; 11 × 1 × 1 ; 14 × 1 × }}. LEARN AND WRITE Words derived from Latin roots :-Pareo, I appear. ap-pa'-rent, appearing, that trans-pa'-rent, appearing · may be seen. through, clear. ap-pa-ri'-tion, an appearance, a dis-ap-pear', to go out of sight. ghost. Thursday. Subject. Enlargement. Predicate. Object. GRAMMAR. Extension. from heaven. Elijah, the Prophet, brought fire from heaven. Luther, the German Reformer, lived at Wittemburg. John, having lost his baggage, died at Newark. The soldier's horse kicked him severely. The swallows leave us in the winter. I saw him there. Columbus, an Italian, sailed across the Atlantic. He discovered America in 1492. COMPOSITION. Write eight sentences with enlarged subjects and extended predicates. WORK THESE SUMS Find the value of— (1.) 7 × × † ; 4 × 1 × & ; 2 × 43 × 38. (2.) 3 × 5 × 61; 37 × 1 × 53; 81 × 72 × 13. LEARN AND WRITE MARY-(continued.) HISTORY. 2. Insurrections.-Mary's marriage with Philip of Spain was greatly disliked, because he was known to be a bigoted Roman Catholic, and it was feared that England would in time become a part of the Spanish dominions. Friday. Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Duke of Suffolk (Lady Jane Grey's father) raised armies in three different parts of the country to prevent it, but they were unsuccessful, and were taken and beheaded. Lady Jane Grey and her husband shared the same fate. 3. War with France.-This was one of the results of the marriage. Philip of Spain was fighting against France, and Mary sent some troops to help him. The English lost the town of Calais, which they had taken in the reign of Edward III, and had held more than 200 years. It was a great blow to the Queen, and she died shortly afterwards. LEARN AND WRITE COUNTRIES, &c. The principal countries of Asia are In the North, Siberia, or Russia in Asia. GEOGRAPHY. In the South, Arabia, Persia, Beloochistan, Afghanistan, In the Centre, Turkestan, Chinese Empire, and Japan. Minerals are found in abundance, and of all kinds. The chief are diamonds, gold, silver, tin, copper, iron, coal, and salt. Asia contains probably about one half of the inhabitants of the globe. They are for the most part idolaters, and very few of them have any knowledge of the true God. This continent is very interesting to us, as being the scene of nearly all the events recorded in the Bible. Write what you can of the history, uses, and benefits of Railways. (1.) ÷ 3; ÷ † ; A÷¦ ; & ÷ 1. (2.) 61 ÷ §; 4 ÷ 31; 165 ÷ 29; 115 ÷ 69. LEARN AND WRITE Words derived from Latin roots :-Pasco, I feed. pas'-tor, a feeder, a shepherd. pas'-ture, food for cattle. re'-past, the taking of food, victuals. pas-tor'-al, belonging to shepherds pa'-tri-arch, the chief father. Patior, passus, I suffer. pa'-tient, calm under suffering. | pas'-sion, suffering, anger. com-pas'-sion, suffering with Pas'-sion-week, the week of Christ's sufferings. another, pity. Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE— Thursday. THE OBJECT. GRAMMAR. The Object of a sentence is for the most part a word in the Objective case. It may be (1.) A Noun or pronoun in the objective case; as, David wrote the Psalms. They loved him. (2.) An Adjective; as, He exalteth the humble. (5.) A Participial phrase; as, Boys love playing in the fields. (6.) An Infinitive phrase; as, Boys love to play in the fields. N.B.-The nouns and pronouns which follow intransitive verbs are called indirect objects; as, I am he. He is the master. COMPOSITION. Write four sentences with Adjectives for the objects; and four with Participial phrases. Underline the objects. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn. The She began her reign surrounded with difficulties. Roman Catholics regarded the Crown as belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots; the Pope and the King of France would not acknowledge her, and the whole of the bishops refused to crown her, till at length the Bishop of Carlisle was persuaded to perform the office. The chief events of her reign related to— 1. The Reformation.-Elizabeth was a Protestant, and undid most of what Mary had done, and restored Divine service to what it had been in the reign of Edward VI. The Queen was also made head of the Church in the place of the Pope. Many of the Reformers who left the country in Mary's reign, now returned. They thought that the services of the Church were still too Romish, and, because they professed to have purer notions on this matter than other people, they were called Puritans. They objected to the use of organs in the church, to the marriage ring, to the sign of the Cross in baptism, to kneeling at the Sacrament, and to the clergy wearing vestments. |