Friday. LEARN AND WRITE INDIA. GEOGRAPHY. Monday. Tuesday. India is to us the most interesting portion of Asia, as nearly the whole of it is subject to the British Government. It is an immense country embracing an area equal in size to one third of Europe, and twelve times the size of the British Islands, and it has a population of over 180 millions, or more than six times that of the British Isles. It is divided into three presidencies, Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. Its capital is Calcutta, on the Hooghly, one of the mouths of the Ganges. It is a place of immense trade, and has a population of five hundred thousand. Bombay, on an island off the west coast, and Madras, on the eastern coast, are large and important seaports. The most important towns in the interior of the country are Lucknow, Delhi, Patna, Benares, Lahore, and Agra. From India we obtain cotton, silk, indigo, cinnamon, jute, tea, and pearls. Write the meanings of the words in italics in the following passage: "They are an eminently kindly, social, comfortable, on the whole well-to-do body, conservative by instinct, but not un moved by modern thought, as their present position abundantly testifies." LEARN ELEVENTH WEEK. When I survey the wondrous cross, See, from His head, His hands, His feet, Demands my soul, my life, my all. WORK THESE SUMS Find the value of― (1.) of £8; 5 of £3 15s. ; of £2 68. 9d. (2.) 4% of £1 16s. 54d. ; 5% of £1 0s. 71d. ; 65 of £1 58. 10§d. LEARN AND WRITE Words derived from Latin roots :-Pauper, poor. pov'-er-ty, being poor, want. Pax, pacis, peace. appease', to make peaceful, to quiet. peace'-a-ble, quiet, calm. pau'-per, a poor person. pac'-i-fy, to make peaceful. Pello, pulsus, I drive. im-pel', to drive in. pro-pel', to drive forward. Wednesday. Analyze the following sentences:— Thursday. GRAMMAR. The swallows forsake us in the winter. Raleigh brought potatoes from America. Napier, an Indian officer, defeated the Abyssinians. The prodigal son loved rioting. His proposal I modestly declined. The three stood calm and silent. Bees gather honey from the flowers. I enjoy singing in the choir. Boys love to bathe in the water. The old father embraced his child. Parse the first and last of the above sentences. (1.) 5 12 61⁄2 ; 4 12 8 ÷ 51; 9 13 9 ÷ 8. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (2.) 7189 of 1; 10 10 6 ÷ † of 41 ; 17 18 4 ÷ ‡ of 4%. LEARN AND WRITE ELIZABETH-(continued). HISTORY. 2. Mary, Queen of Scots.-This was the lady who went to France because she did not wish to marry Edward VI. While there she became Queen of France, and called herself Queen of England as well, a fault which Elizabeth never forgave. Her husband dying, she returned to Scotland and married her cousin, Lord Darnley. He was blown up with gunpowder, while lying ill of the small-pox, and Mary and the Earl of Bothwell were strongly suspected of planning his death. Three months after Mary and Bothwell were married. This so offended her subjects that they rose against her, and imprisoned her in Loch Leven Castle. But she made her escape, and being defeated at Langside, fled to England for protection. Her Elizabeth, however, instead of protecting her, behaved very unkindly to her, and kept her a prisoner for 18 years. friends several times tried to rescue her, till they became so troublesome, that Mary was brought to trial on a charge of conspiracy, and beheaded in Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire (1587). Friday. LEARN AND WRITE CHINA. GEOGRAPHY. The Chinese Empire occupies the south-eastern part of Asia. China proper is a little larger than India, but, if its dependencies be included, it has an area of about 4 millions of square miles, which is one-and-a-quarter times the size of Europe. The population has been variously estimated at from 100 millions to 350 millions. China is an agricultural country, the people being employed in the cultivation of rice, tea, the mulberry tree, sugar cane, and rhubarb. Little is known of its interior, as the Chinese are very jealous of foreigners, who, however, are allowed to trade with the ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochew, Ningpo, and Shanghai. Its manufactures are silk, porcelain, nankeen, and paper. The capital is Pekin, which, next to London, is the largest city in the world. Hong-Kong, a small island off the coast. was ceded to the English in 1842. Write sentences containing the following words :-experience, extensive, character, integrity, perquisite, persevere, rectitude, ability, fidelity, diligence, civility, detected. Words derived from Latin roots :- Pendeo, pensus, I hang. pend'-ant, a hanging ornament. | de-pend', to hang from, to rest on. sus-pend', to hang beneath, to delay. im-pend', to hang over, to be near. Pendeo, pensus, I weigh or pay. pen'-sion, payment, an allow- | ance. pen'-sive, weighing in the mind. sti'-pend, a fixed payment. com'-pen-sate, to pay for losses, Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE— Thursday. THE ENLARGED OBJECT. GRAMMAR The Object is enlarged in the same manner as the Subject. (4.) By a Noun in the possessive case; as, Christ (5.) By a Prepositional phrase; as, Adam ate the fruit of the tree (6.) By a Participial phrase; as, The archer shot Ahab riding in his carriage. COMPOSITION, Write six sentences, with enlarged objects, and underline the enlargements. 1 WORK THESE SUMS Reduce cwt. qrs lbs. 2 1 4 to the fr. of a Ton. | 3 r 14 p. to the fr. of an Acre. 3. The Spanish Armada (1588).-The fight between the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches continued in France, Spain, and the Netherlands, and Elizabeth helped the Protestants with men and money. Much blood was shed. In France more than 30,000 Huguenots, or French Protestants, were massacred on the eve of St. Bartholomew, and, in the Netherlands, a Spanish army, under the Duke of Alva, destroyed nearly 100,000 persons. To humble England, Philip of Spain fitted out the "Invincible Armada," consisting of 130 ships, 11,000 seamen, and 30,000 soldiers. Elizabeth collected her troops and her fleets, and by her spirited conduct, gave courage to both. Her ships, under Lord Howard, Drake, Frobisher, and Hawkins, met the "Armada," and by skilful fighting and daring, took many of the ships. The stormy sea crippled and wrecked many more, and the Spaniards made the best of their way home again, with a loss of 80 ships and 20,000 men. The English in their turn sent a fleet to Spain, consisting of 150 ships and 14,000 men. They captured Cadiz, and inflicted a loss on the Spaniards of about £4,000,000. Friday. LEARN AND WRITE ARABIA. 1 GEOGRAPHX... Arabia is a large peninsula, situated to the south-west of Asia, and bounded on the west by the Red sea, and on the south by the Arabian Gulf. It has an area of about one million square miles, and is a dry, sandy country, without a river of any importance, and with a soil that cannot be cultivated, except to a very small extent. The people are divided into a number of independent tribes, most of whom have no fixed dwelling place, but wander about in search of pasture for their cattle. The horses of Arabia are regarded as the finest in the world, and are much prized by their owners.. Coffee is grown in Arabia, and, with drugs and pearls, is largely exported. Muscat, Mocha, and Aden, are the chief ports. The false religion called Mahometanism, had its rise in Arabia, and Mecca, the birthplace, and Medina, the burial place of Mahomet, are among the principal towns. Aden is a small English possession at the entrance to the Red Sea, and is used as a depôt for coals for the Indian Steamers. Name the principal towns in England engaged in the cloth manufacture; and say where each is situated. pe-ti-tion, an asking, a prayer. | com-pete', to seek or strive for a prize.c |