Friday. To avoid persecution, many of them fled to Holland, from whence they resolved to emigrate to America. In September, 1620, the May Flower, after having been detained at Plymouth, proceeded on her voyage, and in December, the "Pilgrim Fathers," as the emigrants were called, landed in America, and gave their settlement the name of New Plymouth. Other colonies were established, and a tide of emigration, estimated at 1,200 a year, set out for the New World. Large numbers of people also went to Ireland, to take possession of forfeited lands in Ulster, and other parts of the country. 4. Translation of the Bible.-Forty-seven ministers were employed for three years in this work, and, in 1611, the Bible, as we now have it, was completed. LEARN AND WRITE PERSIA, &c. GEOGRAPHY. Persia lies to the east of Arabia, and consists of an elevated Table-land, sloping towards the Caspian Sea on the north, and the Persian Gulf on the south. A great part of it is desert, and the people are mostly nomadic. The chief manufactures are silk, carpets, and sword-blades. Poppies and roses are largely grown, the former for opium, and the latter for "Otto of roses." "" The Emperor is called The Shah, and the government is despotic, that is, the Shah's will is law. The inhabitants of Persia are noted for their politeness, and have been called the French of the East. The chief towns are Teheran, the capital, Ispahan, the former capital, and Khorassan, Shiraz, and Tauris. Resht, Busheer, and Gambroon, are the chief ports. Between Persia and India lie Beloochistan, and Afghanistan, which are occupied by a number of independent tribes, who, like the Persians, are Mahometans. Write a list of words derived from Curro, I run; and give their meanings. LEARN AND WRITE Words derived from Latin roots :-Plico, I fold. pli'-a-ble, easily bent or folded. | mul'-ti-ply, to fold many times, com'-pli-cate, to fold together, to entangle. volve. ex-pli'-cit, unfolded, plain, clear. dis-play', to unfold, or spread out. dou'-ble, twofold, twice as great. Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE— Thursday. to increase. SENTENCES. Sentences are Simple, Complex, or Compound. GRAMMAR. They are Simple, if they contain but one verb; as, The man died yesterday. The boys laughed. The captain shot the men. These Simple sentences may be made Complex by adding other sentences to them (1.) To enlarge the Subject; as, The man, who was ill, died yesterday. (2.) To extend the Predicate; as, The boys laughed, when the play began. (3.) To enlarge the Object; as, The captain shot the men, who were rebellious. The sentences so added are called Subordinate sentences, and those to which they are added are called Principal. A Compound Sentence is a combination of Principal sentences. Make six Simple sentences, and then make them Complex. WORK THESE SUMS 1 Express as vulgar fractions— (1.) 150; 225; 925; 0125; 1875; 0025. (2.) 2:45; 3.56; 1 0007; 7.0075; 9.0065; 1.01175. LEARN AND WRITE CHARLES I., 1625-1649. HISTORY. Charles was the son of James I. His wife was Henrietta of France, and his children were Charles, and James, who became kings; and Mary, who married William, Prince of Orange. His reign was most troublous. It began with strifes with his Parliament, and ended in his execution, Dissensions with his Parliaments. 1. First Parliament (1625).—Charles was engaged in a war with Spain, and asked his Parliament for £700,000 to carry it They, however, being annoyed that he had married a on. 1 Friday. Roman Catholic Queen, who had brought with her from France a number of popish priests, and that he had allowed Mass to be said in the palace, voted him £140,000 only, together with taxes upon wool, leather wines, &c., called tunnage and poundage, and these for one year only, instead of for life, as had been usual. This, and some charges which they made against the Duke of Buckingham, made Charles very angry, and he dissolved the Parliament. 2. Second Parliament (1626).—The charges against Buckingham being renewed by this Parliament, Charles dissolved it, and raised money without its consent. LEARN AND WRITE FURTHER INDIA. GEOGRAPHY. Further India, or India beyond the Ganges, is the name given to the south-eastern peninsula of Asia. It embraces all the countries between the Bay of Bengal and the China Sea, and an extent of about ten times that of the British Isles. It is traversed from north to south by three long rivers, the Irrawady, the Meinam, and Cambodia, and between their basins run extensive chains of mountains. Little is known of the interior of the country. It abounds in extensive forests, the trees of which are very valuable, and form an article of exportation. The British possess the districts of Assam, Aracan, Tenasserim, Malacca, and the Island of Singapore. Singapore, on the Island of the same name, is a place of great trade, and is the great emporium for goods from all parts of south-eastern Asia. It has been called "The Liverpool of the East." The other chief towns of Further India are the ports of Rangoon, Bankok, and Moulmein. Put meanings to the following words :-Possession, annoyed, narrative, emporium, fortified, economy, superstitions, nocturnal, conspicuous, traversed, renewed, and dissolved. Words derived from Latin roots: Ploro, I cry aloud. de-plore', to cry bitterly. Pluma, a feather. plume'-less, without feathers. | plum'-age, a bird's feathers. Plumbum, lead. plumb'-er, a worker in lead. plum'-met, a piece of lead hung to a string. pon'-der, to weigh in the mind. | pon'-der-ous, weighty, heavy. Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE— Thursday. SENTENCES. GRAMMAR. Subordinate sentences are of three kinds; Noun, Adjective, and Adverbial. (1.) The Noun Sentence. The Subjects and Objects of sentences must be nouns, or some words which may be used in the place of nouns. But besides being expressed in simple parts of speech and phrases, they may also be expressed in sentences, which, because they take the place of a noun, are called Noun sentences. A Noun sentence, then, is one which takes the place of a noun, and may be (1.) The Subject; as, That the day will be fine is doubtful. (2.) The Object; as, I know that Messias cometh. COMPOSITION. Write three complex sentences having sentences for the Subjects, and three having sentences for the Objects. WORK THESE SUMS Express as decimals. (1.) 32; 17; 626 ; 15; 12; 18 (2.) 1§; 2; 31% ; 57 ; 62% ; 7%. LEARN AND WRITE CHARLES I. (continued.) HISTORY. 3. Third Parliament (1628).-This was called because the king was in want of money, but the Parliament refused to grant any till he had agreed to the Petition of Right, and then they gave him £350,000. The Petition of Right demanded that the king should- 2. Keep no man in prison without bringing him to trial. Friday. Monday. Tuesday. In the next year, fresh dissensions broke out, so the king dissolved the Parliament, and declared he would rule without one. 4. Period of Absolute Rule (1629-1640).-Charles's advisers were now Archbishop Laud and the Earl of Strafford. By their advice he levied a tax on ships; forced people to lend him money; and, for a money payment, set prisoners free, and allowed Roman Catholics to celebrate their worship. By these and other means he contrived to raise money for eleven years. He also attempted to force a form of Divine worship on the Scotch, but they bound themselves by the National Covenant to resist it. To obtain money to fight them Charles called his 5. Fourth Parliament in 1640, but in less than three weeks he dissolved it. It is called the Short Parliament. LEARN AND WRITE AFRICA. GEOGRAPHY. Africa is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean; and on the east by the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. It contains an area of about 12 millions of square miles, and is more than three times as large as Europe. The principal Seas, Gulfs, &c., are the Mediterranean Sea, with the Gulfs of Cabes and Sidra; the Gulf of Guinea, with the Bights of Benin and Biafra; the Mozambique Channel; and the Red Sea. The chief Capes are-Bon, on the north; Verde, on the west; Good Hope, on the south; Guardafui, on the east. The principal Islands are-Madagascar, next to Borneo the largest island in the world; Socotra, Bourbon, and Mauritius, all on the east; and Helena, Ascension, Fernando Po, St. Thomas, The Canaries, and Madeiras, on the west. The principal Straits are— —Gibraltar, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea; and Bab-el-Mandeb, at the entrance to the Red Sea. Africa was united to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez, which is about 70 miles across, but a canal, uniting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, has just been completed. Name six of the principal towns in Scotland, and say for what each is noted. (1.) ·3 +19 + ·615 + 3·145 + 007 + 32:47. (3.) 718+ 40167 +0572 + 6438 + 1·0461 + 01876. |