(4) When a collective noun is the name of many considered as one, the verb must be singular; as, The army is on the march.

Here army, though it is the name of a body of soldiers, yet means only one thing.

(5) When a collective noun is used as the name of many, the verb must be plural; as, The people are civilised.

Here people means a great many separate persons.

The word "public" may have either "is" or "are;" as, The public is informed, or The public are informed. The first is now considered most proper.

Lesson 5.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) Find the cost of 1930 lbs. @ £3 2s. and £4 5s.

*(2) If five minutes are wasted every day, how much time is lost in 20 years? (Mind the leap years.)

History. Write and Learn. THE HOUSE OF NORMANDY.

SECOND WEEK.

Lesson 6.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ROMANS, Chapter XIII., Verses 6-10; OR ELSE LEARN-
THE LAST CHARGE OF THE FRENCH AT WATERLOO-(Continued).

In one dark torrent,17 broad and strong,
(15) The advancing onset's roll'd along,
Forth harbinger'd19 by fierce acclaim, 20
That from the shroud21 of smoke and flame
Peal'd wildly the imperial name! 22
But on the British heart were lost

(20) The terrors of the charging host; 23
For not an eye the storm that view'd
Changed its proud glance2+ of fortitude; 25
Nor was one forward footstep2 stay'd,
As dropp'd the dying and the dead. 27

17. The soldiers in their dark dress. 18. A violent attack. 19. Preceded. 20. A loud shout. 21. Covering. 22. The name of the Emperor Na-po'-le-on Buon'-a-parte. 23. The body of French soldiers charging or attacking the British. 24. Look. 25. Bravery. 26. The moving forward of the British Guards to meet the French. 27. As the killed and the wounded dropped from the ranks.

Lesson 7.-Tuesday Morn. Geography. Write and Learn.

SCOTLAND.

A 2.-CAPES.-On the East Coast.-Dun'-cansby Head, in Carth'ness: Tar bet Ness, in Ross; Kin'nard Head, in Aberdeen'; Fife Ness, in Fife; St. Abb's Head, in Berwick (berʻrick).

On the North Coast.-Dun'-net Head, in Caithness; and Cape Wrath, in Sutherland.

On the West Coast.-Ard-na-mur'-chan Point and Mull of Cantire, in Argyle (ar'gile).

On the South Coast.-Mull of Galloway, in Wigton.

In the Heb'-ri-des (heb-ri-dēēs). --Butt of Lewis (lews), in north of the Island of Lewis.

The northern, and most of the western coast is formed of high cliffs.
From the R. Clyde to Solway Firth the shore is generally low.
The east coast from the R. Tweed to St. Abb's Head is high and rocky,
stretching north, as far as the town of Ar-broath' (ar-broth'); it is
mostly flat. Still further north, as far as the R. Dee, it consists of
cliffs. It again changes, and up to Tarbet Ness is low, consisting in
some parts of shifting sand. The remainder, up to Duncansby
Head, is high and rocky.

EUROPE-SEAS.

B 2-(1) The White Sea, in the North of Russia, connected with the ARCTIC OCEAN.

(2) The Bal'-tic Sea, between Russia and Sweden, opening into the NORTH SEA.

(3) The North Sea or Ger'-man Ocean, between Great Britain and the Continent.

(4) The Irish Sea, between England and Ireland.

(5) The English Channel, between England and France, joining the Atlantic and the North Sea.

(6) The Me-di-ter-ra'-nean, between Europe and Africa, which contains (7) The A-dri-at-ic Sea, or Gulf of Ven'-ice.

(8) The Sea of Mar-mo-ra, between Turkey and Asia.

(9) The Black Sea, between Turkey, Russia, and Asia Minor.

(10) The Sea of A'-zof, to the South of Russia.

THE ZONES (Continued).

C 2-The hot region is called the Tor'-rid Zone, and sometimes the region of the Trop'-ics. It lies about 1,600 miles on each side of the equator.

Torrid means burning. This zone includes the hottest part of the world.

The middle of Africa, the south of Asia, the north of Australia, and the middle of the American continent are comprised in the Torrid Zone.

The two Temperate Zones are on each side of the tropics, and reach as far as the Frigid Zones. One is called the North Temperate Zone and the other the South Temperate Zone.

These regions are called temperate because they are neither very hot nor very cold. They include the most civilised countries of the world, and all the most useful animals, birds, and trees are found in them.

The North Temperate Zone includes nearly all Europe and Asia, part of Africa, and almost all North America.

The South Temperate Zone includes part of South America, Australia, and all New Zealand.

Lesson 8.-Wednesday Morning.

Work these Sums.

(1) Find the cost of 1,081 @ £8 5s. and £16 2s. 6d.

(2) Find the cost of 1,341 @ £39 6s. 8d. and £10 3s. 4d.

(3) If two ounces of tea cost 73d., what is the cost of a quarter of a pound?

Lesson 9.-Thursday Morn. Grammar. Write and Learn.

SYNTAX-PRONOUNS.

Pronouns must be of the same Gender, Number, and Person as the noun they stand for.

They take their case from their own verb or preposition.

Mary says she saw the light from her window.

She is

Here she and her are pronouns; and as they stand for Mary they are feminine gender, singular number, and third person. nominative case to suw, and her is possessive case.

3rd person.

It is he

who threw the stones.

Ex. 1. Parse. The people of Manchester, whose kindness of heart is well known, responded liberally. It will be better for you to return on Monday next.

Lesson 10.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) Find the value of 288 @ £16 4s. and £29 2s. Od.
(2) Find the cost of a gross of pens @ 31d. per dozen.

History. Write and Learn.-NORMAN KINGS.

A. D.

1066 William the Conqueror began to reign 1066, and died at Rouen 1087. For the first four or five years, insurrections took place in many parts of the country, but especially in the north.

1069 William acted with great severity, laid waste the country between the Humber and the Tees, and it is said put 100,000 people to death. 1077 Robert, William's eldest son, rebelled and made war against his father in Normandy, nearly killing him at the battle of Gerberoi ("g" soft). William also made war with Malcolm, King of Scotland, and with Philip of France.

THIRD WEEK.

Lesson 11.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ROMANS, Chapter XIII., Verses 11-14; OR ELSE LEARN— THE LAST CHARGE OF THE FRENCH AT WATERLOO-(Continued). (25) Fast as their ranks the thunders tear, 28

(30)

Fast they renew'd29 each serried square;

And on the wounded and the slain

Closed their diminish'd files31 again,

30

Till from their line, scarce spears' lengths three,

Emerging 32 from the smoke they see

Helmet, and plume, 3* and pan'-ō-ply.35

28. The shot from the thundering cannon tear the ranks in pieces by killing so many. 29. Filled up. 30. Men closely drawn together in a square to resist cavalry. 31. Lines of soldiers made fewer by reason of the number killed. 32. Coming into sight. 33. The brass cap of the cuirassiers. 34. The crest, or bunch of feathers in the helmet. 35. Armour.

Lesson 12.-Tuesday Morn. Geography. Write and Learn.

SCOTLAND.

A 3.-PARTS OF THE SEA.-On the East Coast.-Dor'noch Firth, Mor'ay Firth, Firth of Tay, Firth of Forth.

On the North Coast.-Pent'land Firth, between Caithness and the Orkney Islands.

On the West Coast.-The Minch, between the Hebrides and the mainland; the Firth of Lorn, Loch Lin'nhe (lin'ny) and Loch Fyne, in Argyle; and the Firth of Clyde.

On the South Coast.-Luce Bay, in Wigton; and Sol'way Firth. The North Channel separates Scotland and Ireland. It is 14 miles across. The west coast of Scotland is very much indented, and contains some hundreds of arms of the sea, generally called Lochs (locks).* This name is also applied to lakes.

EUROPE SEAS-(Continued).

B 3--The White Sea is frozen over during three or four months of the year, hence its name.

The Baltic Sea is generally shallow, and subject to storms. It is frozen over part of the winter. It has no tides, and its waters are not so salt as those of the ocean, owing to the many rivers which run into it. It opens into the North Sea, through the Sound, the Great Belt, and the Little Belt; the Cat-te-gat and the Skag-er-rack. It has two large gulfs, the Gulf of Both'-ni-a in the north, and the Gulf of Fin'-land in the east.

The Mediterranean is the largest inland sea in the world. It opens into the Atlantic by the Straits of Gib-ral'-tar (17 miles across). A strong upper current flows into it from the Atlantic, and an under one flows out of it. Its waters are very salt owing to evaporation. The name means "The sea in the middle of the land."

The Black Sea is of an oval shape, and is very deep. It is subject to storms, and abounds in fish. It gets its name from its black rocky shores covered with thick dark woods, and from the storms and fogs to which it is subject in winter.

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.

C 3-If a place is north of the equator it is said to be in north latitude, if south of the equator it is said to be south latitude.

Latitude is distance north or south from the equator.

Lines drawn round the map of the world, or across a map of a small part of the earth's surface from east to west, are called parallels of latitude. These parallels are at equal distances from the equator, and from one another.

Lines drawn round the world from north to south, passing through the poles, are called the me-rid'-i-ans, or lines of long-i'-tude.

Longitude is distance cast or west of a given place.

All places on the same meridian have mid-day or noon at the same time.

Latitude means breadth. Longitude means length, and Meridian means mid-day.

In English maps the meridian passing through Green'-wich (gren'-idj) is called the first meridian.

Any place east of the first meridian is said to be in east longitude; if west of the meridian, it is said to be west longitude.

*Though ordinarily called "lock" the proper pronunciation is "lōh,” with stress on the "h."

Lesson 13.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums.

(1) Find the cost of 3,012 @ £3 15s, and £4 7s. 6d.

(2) Find the cost of 19,018 @ £5 16s. and £4 12s. Od.

(3) At 7d. in the £, what is the tax on an income of £480?

Lesson 14.-Thursday Morn. Grammar. Write and Learn. SYNTAX-NOUNS IN APPOSITION.

Nouns in Apposition are in the same case.

Nouns are in apposition when they mean the same thing, or when they explain one another.

(1) Paul, the apostle, preached.

Here Apostle explains Paul, and both are in the nominative case to preached.

(2) John, the king, signed Magna Charta.

King means John, and both are nominative to signed.

(3) I threw Tom, the gardener, the little trowel.

Gardener means Tom, and both are objective cases after threw.

Ex. 2. Parse.-We went and saw the tomb of Edward the Confessor yesterday. Drake, the admiral, sailed round the world. Richard Noble, the idle boy, might have done his sum if he had tried. The fleet has orders to sail.

Lesson 15.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Find the cost of one gross @ £9 2s. and @ £21 1s.

(2) How many 71b. parcels can be made out of a cask containing 31cwt? History. Write and Learn.-WILLIAM I.--(Continued).

A.D.

William established the Feudal System. He took away the estates. from the Saxon nobles, and gave them to his followers.

These estates, or feuds, were held on condition of serving the king as a soldier, and defending him and his family in times of need. 1086 William ordered Domesday Book to be compiled. It was a census and survey of the country. It gave the names and extent of all the estates in England, with their holders, and the number of servants and cattle on each. He also introduced the curfew bell, and established the game laws.

FOURTH WEEK.

Lesson 16.-Learn for Monday Morning.

ROMANS, Chapter XII., Verses 1--5; OR ELSE LEARN— THE LAST CHARGE OF THE FRENCH AT WATERLOO-(Continued). Then waked their36 fire at once!

Each musketeer's37 revolving kneel, äs

As fast, as regularly fell,

(35) As when they practice to displays9
Their discipline40 on festal day, 41

Then down went helm and lance.42

Down were the eagle banners 13 sent,
Down reeling steeds11 and riders went :

(40) Corslets45 were pierced, 46 and pennons+7 rent ;48

And to augment the fray, 50

Wheel'd full against their staggering flanks, 51
The English horsemen's foaming ranks52

Forced their resistless53 way.

36. The fire of the British. 37. Musketeers, soldiers armed with muskets, a kind of gun. 38. Firing in turns. 39. To show. 40. Training, cleverness. 41. Review day. 42. The helmet and lance of the French. 43. The Eagle was carried by the French. 44. Horses. 45. Armour for the body. 46. Cut through by sword and bullet. 47. Pennant, a small flag. 48. Torn in pieces. 49. Increase. 50. The fight. 51. The sides of the French lines which were broken. 52. Lines of soldiers on foaming horses. 53. Unable to be beaten.