NEW SERIES OF GEOGRAPHICAL READERS. THE WORLD AT HOME. Specially prepared for the New Code. With Beautiful Illustrations, No. I. for STANDARD I.-1. Simple Lessons on the Plan of the School and the Playground. 2. The Four Cardinal Points. 3. The Meaning and Use of a Map. 64 pages. Price 6d. [Ready. No. II. for STANDARD II.-1. Simple Lessons on the Size and Shape of the World. 2. Geographical Terms, Explained and Illustrated by reference to the Map of England. 3. Physical Geography of Hills and Rivers. 96 pages. Price 8d. [Ready. No. III. for STANDARD III. -The Physical and Political Geography of England and Wales. With numerous Maps and Illustrations. Price is. [Ready. No. IV. for STANDARD IV.-The Physical and Political Geography of the British Isles, British North America, and Australasia, with knowledge of their productions. [Nearly ready. Other Volumes in Preparation. HOME LESSON BOOKS for the above in preparation. Price 1d. and 2d. each. 31 CTC5 OXFORD PREFACE. THIS Book has been specially prepared to meet the requirements of Standard III. of the New Code, 1882, in which the attention of the scholars is confined to England. It is impossible within the limits of a book for Standard III. to give all that one would wish to tell about " our own country." In this book, therefore, only those subjects are taken up which every child in any part of England ought to know something about--those that are deemed essential for every child at this stage. These subjects are selected from the lists which accompany the maps scattered through the book. The maps and lists should be mastered by the scholars before the subsequent reading-lessons are entered on. Teachers will find that the lessons in this book are abundantly varied, and that each of them has been made as interesting and instructive as possible. The poetical pieces-descriptive and patriotic-will tend still further to enliven the book. Spellings and Meanings are attached to the lessons; and the words in these lists are accented, so as to form exercises in pronunciation. The Exercises of various kinds-sometimes in mapdrawing, sometimes in the form of questions-will serve to impress the lessons, as well as to test the knowledge of the scholars. ROYAL MAP-BOOKS. The Editors of the Royal School Series are satisfied that Reading-lessons alone cannot teach the Geography of England, or indeed of any country, so fully as is desirable. The old method of using a special text-book of Geography must still be followed to some extent, with such improvements as the experience of recent years has suggested. The Editors of the Royal School Series take this opportunity of announcing that the issue of a series of ROYAL MAP-BOOKS, as companions to the Geographical Reading-Books, forms an essential part of their plan. Accordingly, a separate Map-book and Geography of England has been prepared, and will be issued shortly, as the first of the series. It consists of Maps and Mapexercises the former progressive, and the latter exhaustive. Any scholar who goes carefully through the Map-book will acquire a very complete knowledge of the detailed Geography of England, while the Reading-book will clothe the facts with life, colour, and interest. January, 1883. |