BLACKIE'S GEOGRAPHICAL READERS. No. VII. THE OCEANS AND THE PLANETARY SYSTEM. By W. G. BAKER, ASSOCIATE OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; LECTURER AT CHELTENHAM BLACKIE & SON, 49 & 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.; GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN. 2017. f. 117 26JAN 85 THIS series of Geographical Readers is intended to meet the requirements of the New Education Code 1884, as interpreted by the circular to Her Majesty's Inspectors.* The work of the several Standards is divided as follows: Standard I.-To explain a plan of the school and play-ground. The four cardinal points. The meaning and use of a map. Standard II.-The size and shape of the world. Geographical terms simply explained, and illustrated by reference to the map of England. Physical geography of hills and rivers. Standard III.-Physical and political geography of England, with special knowledge of the district in which the school is situated. Standard IV.-Physical and political geography of the British Isles, British North America, and Australasia, with knowledge of their productions. Standard V.-Geography of Europe, physical and political. Latitude and longitude. Day and night. The seasons. Standard VI.-Geography of the world generally, and especially of the British colonies and dependencies. Interchange of productions. Circumstances which determine climate. Standard VII.-The ocean. Currents and tides. General arrangement of the planetary system. Phases of the moon. [In Standards V., VI., and VII. maps and diagrams may be required to illustrate the answers given.] The object of these Readers is to give geographical ideas, and not merely a list of geographical facts; for this purpose pictures and maps have been freely interspersed with the descriptions. W. G. B. * Circular No. 228.-In reading-books, 40 lessons and not less than 80 pages of small octavo text should be required in Standards I. and II., and not less than 60 lessons and 120 pages in higher Standards. 13. The Ocean Bed, 10. Tides.-II., 11. Animal and Plant Life in the Deep Sea.-I., 12. Animal and Plant Life.-II., 14. Benefits of the Ocean, 35 39 42 43 45 26. From Gibraltar, Home-after a Voyage Round the World, 79 27. The Faroe Islands, 82 28. The Indian Ocean, 85 29. The Strait of Sunda. A Volcanic Eruption, 87 30. The Pacific Ocean.-I., 92 31. A New Guinea Fleet, 94 35. Riches of the Sea at Amboyna.-Sea Gardens, 105 36. Proposed Annexation in the South Pacific, 107 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. The Hemispheres, showing the greatest Masses of Land and Banda-Volcanic Islands in the Indian Archipelago, Diagram to show Motion of Ship on Waves, Bell Rock Lighthouse, Currents of Ocean, Tide Diagram: Sun and Moon in Conjunction-Spring Tides, Antennarius in its Nest of Gulf-weed, Animal and Vegetable Deposits on the Ocean Floor, Caldeira of Flores, Azores (a lake occupying an ancient crater), Ocean Steamer crossing the Bar of the Mersey, Ocean Steamer encountering Icebergs, Group of Boobies and Crabs, Wick Harbour during the Herring Fishing, Tunny Fishing in the Mediterranean, Town and Harbour of Valetta, The Strait of Sunda, Natives of New Guinea, A Malay Prau, Typhoon in the Tropics, A Storm and Water-spout at Sea, Diagram to illustrate Darwin's Theory of Coral Islands, Page 8 10 14 17 24 26 30 33 34 34 37 |