Our World, Or, First Lessons in Geography for Children

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Ginn, 1886 - 119 páginas
 

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Página 55 - Here's to the United States," said the first speaker, " bounded on the north by British America, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Página 57 - Asia is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by Europe, the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
Página 57 - Africa is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea ; on the south by the...
Página 48 - There was a frightful din of cries, groans, and imprecations, mingled confusedly together. The brother lost his sister, the husband his wife, the mother her child; for the darkness became so dense that nothing could be seen but the flashes which every now and then darted forth from the summit of the neighbouring mountain.
Página 92 - America reach from the St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
Página 5 - I do not hesitate to say that I have never seen any thing on the subject so well suited to attract, delight, and instruct little children, or which I should so gladly put into the hands of a primary-school teacher. The author has learned how to teach : she loves and understands children, sympathizes with their wants, and knows how to interest them, and to gain and keep their attention. The language she uses is addressed to their imagination and curiosity, and singularly well adapted to their capacity,...
Página 48 - The outsides of all the houses were adorned with frescoes, and every shop glittered with all the colours of the rainbow. At the end of each street there was a charming fountain, and any one who sat down beside it to cool himself had a delightful view of the Mediterranean, then as beautiful, as blue and sunny as it is now. On a fine day, crowds might be seen lounging here; some sauntering up and down in gala dresses of purple, while slaves passed to and fro bearing on...
Página 5 - The author has learned how to teach ; she loves and understands children, sympathizes •with their wants, and knows how to interest them, and to gain and keep their attention. The language she uses is addressed to their imagination and curiosity, and singularly well adapted to their capacity.
Página 5 - I rejoice that this manuscript seems to be the very work we have so long waited for and so ardently desired. It is scientifically exact, and philosophical in its arrangement. In style, it is not only simple and well adapted, but is positively charming. Every page is replete with the most valuable information, set before the pupil in just the best way to make the most lasting impression; while it will have, to the children, all the interest of an agreeable story-book.
Página 94 - MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. WHAT sea north of South America ? What ocean east? What one west ? South?

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