Charles Butler's Young pupils' easy guide to geography, revised by R.H. Mair

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Página 207 - It 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 the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Página 284 - SlffTT? or an Abridgment of the History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George the Second by Dr.
Página 20 - America is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by the Antarctic Ocean ; on the east by the Atlantic ; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Página 232 - It is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the...
Página 283 - Index, and Questions for Examination, to which reference is made by figures in the text. An accurate Map, and finely-executed Steel engravings by Davenport, from paintings by John Gilbert Cloth gilt, 3s.
Página 279 - Characteristics, states of Civilization, and Domestic Habits of the People, in various periods of their History ;— to attract the attention of the rising generation by purity of language and clearness of detail ; and thus render...
Página 282 - The advantage of publishing these two histories in one volume will be apparent to every teacher. Miss Corner has been singularly fortunate in making this volume one of the most pleasing of her historical library. There are but few school histories of Spain and Portugal, and it is not too much to say that there is not one written in so interesting and accurate a manner as this.
Página 280 - Corner's History of England and Wales, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Adapted to Schools and Families.
Página 184 - Ocean ; on the west by the Atlantic Ocean ; and on the east by the Red Sea and...
Página 283 - Miss Corner's History of Rome will assuredly ere long supersede all the Roman histories at present used in schools : it is well written, and the historical facts elicited by the learned labours of Niebuhr, Arnold, &c., are made to take the place of the fabulous accounts which have hitherto passed current as authentic history ; at the same time the popular early legends are not omitted, but their doubtful nature pointed out.

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