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- GENERAL OUTLINE OF CONTENTS
- FIRST DIVISION: THE KINGDOMS OF NATURE
- BOOK OF THE HEAVENS
- BOOK OF THE EARTH
- BOOK OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
- BOOK OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
- I. Wild Animals:
- II. Domesticated Animals:
- III. Pronouncing Dictionary of Scientific Terms concerning Animals.
- SECOND DIVISION: THE KINGDOMS OF MAN
- BOOK OF RACES AND PEOPLES
- BOOK OF NATIONS: Geographical, Historical, Descriptive
- I. Extinct Nations of the Past.
- II. Living Nations of To-day.
- III. Tables and Charts.
- IV. Historical Charts and Tables, Maps and Plans.
- BOOK OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- BOOK OF THE SCIENCES AND INVENTION
- BOOK OF THE HUMAN BODY
- BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY
- BOOK OF THE CHILD WORLD
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Color Plates
- Diagrams, Maps and Charts
- Other Full Page and Text Illustrations
- BOOK OF THE HEAVENS
- THE UNIVERSE: ITS MAGNITUDE AND MEANING
- ORIGIN OF THE WORLDS: THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
- ECLIPSES: CAUSES AND EXPLANATION
- MYTHOLOGY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
- DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS
- STAR CHARTS AND MAPS
- NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
- BOOK OF THE HEAVENS
- THE WORLDS IN THE SKIES
- THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND ITS MEMBERS
- MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- KEPLER’S CELEBRATED LAWS OF PLANETARY MOVEMENTS
- THE GIGANTIC SUN AND HIS FUNCTION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- THE MOON--THE EARTH’S ONLY SATELLITE
- COMETS, METEORS AND SKY DUST
- THE FIXED STARS IN THE HEAVENS
- THE MAGNITUDES AND GROUPING OF THE STARS
- THE WONDERFUL MILKY WAY
- NEBULAE AND THE THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
- THE VARIED COLOR OF THE STARS
- INCLUDING THOSE OF FIRST MAGNITUDE
- WHAT CAUSES THE ECLIPSES
- THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
- SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN ASTRONOMY
- BOOK OF THE EARTH
- THE EARTH AS A PLANET
- ITS STRUCTURE: INTERIOR, CRUST, ROCKS, FOSSILS, HEAT
- GEOLOGICAL VIEW OF GROWTH OF THE EARTH
- CELEBRATED MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND RANGES
- ATMOSPHERE, CLIMATE AND WEATHER
- DICTIONARY OF MINERAL PRODUCTS
- TABLES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS
- GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES
- NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARTS AND MAPS
- BOOK OF THE EARTH
- OUR EARTH: ITS STRUCTURE AND SURFACE
- WHAT THE HEAT OF THE EARTH SHOWS
- WHAT CAUSES THE INTERNAL HEAT OF THE EARTH
- HOW THE EARTH’S CRUST WAS FORMED
- SHAPE OF THE EARTH A SPHEROID
- SIZE AND DENSITY OF THE EARTH
- HOW WE KNOW THE EARTH IS A SPHERE
- THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH
- THE EARTH A SERIES OF SHELLS OF MATTER
- HOW THE EARTH’S CRUST IS CONSTRUCTED
- MATERIALS OF WHICH ROCKS ARE COMPOSED
- WHAT A MINERAL IS
- CHIEF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS
- CHIEF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS WHICH FORM MINERALS
- HOW ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED
- SEDIMENTARY OR STRATIFIED ROCKS
- HOW THE METALS ARE FOUND
- A GEOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE GROWTH OF THE EARTH
- THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
- LAND FORMS OF THE WORLD
- THE DISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WATER
- LOCATION OF THE CONTINENTS
- CERTAIN RESEMBLANCES OF THE CONTINENTS
- COMPARISON OF THE CONTINENTS
- THE SHAPING OF THE COAST
- THE COASTLINE OF THE VARIOUS CONTINENTS
- LOCATION OF THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE WORLD
- SITUATION, ELEVATION AND SOIL OF PLATEAUS
- SOIL AND CLIMATE OF PLATEAUS
- MOUNTAINS AND THEIR STRUCTURES
- HOW MOUNTAIN CHAINS FORM SYSTEMS
- TWO TYPES OF MOUNTAIN CHAINS
- HOW VALLEYS ARE FORMED
- REMARKABLE CANONS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLATEAUS
- ISLANDS OF THE WORLD
- CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC ISLANDS
- FORMS OF VOLCANIC ISLANDS
- WONDERFUL STRUCTURE OF CORAL ISLANDS
- COMBINATION OF VOLCANIC AND CORAL ISLANDS
- CORAL REEFS AND THEIR BUILDERS
- DISTRIBUTION OF CORALS
- THE ATOLL FORM OF ISLAND
- VOLCANOES, GEYSERS AND EARTHQUAKES
- CAUSE, STRUCTURE AND LOCATION OF VOLCANOES
- WHAT VOLCANOES ARE AND HOW THEY ACT
- VESUVIUS THE MOST REMARKABLE VOLCANO
- SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANOES
- EARTHQUAKES
- KINDS OF MOTION OBSERVED IN EARTHQUAKES
- EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS AND SOUNDS
- 936. Constantinople overturned; all Greece shaken.
- GEYSERS
- WONDERFUL GEYSERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE
- THE WATERS OF THE EARTH
- WHERE SPRINGS HAVE THEIR SOURCE
- HOW MINERAL SPRINGS ARE FORMED
- WHY WATER FLOWS FROM ARTESIAN WELLS
- FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS AND PECULIARITIES OF RIVERS
- FRESHWATER AND SALT LAKES
- HOW THE LAKES ARE DISTRIBUTED OVER THE GLOBE
- PRINCIPAL SALT-WATER LAKES OF THE WORLD
- PRINCIPAL FRESH-WATER LAKES OF THE WORLD
- THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR MYSTERIES
- VAST EXTENT OF THE OCEANS
- HOW THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN APPEARS
- CAUSE OF THE TIDES, WAVES AND CURRENTS OF THE OCEANS
- THE MAELSTROM, CHARYBDIS AND HELL GATE
- WHAT CAUSES THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN
- THE RIVERS IN THE SEA
- THE GREAT SYSTEMS OF OCEAN CURRENTS
- ATMOSPHERE, CLIMATE AND WEATHER
- WHAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS COMPOSED OF
- HOW THE ATMOSPHERE IS WEIGHED AND MEASURED
- DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE OVER THE EARTH
- EFFECT OF THE MOTIONS OF THE EARTH
- EFFECT OF UNEQUAL DAYS AND NIGHTS ON TEMPERATURE
- TABLE OF UNEQUAL DAYS AND NIGHTS
- LAW OF VARIATION OF DAY AND NIGHT
- RESULT OF THIS LAW IN DIFFERENT ZONES
- HOW THE SEASONS VARY IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES
- WINDS AND OTHER AIR CURRENTS
- WHAT CAUSES THE TRADE-WINDS
- MONSOONS AND THEIR LOCATION
- THE WHIRL OF THE HURRICANE
- TORNADOES AND OTHER CHARACTERISTIC STORMS
- CLOUDS--THEIR FORM AND CLASSIFICATION
- FORMS OF ATMOSPHERIC VAPOR
- WHAT CAUSES DEW
- FORMATION OF MISTS AND FOGS
- RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW
- SNOW AND SNOW-CRYSTALS
- WHERE PERMANENT SNOW EXISTS
- HEIGHT OF THE SNOW LINE
- HOW SNOW AND ICE FORM GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS
- MOST FAMOUS GLACIER REGION
- CLIMATE AND WEATHER
- THE SUPREME INFLUENCE OF THE SUN
- HOW AFFECTED BY POSITION OF LAND AND WATER
- INFLUENCE OF ELEVATIONS
- MODIFICATIONS BY PREVAILING WINDS, MOUNTAINS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
- RAINLESS AND RAINY REGIONS OF THE EARTH
- NATURE WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY AND LIGHT
- EARTH AND AIR FORM NATURE’S ELECTRIC BATTERY
- LIGHTNING--THE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE IN THE HEAVENS
- THE AURORA BOREALIS, OR NORTHERN LIGHTS
- RAINBOWS, HALOS AND CORONAS
- COLORS OF THE SKY AND CLOUDS
- THE MYSTIFYING MIRAGE
- USEFUL MINERALS OF THE EARTH
- HOW MINERALS ARE IDENTIFIED
- CRYSTALS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MINERAL FORMS
- DICTIONARY OF IMPORTANT MINERAL PRODUCTS
- SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN THE EARTH SCIENCES
- BOOK OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
- REALMS OF LIFE UPON THE EARTH
- CHIEF DIVISIONS OF THE PLANT KINGDOM:
- BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
- SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN BOTANY, ILLUSTRATED
- WORLD MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT LIFE
- THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
- RELATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE
- TROPICAL LIFE
- WHERE THE MOST POWERFUL ANIMALS ARE FOUND
- LIFE IN THE TEMPERATE ZONES
- HOW THE LIFE OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE DIFFERS FROM THAT OF WARMER ZONES
- ORIGINAL HOME OF OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS
- LIFE IN THE COLD ZONES
- CHIEF DIVISIONS OF THE PLANT KINGDOM
- HOW OUR CEREALS WERE DEVELOPED
- HOW THE WORD “CEREAL” ORIGINATED
- WHERE THE CEREALS GROW
- HOW THE BOTANIST DESCRIBES CEREALS AND GRASSES
- Especially Adapted to Southern United States
- ROSES AND ROSE CULTURE
- DESIRABLE VARIETIES FOR THE ROSE GARDEN
- JAPANESE AND CHINESE.--
- FLOWERS THAT GROW IN THE WOODS
- WILD FLOWERS AMONG THE HEDGES AND BUSHES
- THE FLOWERS OF THE OPEN MEADOWS
- FLOWERS OF THE WOODED PASTURES
- WILD FLOWERS ON HIGHWAYS AND WASTE LAND
- FLOWERS IN CULTIVATED FIELDS
- THE GREAT GROUPS OF CRYPTOGAMS OR FLOWERLESS PLANTS
- THE MOST CRUEL PLANT IN THE WORLD
- THE STRANGE HABITS OF THE NEPENTHES
- THE NEPENTHES CATCH EVEN MICE AND BIRDS
- THE DEATH PITCHER OF THE SARRACENIAS
- A PLANT WITH PRISON WINDOWS
- AN AUSTRALIAN PLANT WITH TWO KINDS OF LEAVES
- PLANTS THAT KILL EVEN THE POWERFUL LION
- HOW PLANTS TRAVEL
- NATURE’S AVIATORS AND SEED-SOWERS
- THE WILLOW ALSO PRODUCES FLYING SEEDS
- SEEDS OF THE SYCAMORE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FLYING MACHINE
- PLANT TRAVELERS ON LAND
- HOW THE PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES
- HOW THE CACTUS DEFENDS ITS LIFE
- THE AMERICAN AGAVE, OR “CENTURY PLANT”
- THE CURIOUS MISTLETOE, A ROBBER PLANT OR PARASITE
- A PLANT THAT GROWS IN SNOW
- THE PRIMARY USE OF LIQUID RUBBER TO PLANTS
- ROOTS.
- STEM.
- LEAVES.
- INFLORESCENCE.
- FLOWER. [Illustration]
- DEVIATIONS FROM THE NORMAL OR PATTERN FLOWER ARISE FROM
- CALYX.
- COROLLA.
- STAMENS (ANDRŒCIUM).
- FILAMENT.
- ANTHER.
- PISTILS (GYNŒCIUM).
- STIGMA.
- STYLE.
- OVARY.
- OVULE. [Illustration]
- FRUIT.
- SEED. [Illustration]
- BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
- ANGIOSPERMS (LEAVES PARALLEL-VEINED)
- ORDER LX.--
- ORDER LXX.--
- BOOK OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
- SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS
- TABULAR VIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL TYPES
- ANIMALS IN CLASSIFIED GROUPS:
- PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS CONCERNING ANIMALS
- WORLD MAP SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL LIFE
- THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
- WHY AND HOW ANIMALS ARE CLASSIFIED
- SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE DOG
- TABULAR VIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL TYPES
- ANIMAL KINGDOM (_Kingdom Animalia_)
- ANIMALS IN CLASSIFIED GROUPS
- THE MONKEY TRIBE (_Quadrumana_)
- THE ANIMALS OF PREY
- GNAWING ANIMALS, OR RODENTS
- HOOFED ANIMALS (_Ungulata_)
- BATS AND OTHER FLYING MAMMALS
- THE SEALS (_Pinnipedia_)
- THE WHALES (_Cetacea_)
- HOW BIRDS COMPARE WITH MAMMALS
- THE VOICE OF BIRDS
- HOW BIRDS ARE CLOTHED
- THE BIRDS OF PREY
- THE CLIMBING BIRDS
- THE SINGING BIRDS
- LIZARDS, CHAMELEONS, SNAKES, CROCODILES, TORTOISES AND TURTLES
- HOW THE SNAKE TRAVELS
- MOUTH AND SENSE ORGANS OF SNAKES
- THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION
- HOW SNAKES SECRETE POISONS
- WHY SNAKES ARE COLORED
- SOME SNAKES THAT WARN
- THE ART OF SNAKE CHARMING
- THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT
- AMERICAN AND OTHER SNAKES
- FROGS, NEWTS, SALAMANDERS AND TOADS
- HOW BUTTERFLIES DEVELOP
- HOW TO DISTINGUISH BUTTERFLIES FROM MOTHS
- WHY BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS HAVE BEAUTIFUL COLORS
- CHIEF CLASSES OF BUTTERFLIES
- WANDERING ANTS OF THE TROPICS
- SLAVE-HOLDING ANTS AND THEIR SLAVES
- THE HARVESTER ANTS OF EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA AND NORTH AMERICA
- WHERE AND HOW THE HOMES OF ANTS ARE BUILT
- CURIOUS ANT GUESTS AND ASSOCIATES
- HOW ANTS COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER
- THEIR REMARKABLE HABITS OF CLEANLINESS
- THEIR UNCLEANLY AND DEATH-CARRYING HABITS
- THE LARGE VORACIOUS FLEAS
- THE PESTIFEROUS MOSQUITOS AND GNATS
- THE WINGLESS FLEAS AND OTHER PESTS
- WORMS, LEECHES, SEA-ANEMONES, CORAL-POLYPS, JELLY-FISHES, SPONGES
- CLASSES TO WHICH THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS BELONG
- WHERE ANIMALS WERE FIRST DOMESTICATED
- RESULTS OF DOMESTICATION ON ANIMALS
- DOMESTICATED MAMMALS
- THE VARIETIES OF CATS ARE DUE TO COLOR AND FUR
- CHARACTERISTICS AND HABITS OF CATS
- CATS POSSESS UNUSUAL INTELLIGENCE
- SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING CATS
- TWO GENERAL TYPES OF CATTLE
- REPRESENTATIVE BREEDS OF MILK PRODUCERS
- REPRESENTATIVE BREEDS OF MEAT CATTLE
- CATTLE AS A FORM OF INDUSTRY
- A REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT IN CATTLE VALUES
- ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE DAIRY COW
- DIFFERENT BREEDS OF DOGS
- DOGS IN FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY
- ORIGINAL HOME AND ANCESTORS OF THE HORSE
- THE VARIOUS BREEDS OF HORSES
- THE NOBLE CHARACTER OF THE HORSE
- CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADING DRAFT HORSES
- CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADING SADDLE AND DRIVING HORSES
- CHARACTERISTICS OF REPRESENTATIVE WOOL BREEDS
- REPRESENTATIVE MUTTON PRODUCING BREEDS
- DESCRIPTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE BREEDS
- DOMESTICATED FISH
- DOMESTICATED BIRDS
- LEADING BREEDS OF POULTRY DESCRIBED
- THE CHIEF BREEDS RAISED IN THIS COUNTRY ARE THE FOLLOWING:
- THE CHIEF BREEDS RAISED ARE THE FOLLOWING:
- THE FOLLOWING ARE MUCH PRIZED BREEDS:
- DOMESTICATED INSECTS
- HOW A BEE HOUSEHOLD IS ORGANIZED
- WHAT THE SWARMING OF BEES MEANS
- THE STRUCTURE OF HONEY-BEES
- THE BEE’S WONDERFUL MOUTH AND LEGS
- HOW THE COAT IS GATHERED FOR THE HONEY-COMBS
- WHERE THE HONEY COMES FROM
- HOW THE SILK WORM GROWS AND FEEDS
- HOW THE DELICATE SILK FILAMENT IS PRODUCED
- WINDING THE SILK FROM THE COCOONS
- SCIENTIFIC TERMS CONCERNING ANIMALS
- BOOK OF RACES AND PEOPLES
- HOW MAN DIFFERS FROM OTHER ANIMALS
- MAN AND THE HUMAN FAMILY
- MAN’S ORIGIN AND PRIMEVAL HOME
- OLDEST EXTANT REMAINS OF THE HUMAN RACE
- CHART OF MAN’S ADVANCEMENT THROUGH THE AGES:
- HOW THE RACES ARE CLASSIFIED
- PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RACE CHARACTERISTICS
- GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RACES
- DICTIONARY OF THE HISTORICAL RACE GROUPS
- COMPARATIVE CLASSIFICATION OF RACES AND PEOPLES
- CHINESE
- JAPANESE
- SIAMESE
- BURMESE
- MAORI
- SAMOAN
- JAVANESE
- SIBERIAN
- ARABIAN
- EGYPTIAN
- BERBER
- NUBIAN
- INDIAN
- ESKIMO
- SUDANESE
- ZULU
- BOOK OF RACES AND PEOPLES
- MAN AND THE HUMAN FAMILY
- HOW MAN DIFFERS FROM OTHER ANIMALS
- BRAIN-POWER THE SUPREME DIFFERENCE
- MAN AND HIS DEAD
- THE GREAT QUESTION OF MAN’S ORIGIN
- MAN’S PRIMEVAL HOME AND HIS EARLIEST KNOWN REMAINS
- PROBABLY THE FIRST MIGRATIONS OF MAN
- WHEN THE WORLD WAS FIRST PEOPLED
- EVIDENCES OF MAN’S ADVANCEMENT IN PREHISTORIC AGES
- MAN IN THE OLD STONE AGE
- MAN IN THE NEW STONE AGE
- THE AGE OF LETTERS OR PICTOGRAPHS
- HOW THE RACES ARE CLASSIFIED
- GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RACES OF MANKIND
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAUCASIAN OR WHITE DIVISION OF MANKIND
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE MONGOLIC OR YELLOW DIVISION
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEGRO, OR BLACK RACE
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE AMERICAN, OR RED DIVISION
- THE CAUCASIAN THE REAL HISTORIC RACE
- THREE DIVISIONS OF THE CAUCASIAN RACE
- THE SUPREMACY OF THE ARYANS IN HISTORY
- ARYAN CIVILIZATION BEFORE THE MIGRATION
- DICTIONARY OF THE HISTORICAL RACE GROUPS
- 8. THE PUEBLO, including the Zuñi, Hopi and Tegna.
- THE TEUTONIC RACIAL GROUP
- THE BOOK OF NATIONS
- EXTINCT NATIONS OF THE PAST
- THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPLORERS, B.C. 1400 TO 1917 A.D.
- DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT:
- THE SPELL OF EGYPT: ANCIENT AND MODERN
- THE BABYLONIAN-ASSYRIAN EMPIRES
- THE HEBREWS AND THE HOLY LAND
- THE PHŒNICIANS: FIRST NATION OF COLONIZERS
- THE MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE
- THE GREEKS: GLORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- ROME: MISTRESS OF THE WORLD
- THE SARACEN EMPIRE: ITS FANATICISM, ART AND LEARNING
- THE GERMANIC EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE
- LIVING NATIONS OF TO-DAY
- COMPARATIVE OUTLINE HISTORY OF MODERN NATIONS
- TRANSITION PERIOD FROM THE ANCIENT TO THE MODERN
- HISTORICAL CHARTS AND TABLES, MAPS AND PLANS
- The Known World about 3800 B. C.]
- THE BOOK OF NATIONS
- THE ANCIENT EXTINCT NATIONS
- HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND DISCOVERY
- WHERE THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS BEGAN
- THE REGION WEST OF THE EUPHRATES
- THE HISTORIC PLATEAU OF IRAN
- THE FAR DISTANT ORIENT
- EGYPT WAS A GIFT TO MANKIND FROM THE NILE
- THE DIVISIONS OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT
- THE MOST HISTORIC SEA IN THE WORLD
- THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPLORERS
- COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF NATIONS
- II. FROM THE AGE OF ABRAHAM TO THE RISE OF ASSYRIA, 2250-1100, B.C.
- THE SPELL OF EGYPT: ANCIENT AND MODERN
- THE BEGINNINGS OF THE OLDEST CIVILIZATION
- HOMELAND OF THE EGYPTIANS
- THE LIFE GIVING RIVER NILE
- THE NILE’S ANNUAL OVERFLOW
- THE RISE OF IRRIGATION BEGINS WITH THE NILE
- EGYPTIAN LAKES, CLIMATE AND OASES
- ANCIENT POPULATION OF EGYPT
- HOW WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF EGYPT
- THE STORY OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS
- DISCOVERY OF THE ROSETTA STONE
- PHONETIC HIEROGLYPHICS
- THE HISTORY OF EGYPT
- FIRST MONARCH OF THE OLD KINGDOM
- THE INVASION AND RULE OF THE SHEPHERD-KINGS
- GREAT EPOCH OF RAMESES II.
- IMPORTANT REIGN OF PSAMETIK FOLLOWS AN AGE OF DECAY
- EGYPT IS CONQUERED BY PERSIA
- CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND PASSES UNDER GREEK RULE
- EGYPT BECOMES A ROMAN PROVINCE
- PASSES UNDER MOHAMMEDAN RULE
- BECOMES A PAWN OF TURKEY, FRANCE AND ENGLAND
- EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND CIVILIZATION
- RELIGION OF THE EGYPTIANS
- EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE
- SCULPTURE AND PAINTING
- CITIES AND HISTORIC MONUMENTS
- BABYLONIA--ASSYRIA
- GEOGRAPHY AND PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE REGION
- EARLY DIVISIONS AND FAMOUS CITIES OF BABYLONIA
- EARLY HISTORY RIVALS THAT OF EGYPT
- GREAT PERIOD OF HAMMURABI
- II. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
- DIVISIONS AND CITIES OF ASSYRIA
- EARLY ASSYRIAN HISTORY SHOWN BY THE INSCRIPTIONS
- SECOND IMPORTANT DYNASTY ESTABLISHED
- REIGN OF SARGON THE ASSYRIAN
- ASSYRIA BEGINS PERIOD OF GREATEST SPLENDOR
- GREAT EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT
- DECLINE AND FALL OF THE EMPIRE
- III. LATER BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
- THE FAMOUS REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR
- FALL OF BABYLON UNDER BELSHAZZAR
- IV. CIVILIZATION IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- THE HEBREWS AND THE HOLY LAND--PALESTINE
- THE UNIQUE SITUATION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY LAND
- HISTORY OF THE HEBREWS OR ISRAELITES
- ISRAELITES UNDER THE EGYPTIANS
- THE EXODUS UNDER MOSES
- THEY ENTER THE LAND OF CANAAN
- PERIOD OF THE JUDGES
- THE POWERFUL PHILISTINE TRIBES
- HEBREW MONARCHY, UNDER SAUL, DAVID AND SOLOMON
- THE MAGNIFICENT REIGN OF SOLOMON
- DECLINE AND DIVISION OF THE MONARCHY
- FALL AND CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL
- FALL OF JUDAH AND BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
- RETURN OF THE HEBREWS TO JERUSALEM
- THE JEWS UNDER EZRA AND NEHEMIAH
- JUDEA BECOMES SUBJECT TO PERSIA
- STRUGGLE UNDER THE MACCABEES AND HYRCANUS
- THE CONQUEST BY ROME
- GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND
- RIVERS, LAKES AND OTHER HISTORIC WATERS
- CHIEF TOWNS AND INDUSTRIES
- REMARKABLE NATURAL ENTRANCE
- THE PHŒNICIANS
- HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF PHOENICIA
- THE GREAT CITIES OF SIDON AND TYRE
- PHOENICIAN MARINERS FOUND CARTHAGE
- VAST EXTENT OF PHOENICIAN COMMERCE
- THEIR ARTS OF CIVILIZATION INCLUDED OUR ALPHABET
- THEIR CHARACTER AND RELIGION
- THE MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE
- GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION OF MEDIA AND PERSIA
- ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE MEDES
- MEDIAN POWER FIRST ESTABLISHED BY CAYAXARES
- ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE PERSIANS
- FOUNDING OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE BY CYRUS
- THE GREAT REIGN OF DARIUS
- ATTEMPT TO INVADE EUROPE, AND WAR WITH THE GREEKS
- REIGN OF XERXES THE GREAT
- ARTAXERXES II. AND THE “RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS”
- DARIUS III. LAST OF THE PERSIAN EMPERORS
- SCIENCE AND THE ARTS IN PERSIA
- PERSIAN CITIES
- PERSIAN LIFE
- THE GREEKS: GLORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- THE LAND OF HELLAS AND THE HELLENES
- GREAT DIVISIONS OF GREECE
- THE FAMOUS GRECIAN ISLANDS
- THE EFFECT OF GREEK COLONIZATION
- HISTORY OF THE GREEKS
- THE MINOAN AGE
- THE MYCENEAN AGE
- THE SO-CALLED DORIAN INVASION
- OTHER GREEK COLONIES
- CONTRAST BETWEEN IONIANS AND DORIANS
- THE EARLY CAREER OF SPARTA
- THE FAMOUS LAWS OF LYCURGUS
- TRAINING OF THE SPARTAN CITIZEN
- EARLY HISTORY OF ATHENS. THESEUS
- IMPORTANCE OF THE OLYMPIADS IN GREEK CHRONOLOGY
- THE UNPOPULAR LAWS OF DRACO
- SOLON REFORMS THE LAWS
- SOLON’S CONSTITUTION OVERTHROWN BY PISISTRATUS
- ATHENS A PURE DEMOCRACY UNDER CLEISTHENES
- GROWTH AND IMPORTANCE OF SPARTA
- THE FAMOUS BATTLE OF MARATHON
- STAND OF THE THREE HUNDRED AT THERMOPYLAE
- GREEK VICTORY AT SALAMIS
- ATHENS UNDER CIMON
- PERICLES AND HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
- THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
- CHIEF LEADERS IN THE WAR
- SECOND PERIOD OF WAR
- THIRD AND LAST PERIOD
- DOWNFALL OF ATHENS
- RESULT OF PELOPONNESIAN WAR
- SOCRATES AND THE SHAME OF ATHENS
- SUPREMACY OF SPARTA AND THEBES
- RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND
- THE RISE OF MACEDONIA
- KING PHILIP OF MACEDON
- THE FIRST SACRED WAR
- THE GREATEST PERIOD OF GREEK ORATORY
- THE DESTRUCTION OF THEBES
- ALEXANDER’S INVASION OF PERSIA
- SYRIAN AND EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNS
- ALEXANDER’S SECOND INVASION OF PERSIA
- HIS INVASION OF NORTHERN INDIA
- ALEXANDER SETTLES IN BABYLON
- ESTABLISHMENT OF VARIOUS GREEK KINGDOMS
- LASTING INFLUENCE OF GREEK THOUGHT IN ASIA
- ALEXANDER’S SUCCESSORS
- LATER HISTORY OF MACEDONIA AND GREECE
- THE FATAL LAMIAN WAR
- HEROIC EFFORTS OF DEMETRIUS
- THE WARRIOR PYRRHUS, KING OF EPIRUS
- REPULSES AND DEATH OF PYRRHUS
- GALLIC INVASION OF GREECE
- THE CELEBRATED ACHAEAN LEAGUE
- GREECE BECOMES A ROMAN PROVINCE
- THE GREEKS UNDER FOREIGN RULE UNTIL 1832
- GREECE UNDER THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
- UNDER TURKISH RULE DOWN TO THE WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE
- ROME: MISTRESS OF THE WORLD
- IMPORTANCE OF ROMAN HISTORY
- GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- FAVORABLE SITUATION OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA
- THE MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS OF ITALY
- IMPORTANT DIVISIONS OF THE PENINSULA
- EARLY INHABITANTS OF SICILY
- THE GAULS OF NORTHERN ITALY
- HISTORY OF THE ROMANS
- THE GOOD KING NUMA
- LEGENDS OF THE LATER KINGS
- CAUSES OF STRUGGLES BETWEEN PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS
- FIRST WITHDRAWAL OF PLEBEIANS TO MONS SACER
- TRIBUNI PLEBIS
- FIRST OF THE AGRARIAN LAWS
- THE FAMOUS PUBLILIAN LAW
- FIRST GREAT CODE OF ROMAN LAW
- SECOND WITHDRAWAL OF PLEBEIANS TO MONS SACER
- MILITARY TRIBUNES WITH CONSULAR POWER
- FURTHER STRUGGLES BETWEEN PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS
- EQUALITY AND FREEDOM ACHIEVED UNDER THE TRIBUNES LICINIUS AND SEXTIUS
- TERMS OF THE LICINIAN LAWS
- FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACY
- THE CONQUEST OF ITALY
- MEANING OF THESE WARS
- WARS WITH THE SAMNITES IN SOUTHERN ITALY
- WAR WITH THE GREEK KING PYRRHUS
- NATURE OF THE ROMAN STATE UNDER THE REPUBLIC.
- SUMMARY OF ROMAN GOVERNMENT
- CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT ROMAN ROADS
- THE APPIAN WAY AND OTHER FAMOUS ROADS
- RACES OPPOSED IN THE PUNIC WARS
- CHARACTER OF THE CARTHAGINIAN STATE AND PEOPLE
- FIRST PUNIC WAR, 264-241 B. C.
- CONQUEST OF SARDINIA, CORSICA, AND CISALPINE GAUL
- THE CARTHAGINIANS UNDER HAMILCAR IN SPAIN
- HANNIBAL AND THE SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B. C.
- CAUSES OF HANNIBAL’S DEFEAT
- DEFEAT OF HANNIBAL BY SCIPIO AFRICANUS AT ZAMA
- SUBJUGATION OF MACEDON BY ROME
- ROMAN ARMS ARE CARRIED INTO ASIA
- THE FINAL FATE OF HANNIBAL
- ROMAN CONQUEST OF THE GREEK STATES
- THIRD PUNIC WAR AND DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE
- GRANDEUR OF ROME AFTER HER FOREIGN CONQUESTS
- THE ORIGIN OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
- ROME AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS GRANDEUR
- ERA OF GREAT PUBLIC WORKS
- INFLUENCE OF GREEK CULTURE ON ROME
- RISE OF NATIVE ROMAN LITERATURE
- GROWTH OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CORRUPTION
- THE NEW ROMAN CONTRASTED WITH THE OLD
- THE GRACCHI ESPOUSE THE CAUSE OF THE POOR
- MURDER OF THE TRIBUNE, TIBERIUS GRACCHUS
- THE STRUGGLES AND DEATH OF THE YOUNGER GRACCHUS
- RISE OF MARIUS AND SULLA
- BOLD DESIGN OF MITHRIDATES AGAINST ROME
- HORRIBLE MASSACRES ATTEND THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN MARIUS AND SULLA
- RISE OF POMPEY THE GREAT
- HIS MILITARY EXPLOITS IN THE EAST
- FAMOUS STRUGGLES OF THE FOUR FACTIONS
- CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE
- THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE: CAESAR, POMPEY AND CRASSUS
- DOWNFALL OF CRASSUS AND RIVALRY OF CAESAR AND POMPEY
- FINAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN CAESAR AND POMPEY
- THE CROSSING OF THE RUBICON
- CAESAR MASTER OF ITALY AND DICTATOR OF ROME
- BATTLE OF PHARSALIA AND DEATH OF POMPEY
- CAESAR, CLEOPATRA AND THE CONQUEST OF THE EAST
- CAESAR’S FINAL VICTORY AND TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO ROME
- FEELINGS OF THE ROMANS TOWARD CAESAR
- THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CAESAR AND HIS ASSASSINATION
- EFFECT OF CAESAR’S DEATH AND THE ORATION OF ANTONY
- TRIUMVIRATE OF ANTONY, OCTAVIUS AND LEPIDUS
- BATTLE OF PHILIPPI AND DIVISION OF THE ROMAN WORLD
- ANTONY’S TRAGIC ASSOCIATION WITH CLEOPATRA
- DEATH OF CLEOPATRA BY SUICIDE AND FALL OF EGYPT
- ROME IN THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD
- THE THREE CIVILIZATIONS WITHIN THE EMPIRE
- HOW ROME WAS GOVERNED UNDER THE EMPIRE
- THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- AS A CENTER OF LITERATURE
- THE BIRTH OF CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN ERA
- GREAT IMPORTANCE OF THE ROMAN DEFEAT BY THE GERMANS
- LEGIONS OF VARUS VANQUISHED BY ARMINIUS
- PERIOD OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
- CONSTANTINE MAKES BYZANTIUM THE CAPITAL
- CONSTANTINE GIVES A NEW IMPETUS TO CHRISTIANITY
- THE IGNOBLE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE
- CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROMAN SWAY TO THE WORLD
- THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES
- THE ROMAN WORLD SUCCEEDED BY THE GERMANIC
- THE HISTORIC DARK AGES
- REAL NATURE OF THIS PERIOD
- NOTABLE REIGN AND SERVICE OF JUSTINIAN
- CONQUESTS OF THE FAMOUS GENERAL BELISARIUS
- LOMBARDS CONQUER AND CONTROL ITALY UNTIL TIME OF CHARLEMAGNE
- THE EMPIRE OVERRUN BY PERSIANS AND GREEKS
- DECLINE OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE AND CONQUEST BY THE TURKS
- THE SARACEN EMPIRE: ITS FANATICISM, ART AND LEARNING
- THE “KORAN” BECAME THE BASIS OF BOTH RELIGION AND EMPIRE
- THE HEGIRA OR FLIGHT OF MOHAMMED
- HIS RELIGION SPREAD BY THE SWORD
- EMPIRE EXTENDED BY CONQUESTS OF THE CALIPHS
- SARACEN CONQUESTS IN THE EAST
- THE FURY OF CONQUEST IN THE WEST
- SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN AND SOUTHERN GAUL
- THEIR DEFEAT BY CHARLES MARTEL
- DIVISION OF SARACENIC EMPIRE
- SARACENS SUCCEEDED BY THE MOORS IN SPAIN
- SARACEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEARNING AND ART
- GERMANIC EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE
- WHAT THE DOMINIONS OF CHARLEMAGNE COMPRISED
- THE CENTRAL PLAN OF CHARLEMAGNE’S EMPIRE
- OBJECT OF HIS WARS AND HIS CHIEF FOES
- HE SUBDUES THE SAXONS AND BAVARIANS
- THE FIRST UNION OF THE GERMANS UNDER ONE HEAD
- NORTHERN ITALY UNITED TO HIS EMPIRE
- CROWNED BY THE POPE AS EMPEROR OF THE WEST
- CHARLEMAGNE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CIVILIZATION OF HIS TIME
- HIS EFFORTS FOR EDUCATION OF HIS PEOPLE
- CAPITAL AND FAVORITE RESIDENCE OF CHARLEMAGNE
- THE END OF CHARLEMAGNE’S GREAT EMPIRE
- COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF NATIONS--Continued
- LIVING NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO-DAY
- AREA AND POPULATION OF THE EARTH BY CONTINENTS
- POPULATION OF THE EARTH ACCORDING TO RACE
- PRINCIPAL LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- RELIGIOUS POPULATION OF THE WORLD BY CONTINENTS
- INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD TODAY
- THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
- EUROPEAN GULFS AND INLETS
- THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ITS ARMS
- PENINSULAS OF EUROPE
- SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS
- REMARKABLE SURFACE OF FINLAND
- LOWLANDS OF WESTERN EUROPE
- ISOLATED LOWLANDS OF EUROPE
- MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS
- THE ALPINE REGION
- FAMOUS ALPINE PASSES
- OUTLYING SPURS OF THE ALPS
- HIGHLANDS OF FRANCE
- PYRENEES AND SPANISH PENINSULA
- MOUNTAINS OF ITALY AND THE BALKANS
- MASS OF THE CAUCASUS
- SCANDINAVIAN MOUNTAIN GROUPS
- SURFACE OF EUROPEAN ISLANDS
- CHAIN OF THE URAL
- RIVERS OF EUROPE
- THE UPPER RHINE AND ITS SOURCE
- LAKE CONSTANCE AND THE FALLS OF SCHAFFHAUSEN
- THE MIDDLE RHINE FROM BASEL TO COLOGNE
- THE FAMOUS STRETCH FROM BINGEN TO BONN
- Hahnentor in Cöln
- Rolandseck
- STOLZENFELS.
- Ehrenbreitstein
- RHEINSTEIN
- Bingen
- THE LOWER RHINE FROM COLOGNE TO THE SEA
- THE RHINE IN EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY
- GENERAL COURSE OF THE GERMAN DANUBE
- THE AUSTRIAN DANUBE, FAMED IN HISTORY AND SONG
- FROM VIENNA TO THE IRON GATE
- ITS JOURNEY THROUGH THE BALKAN COUNTRIES
- ITS CHIEF TOWNS AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE
- ITS PART IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
- THE NATIONS OF EUROPE--THE GREAT POWERS
- GREAT BRITAIN
- COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS
- EDUCATIONAL, HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CENTERS
- ENGLISH HISTORY
- IMPORTANT FACTS CONCERNING THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- TABLE OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND
- FRANCE
- Prepared as a tomb for Napoleon by Louis Philippe.]
- This is the finest building of its class in the world.]
- HISTORY
- COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES
- SOVEREIGNS AND PRESIDENTS OF FRANCE
- THE MEROVINGIANS
- THE CARLOVINGIANS
- HOUSE OF CAPET
- HOUSE OF VALOIS
- HOUSE OF BOURBON
- THE FIRST REPUBLIC
- THE CONSULATE
- THE EMPIRE
- RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS
- HOUSE OF ORLEANS
- THE SECOND REPUBLIC, 1848
- THE SECOND EMPIRE
- THE THIRD REPUBLIC
- GERMAN EMPIRE.
- Cathedral
- Royal Palace
- National Monument
- CITIES OF PRUSSIA
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- KINGDOM OF ITALY
- HISTORY OF ITALY
- AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
- HISTORY OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
- SOVEREIGNS OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
- THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
- HISTORY OF RUSSIA
- SOVEREIGNS OF RUSSIA
- HOUSE OF RURIK
- HOUSE OF ROMANOFF--MALE LINE
- HOUSE OF ROMANOFF--FEMALE LINE
- HOUSE OF ROMANOFF-HOLSTEIN
- SECONDARY POWERS OF EUROPE
- =Bucharest= (_Bucuresci_), the “Paris of
- THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA
- THE UNITED STATES
- THE CHARLES RIVER EMBANKMENT]
- COPLEY-PLAZA HOTEL]
- STATE HOUSE
- BOSTON COMMON
- TREMONT STREET]
- 2. Harvester Building
- 3. Congress Hotel
- 4. Auditorium Hotel
- 5. Fine Arts Building
- 6. Chicago Club
- 7. McCormick Building
- 8. Stratford Hotel
- 10. Orchestra Hall
- 11. Pullman Building
- 12. Gas Building
- 13. Lake View Building
- 14. Illinois Athletic Club
- 15. Monroe Building
- 16. University Club
- 17. Ward Building
- VIEWED FROM THE WEST SHORE OF LAKE MICHI
- No. 1 Broadway, to the left, is the Wash
- 1. THE CAPITOL
- 2. MEMORIAL TO LINCOLN
- 3. THE WHITE HOUSE, (SOUTH FRONT)
- 4. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS]
- I. PERIOD OF AUTHENTIC DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, FROM 1492 TO 1607
- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
- CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES OF THE WAR OF 1812-1815
- THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-1848
- Causes of the War
- Results of the War
- THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
- THE CABINET THE MINISTRY
- THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
- LEADING COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA
- LEADING COUNTRIES OF ASIA
- THE GREAT FOREIGN WARS OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Siege of Troy.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Siege of Mount Ithome.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Eira.=
- LEADER: (1) =Cleisthenes of Sicyon.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Siege of Crisa.=
- LEADER: (1) =Mardonius.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Three hundred ships lost by storm off Mt. Athos.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Naxos=, =Eretria=; (2) Marathon (490 B. C.)
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) Athens laid waste; (2) =Platæa=, =Mycale.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Battle of the Allia.= =Sack of Rome.=
- LEADERS: (1) =Philip of Macedon.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: =Chæronea.=
- LEADERS: (1) =Marcus Valerius Corvus=, =P. Decius Mus.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Sentinum.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Granicus=, =Issus=, =Siege of Tyre=, =Arbela.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Cynoscephalæ=, =Pydna.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Siege of Alesia.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Actium.=
- LEADER: (1) =Titus, son of Emperor Vespasian.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Siege of Jerusalem.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Turin.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Hastings.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Nicæa=, =Antioch=, =Jerusalem.=
- LEADERS: (1) =Conrad III. of Germany=, =Louis VII. of France.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Acre.=
- LEADERS: (1) =Dandolo, Doge of Venice=, =Baldwin of Flanders.=
- LEADER: (1) =Frederick II.=
- CHIEF ACTION: (1) =Mühlberg.=
- In America: (1) =Louisburg=, =Fort Duquesne=, =Quebec.=
- In India: (1) =Plassey=, =Wandewash.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Aspern,=, =Wagram.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Invasion of Jutland=, =Storming of Düppel.=
- CHIEF ACTIONS: (1) =Kirk Kilisseh=, =Lule Burgas=, =Monastir.=
- CHRONOLOGY OF GREAT EVENTS:
- GREAT AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BATTLES.
- BOOK OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- HOW TO SPEAK CORRECT ENGLISH
- HOW TO WRITE CORRECT ENGLISH
- ABBREVIATIONS, CONTRACTIONS AND DEGREES
- FORMS OF WRITTEN ENGLISH
- LETTER WRITING AND CORRESPONDENCE
- DICTIONARY OF CLASSIC WORDS AND PHRASES
- WORDS AND PHRASES FROM MODERN LANGUAGES
- DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS
- ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
- CHARTS OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS
- DICTIONARY OF LITERARY ALLUSIONS
- PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY
- CHART OF GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHS
- BOOK OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- HOW TO SPEAK CORRECT ENGLISH
- TABLE OF CONSONANTS
- ACCENT OF WORDS
- RULES OF PRONUNCIATION
- COMMON ERRORS IN PRONUNCIATION
- 10. Do not sound _wh_ like _w_; as _wen_ for _when_, _wat_ for _what_.
- EXPRESSION
- INFLECTION OF THE VOICE
- WRITTEN ENGLISH.
- RULES RELATING TO STYLE
- GOOD STYLE POOR STYLE
- 1. _Obsolete_ words, words gone out of use.
- 2. _Provincialisms_, words peculiar to some locality.
- 3. _Colloquialisms_, words peculiar to familiar conversation.
- 4. _Solecisms_, ungrammatical expressions.
- Examples of lack of unity:--
- RIGHT AND WRONG USE OF WORDS IN SPEAKING AND WRITING
- Anybody can do what they like. (wrong.)
- Everybody will have to make up their minds. (wrong.)
- Everybody has their faults. (wrong.)
- If anybody calls, let them wait. (wrong.)
- I _only_ wrote to him yesterday. (I did not telephone.)
- I wrote _only_ to him to-day. (I wrote to no one else.)
- I wrote to him _only_ to-day. (No longer ago than to-day.)
- I wrote him to-day _only_. (I had not written before.)
- This car for members _only_. (For none but members.)
- This is a criticism _of John_. (Some one else wrote it about John.)
- This is an opinion _of John_. (Some one else uttered it.)
- This is the birthplace of the President. (Not President’s.)
- This is the private office of the Secretary. (Not Secretary’s.)
- He is a friend _of the Bank’s_. (One of several friends.)
- He is an enemy _of mine_. (One or more possessed by me.)
- He is a brother _of mine_. (One or more possessed by me.)
- He is a friend _of hers_. (One or more possessed by her.)
- I cannot endure that rasping voice _of Bridget’s_. (One voice.)
- I gave the money to the driver, _who_ will give it to his employer.
- I brought her a book, from the library, _which_ she enjoyed very much.
- I do not want you to repeat _what_ I have told you.
- I will go means I am determined to go.
- USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS
- ABBREVIATIONS, CONTRACTIONS AND DEGREES
- PUNCTUATION
- Examples:--Cæsar spoke as follows: (His speech to follow.)
- My dear Friend: (A letter following.)
- MISCELLANEOUS MARKS
- Needle-gun invented...................1856
- RHETORICAL FIGURES OF SPEECH
- Example:--
- Example:--
- Examples:--
- Examples:--
- Example:--
- Examples:--
- Examples:--
- I came, I saw, I conquered.
- Examples:--
- Example from _Cataract of Lodore_:--
- Examples:--
- FORMS OF WRITTEN ENGLISH
- I. PROSE
- II. POETRY
- LETTER WRITING, OR CORRESPONDENCE.
- 3. Be _brief_ and to the point; business men have no time to waste.
- Invitation:--
- OFFICIAL AND TITLED SALUTATIONS
- OFFICIAL TITLES
- Conclusion: _I have the honor to remain your most obedient servant._
- Salutation of a social letter: _My dear Mr. President._
- Inscription on envelope: _President Woodrow Wilson._
- Salutation of a social letter: _My Dear Mr. Marshall._
- Inscription on envelope: _The Vice-President, Thomas R. Marshall._
- Inscription on envelope: _Mr. Justice Edward D. White._
- Salutation of a social letter: _My Dear Senator Lewis._
- Salutation of a social letter: _My dear Mr. Clark._
- Inscription on envelope: _Hon. Champ Clark._
- Inscription on envelope: _Honorable Robert Lansing, Secretary of State._
- TO THE GOVERNOR OF A STATE, an official letter begins: _Sir._
- Conclusion: _I have the honor, Sir, to remain your obedient servant._
- Inscription on envelope: _Governor_ [or _Hon._] _Samuel W. McCall._
- CLERICAL TITLES
- THE POPE--_His Holiness Pope Benedict XV._
- Conclusion: _I have the honor to remain your humble servant._
- Inscription on envelope: _His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons._
- Salutation of a social letter: _My dear Lord Archbishop._
- Conclusion: _I have the honor to remain, my dear Lord Archbishop._
- TO AN ANGLICAN BISHOP, an official letter begins: _My Lord._
- Salutation of a social letter: _My Dear Lord Bishop._
- Inscription on envelope: _To the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford._
- ENGLISH TITLES OF ROYALTY, NOBILITY AND OFFICE
- THE ROYAL FAMILY
- THE KING--
- 1. Sir; Most Gracious Sovereign; May it please your Majesty.
- 2. To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.
- THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, BRETHERN AND SISTERS OF SOVEREIGNS--
- 1. Sir, or Madam, May it please your Royal Highness.
- 2. To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
- OTHER BRANCHES OF THE ROYAL FAMILY--
- 1. Sir, or Madam, May it please your Highness.
- THE NOBILITY
- A DUKE, OR DUCHESS--
- 1. My Lord, or My Lady, May it please your Grace.
- A MARQUIS, OR MARCHIONESS--
- 2. To the Most Noble the Marquis, or Marchioness, of Westminster.
- A VISCOUNT OR VISCOUNTESS--
- 2. To the Right Honorable Viscount, or Viscountess, Lifford.
- OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE
- A MEMBER OF HIS MAJESTY’S MOST HONORABLE PRIVY COUNCIL--
- AMBASSADORS AND GOVERNORS--
- 1. Sir, or My Lord, as the case may be; May it please your Excellency.
- 2. To his Excellency the French (or other) Ambassador.
- JUDGES--
- 1. My Lord, May it please your Lordship.
- 2. To the Right Honorable ----, Lord Chief Justice of England.
- 1. My Lord, May it please your Lordship.
- THE PARLIAMENT
- HOUSE OF PEERS--
- 1. My Lords, May it please your Lordships.
- HOUSE OF COMMONS--
- 1. May it please your Honorable House.
- THE SPEAKER OF DITTO--
- 1. Sir, or Mr. Speaker.
- A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS NOT ENNOBLED--
- 1. Sir.
- 2. To Thomas Hughes, Esq., M.P.
- NARRATION
- Outline scheme of biography:--
- 1. When was he born?
- 2. Where was he born?
- 3. Who were his parents?
- 4. Where was he educated?
- 5. Whom did he marry?
- 6. What was his profession?
- 7. What great work did he do?
- 8. When and where did he die?
- 9. Where was he buried?
- 1. It should begin attractively and as directly as possible.
- 2. It must move, and not simply “mark time.”
- 3. It may be made effective by dramatic situations and turning points.
- 5. It should discriminate in the number and the importance of details.
- 6. It may make effective use of suspense and suggestion.
- 8. It should have an effective ending.
- Report of exact words of the speaker:--
- How the newspaper report appeared:--
- EXPOSITION
- 2. Set out the reason for, or the truth of, the proposition.
- 5. Give direct examples or instances to corroborate the truth.
- 6. Quote the testimony of standard authors.
- 7. Conclude by summing up, with pertinent observations.
- 1. In every good description a point of view should be established.
- 2. The description should be governed by the point of view.
- POETRY AND POETICS
- POETICS
- WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
- KEY TO PRONUNCIATION
- FOREIGN SOUNDS
- PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF CLASSIC WORDS AND PHRASES
- KEY TO PRONUNCIATION
- LITERATURE
- VAST RANGE OF LITERATURE
- WHY WE STUDY LITERATURE
- HOW IT HAS CREATED NEW WORLDS AND PEOPLES
- HOW LITERATURE HELPS US INTERPRET LIFE
- LITERATURE IS THE BRAIN OF HUMANITY
- BOOKS AS LIBERAL EDUCATORS
- ENGLISH LITERATURE
- THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD, 449-1066
- THE NORMAN-FRENCH PERIOD, 1066-1400
- THE ELIZABETHAN AND PURITAN PERIODS, 1559-1660
- PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION TO THE RISE OF THE NOVEL, 1660-1740
- RISE OF THE NOVEL AND PERIOD OF ROMANTICISM, 1740-1837
- THE VICTORIAN PERIOD TO THE PRESENT, 1837- ----
- SUMMARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
- AMERICAN LITERATURE
- THE COLONIAL PERIOD, 1620-1775
- FIRST NATIONAL PERIOD, 1775-1865
- SECOND NATIONAL PERIOD, 1865- ----
- PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF LITERARY ALLUSIONS
- KEY TO THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS
- =Esprit des Lois= [_es-prē´ dâ lwa_ (or,
- =Nepenthe.=--A care-dispelling drug, whi
- GODS, HEROES AND MYTHICAL WONDER TALES
- THE IMPORTANCE OF MYTHOLOGY IN EDUCATION
- HOW THE MYTHS ORIGINATED
- HOW THE GODS RESEMBLE MORTALS
- HOW AND WHERE THE GODS LIVED
- RELATIONSHIP AND DOMINION OF THE GODS
- A PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY
- KEY TO PRONUNCIATION
- =Mars= (_märz_); called by the Greeks Ar
- BOOK OF THE SCIENCES AND INVENTION
- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCES
- OUTLINES OF SCIENCE FOR SCHOOLS
- COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAW
- PHYSICS: ITS PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
- CHEMISTRY: ITS THEORY AND USES
- THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON THINGS
- REVISED TABLE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
- GREAT INVENTIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
- RELATION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO SCIENCE
- BOOK OF SCIENCE AND INVENTION
- APPLIED ARITHMETIC, WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS
- COMMON FRACTIONS
- SIMPLE FRACTIONS
- LEARNING THE FRACTION 1/2 WITH DISKS
- Now I will write these--
- LEARNING THE FRACTION 1/3 AND OTHERS WITH DISKS
- EQUAL FRACTIONS IN DIFFERENT FORMS
- Begin with his knowledge of smaller fractions as
- PRINCIPLES OF FRACTIONS
- REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS
- WORK: 4) 8/12 (2/3 _Ans._ 2/3
- WORK: 7) 35/56 (5/8 _Ans._ 5/8
- WORK: 18 × 4 = 72
- WORK:
- ADDITION OF FRACTIONS
- EXAMPLE 1: Find the value of
- WORK:
- SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONS
- MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS
- EXAMPLE 1:
- DIVISION OF FRACTIONS
- EXAMPLE 1:
- EXAMPLE 2:
- DECIMAL FRACTIONS
- ADDITION IN DECIMALS
- EXAMPLE: 27.295 + .0287 + 591.68 + 9.1846.
- SUBTRACTION IN DECIMALS
- MULTIPLICATION IN DECIMALS
- DIVISION OF DECIMALS
- WORK:
- CIRCULATING DECIMALS
- SHORT METHODS IN MERCHANDISING
- TABLE OF ALIQUOT PARTS OF 100
- PROBLEMS IN GRAIN, STOCK, COTTON, COAL, HAY, LUMBER, ETC.
- 13 × .31 = 4.03 + .11 = 4.14, _Ans._
- DENOMINATE NUMBERS
- RULES FOR ADDITION OF DENOMINATE NUMBERS
- WORK:
- SUBTRACTION OF DENOMINATE QUANTITIES
- WORK:
- MULTIPLICATION OF DENOMINATE QUANTITIES
- WORK:
- DIVISION OF DENOMINATE QUANTITIES
- WORK
- REDUCTION ASCENDING
- REDUCTION DESCENDING
- LONG OR LINEAR MEASURE
- TABLE OF LONG MEASURE
- SURVEYORS’ LINEAR MEASURE
- MEASURES OF LENGTH
- SURFACE MEASURES
- Table of Square Measure
- PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SQUARE MEASURE
- PAPERING
- SOLUTION:
- Distance around the room = 80 feet
- CARPETING
- SOLUTION:
- 16 ÷ 2-1/4 = 7-1/9. Hence, I must buy 8 strips.
- 24 ÷ 3 = 8, which is the number of yards in a strip.
- 8 × 8 yards = 64 yards.
- 64 yards will cost 64 × 85c, or $54.40.
- LAND MEASURE
- 80 × 62-1/2 = 5000 square rods; 5000 ÷ 160 = 31-1/4 acres.
- Table showing one side of a Square Tract or Lot containing
- TABLE OF SURVEYORS’ SQUARE MEASURE
- TEXAS LAND MEASURE
- 1 vara = 33-1/3 inches
- THE MEASURE OF SOLIDS, OR CUBIC MEASURE
- This is usually abbreviated into
- The student should remember that
- TABLE OF CUBIC MEASURE
- PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CUBIC MEASURE
- Therefore the interior volume
- Therefore, volume of iron in the tank
- WORK:
- The work may be indicated in this way as well:--
- WORK:
- MEASURES OF CAPACITY
- COMMON LIQUID MEASURE TABLE
- TABLE OF APOTHECARIES’ LIQUID MEASURE
- TABLE OF DRY MEASURE
- OPERATION:
- MEASURES OF WEIGHT
- AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT
- TROY WEIGHT
- TABLE
- APOTHECARIES’ WEIGHT
- MEDICAL SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- COMPARISON OF WEIGHTS
- TABLE
- CIRCULAR MEASURES
- TABLE OF CIRCULAR MEASURE
- LONGITUDE AND TIME
- MEASURES OF TIME
- TABLE OF THE DIVISIONS OF TIME
- WHY WE HAVE LEAP YEAR
- STANDARD TIME
- THE CALENDAR
- PERPETUAL CALENDAR
- 3. Add day of month.
- WHERE THE DAY BEGINS
- HOW THE MONTHS GOT THEIR NAMES
- HOW THE DAYS GOT THEIR NAMES
- MEASURES OF VALUE
- UNITED STATES MONEY
- NAMES OF UNITED STATES COINS
- WEIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES COINS
- And the Amounts for Which They are Legal Tender
- GOLD
- SILVER
- MINOR COINS
- NOTATION OF UNITED STATES MONEY
- ENGLISH OR STERLING MONEY
- Table of Sterling Money
- The coins of Great Britain in general use are:--
- SOLUTION:
- The value is 5 × $4.8665, or $24.33
- FRENCH MONEY
- TABLE
- EXAMPLE: When in France, I bought goods as follows:--
- 3 books at 2 francs,
- 2 pictures at 4 francs.
- WORK:
- 20 francs = 20 × 19.3 cents, or $3.86
- GERMAN MONEY
- TABLE
- 100 pfennigs = 1 mark
- 1. The unit is the _mark_. Its value is $.2385 in United States money.
- PHILIPPINES WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
- PAPER MEASURE
- NUMBER TABLE
- PERCENTAGE AND ITS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
- TABLE OF ADDITIONAL VALUES
- Here are a few others that should be learned:--
- A DECIMAL AS PER CENT
- EXAMPLES:
- 1. _Change the fraction to a decimal._
- 2. _Express the decimal as hundredths._
- 3. _The result is the per cent desired._
- EXAMPLES:
- TERMS USED IN PERCENTAGE
- RULE.--_Multiply the base by the rate per cent expressed decimally._
- RULE.--_Divide the percentage by 1% of the base_
- PROFIT AND LOSS
- WORK:
- 75 cents - 60 cents = 15 cents.
- 15 cents ÷ 60 cents = .25, or 25%.
- SOLUTION:
- COMMISSION
- PRINCIPLES:
- 2. _The proceeds equal the selling price minus the commission._
- 3. _The amount equals the selling price plus the commission._
- WORK AND EXPLANATION:
- Cost to me of 1 acre is $3 + .09 = $3.09
- WORK AND EXPLANATION:
- TRADE DISCOUNT
- FIRST WAY:
- 20% of $100 =$20
- SECOND WAY:
- 80% of $100 = $80
- FIRST BILL:
- 100% - 25% = 75%, or 3/4
- SECOND BILL:
- 90% of 85% = 76.5%
- PROMISSORY NOTES
- LEGAL RULES THAT APPLY TO NOTES
- BANK DISCOUNT
- REMEMBER:
- 1. _To allow three days of grace, if the debt discounted is a note._
- The following rule can be deduced from the foregoing solution:--
- If $1.23-1/3 = amount of $1, then $3.42 is the amount of
- INTEREST
- COMMON INTEREST METHODS
- EXAMPLE:
- WORK:
- 1 year 3 months = 1-1/4 year
- THE 60-DAY INTEREST METHOD
- WORK:
- EXPLANATION:
- METHODS OF RECKONING TIME
- BEST METHOD
- ANOTHER METHOD
- WORK:
- TABLE OF TIME, IN DAYS
- COMPOUND INTEREST
- SOLUTION:
- EXCHANGE
- 1. By Check.
- 2. By Post-office Order
- 3. By Express Order
- 4. By Bill of Exchange
- 5. By Telegraph
- TABLE OF COMMERCIAL LAW IN THE STATES
- PRINCIPLES OF EXCHANGE
- 125 × 4.8665 = 608.31. _Ans._ $608.31.
- 7500 × .238 = $1785, _Ans._
- 750 ÷ .268 = 2798-1/2 crowns, _Ans._
- 4635 × .772 = $3578.32, _Ans._
- 85 × 73/15 = 413.67. _Ans._ $413.67.
- STOCKS AND BONDS
- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STOCKS AND BONDS
- APPLICATION OF PERCENTAGE TO STOCKS
- 1. To find the value of stocks, when above or below par.
- RULE.--_Multiply the price per share, by the number of shares._
- WORK AND EXPLANATION:
- 3. To find which is the more profitable investment.
- TAXES AND TAXATION
- 16 mills (on the dollar);
- TAX TABLE
- Rule.--_Multiply the assessed value of the property by the tax rate._
- The national government needs this money to pay:--
- 1. Interest on the public debt.
- 3. To pay pensions.
- 4. To improve the rivers and harbors.
- WORK AND EXPLANATION:
- 4 dozen bottles = 48 bottles.
- The total cost is
- SQUARE ROOT AND CUBE ROOT
- 7 × 7 is the _second power_, or the _square_ of 7.
- 7 × 7 × 7 is the _third power_, or the _cube_ of 7.
- 12 = 1 ten + 2 units.
- Then, 12² = 10² + 2(10 × 2) + 2²
- SOLUTION:
- 4 is contained in 5 about 1 time.
- That is, the cube of any number made up of tens and units equals--
- WORK:
- CHEMISTRY
- IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY
- THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
- The diameters of molecules have been ascertained by Jeans to be--
- The reaction is as follows:--
- CHEMISTRY OF THINGS FAMILIAR
- Starch is manufactured as follows:--
- COMMON NAMES OF CHEMICALS
- HOW TO READ A GAS METER
- SOME GREAT MECHANICAL INVENTIONS
- STEAM ENGINES
- LOCOMOTIVES
- AËROPLANES
- THE MODERN AIRSHIP
- THE SUBMARINE
- ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
- ELECTRICITY
- MAGNETISM
- GALVANISM
- ELECTRO-MAGNETISM
- THE MORSE DIRECT INKING PRINTER
- THE MORSE SOUNDER]
- THE MORSE TELEGRAPH CODE FOR LETTERS AND FIGURES
- THE MARVEL OF X-RAYS
- BOOK OF THE HUMAN BODY
- WHAT THE HUMAN BODY IS
- ITS DIVISIONS AND SYSTEMS
- GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE BODY
- FRAMEWORK: BONES, MUSCLES AND CELLS
- THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND ORGANS
- THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: NERVES, BRAIN, SPINAL CORD
- CHARTS, TABLES AND SPECIAL FEATURES
- PRINCIPAL BONES OF THE BODY
- PRINCIPAL MUSCLES OF THE BODY
- BOOK OF THE HUMAN BODY
- SYSTEMS AND ORGANS OF THE BODY
- LOWER JAW: 1, 2, incisors; 3, canine; 4, 5, premolars; 6, 7, 8, molars.]
- THE FIVE GATEWAYS OF KNOWLEDGE
- THE EAR: THE MARVELOUS ORGAN OF HEARING
- DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTERNAL EAR
- DESCRIPTION OF THE MIDDLE EAR
- WHAT THE MIDDLE EAR CONTAINS
- THE TWO IMPORTANT TUBES OF THE MIDDLE EAR
- EXPLANATION OF THE INTERNAL EAR
- THE EYE AND ITS WONDERFUL STRUCTURE
- THE EYELIDS AND EYE-LASHES
- WHAT MAKES THE TEARS FLOW
- HOW THE EYE IS HELD IN PLACE
- HOW THE EYE IS CONSTRUCTED
- HOW THE LIGHT IS REGULATED
- WHAT DETERMINES THE COLOR OF THE EYE
- WHY AND HOW WE SEE
- EFFECT OF AGE UPON THE LENS
- WHAT HOLDS AND SURROUNDS THE LENS
- THE COATS OF THE EYE
- THE WORK OF THE RETINA
- THE RODS AND CONES
- HOW THE SENSE OF SIGHT IS PRODUCED
- THE NOSE: ORGAN OF SMELL
- THE TONGUE: THE ORGAN OF TASTE
- THE HAND: CHIEF ORGAN OF TOUCH
- BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY
- I. CLASSIFIED BIOGRAPHICAL CHART BY CENTURIES:
- THE WORLD’S LEADERS TO-DAY
- III. MISCELLANEOUS TABLES AND CHARTS
- BOOK OF THE CHILD WORLD
- PHYSICAL LIFE OF CHILDREN: WORK AND PLAY
- THE CHILD, THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL
- SIMPLE LESSONS: WORDS, READING, WRITING, NUMBERS, ETC.
- MANHOOD, WOMANHOOD, PARENTHOOD
- THE CHILD WORLD
- THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN DURING SCHOOL LIFE
- WHEN THE CHILD FIRST GOES TO SCHOOL
- D^R SUNLIGHT
- D^R FRESH-AIR
- D^R WALK
- D^R PLAY
- D^R REST
- D^R OPEN-WINDOW
- D^R WORK
- D^R SLEEP
- D^R STAND-UP
- D^R BREATHE-THROUGH-THE-NOSE
- D^R BATHE
- D^R MASTICATE]
- IMPORTANT CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE CHILD’S LESSONS
- THE PROPER TIME FOR WORK
- NECESSITY OF ABUNDANT FOOD
- EFFECT OF THE SEASONS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- THE PERIOD OF PUBERTY AND ITS SPECIAL PROBLEMS
- CONDITIONS OF BONES AND MUSCLES AT THE PERIOD OF PUBERTY
- GENEROUS HOURS OF SLEEP SHOULD BE ALLOWED
- PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT SLEEPLESSNESS
- MENTAL QUIETUDE AND GOOD VENTILATION
- BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE BATH
- HOW TO TEACH A CHILD TO READ AT HOME
- Aa Ee Ii Ll Pp Ss Ww
- Dd Hh Kk Oo Rr Vv Zz
- THE HORSE STOPS
- THE FISH SWIMS
- THE BOY HOPS
- THE BIRD SKIMS
- THE RAIN FALLS
- THE BABE CRIES
- THE MAN HAULS
- THE BEE FLIES
- BALLOONS RISE
- ACORNS DROP
- THE WOMAN BUYS
- AIRGUNS POP
- THE CART IS DRAWN
- THE HOOP IS ROLLED
- THE SHEEP IS SHORN
- THE LAWN IS ROLLED
- THE DOG IS LED
- THE PIG IS DRIVEN
- THE LION IS FED
- THE PRIZE IS GIVEN
- THE FIRE BURNS
- THE WATER FLOWS
- THE BOAT TURNS
- THE TRAIN GOES]
- MILK
- BUTTER
- CHEESE
- BEEF
- LEATHER
- KNIFE-HANDLES
- COMBS
- BUTTONS
- SOAP
- JELLY
- GLUE
- CHAIR-COVERS
- HAIR FOR STUFFING SOFAS
- PLUMES
- CATGUT
- SOCKS
- MUTTON
- WOOLLEN GOODS
- RUGS
- BOOK COVERS
- CARPETS
- MILK
- PERSIAN SHAWLS
- WIGS
- SHOE-LACES
- GLOVES
- KNIFE-HANDLES
- BOOK COVERS
- WATER SKINS
- PORK
- BACON
- LEATHER GOODS
- BRISTLES
- LARD
- BLADDERS
- GLYCERINE
- EGGS
- FLESH
- FEATHERS FOR BEDS AND PILLOWS
- FEATHERS FOR HATS
- KNIFE-HANDLES
- GLOVES
- HAIR FOR STUFFING SADDLES
- VENISON]
- A YOUNG DEER IS CALLED A FAWN
- A YOUNG HORSE IS CALLED A COLT
- A YOUNG COW IS CALLED A CALF
- A YOUNG SWAN IS A CYGNET
- A YOUNG EAGLE IS AN EAGLET
- A YOUNG HEN IS A CHICKEN
- A YOUNG DUCK IS A DUCKLING
- A YOUNG GOOSE IS A GOSLING
- A YOUNG FROG IS A TADPOLE
- A YOUNG HARE IS A LEVERET
- A YOUNG OWL IS AN OWLET
- A YOUNG FOX IS A CUB
- A YOUNG GOAT IS A KID
- A YOUNG SHEEP IS A LAMB
- A YOUNG TROUT IS AN ALEVIN
- A YOUNG SALMON IS A GRILSE
- A YOUNG DOG IS A PUPPY
- A YOUNG CAT IS A KITTEN
- THE STORY OF THE SPIDER AND THE BUTTERFLY
- LADY GRAY AND THE NUTS
- CUNNING NANCY AND HER KITTENS
- THE GOOD LITTLE STARS
- THE PANIC IN THE FOREST
- THE JOURNEY FROM THE CLOUDS TO THE SEA
- THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
- THE STORY OF PETER PAN
- COUNTING AND NUMBERS
- COUNTING
- MONEY TAUGHT AS NUMBERS
- SIMPLE TABLE OF MONEY
- 10 cents make 1 dime.
- 2 five-cent pieces make 1 dime.
- 100 cents make 1 dollar.
- COMBINATIONS OF NUMBERS
- 1. Add 1 to every number up to 10; later to 20.
- 2. Subtract 1 from every number up to 10; later to 20.
- 3. Add:
- 4. Add:
- 5. Subtract:
- 6. Teach the parts of 10.
- 7. In adding 9 to numbers have the child think of 9 as 10,
- 8. Teach the corresponding subtractions.
- 9. Add 8 to each number up to 10.
- 10. Teach the corresponding subtractions.
- 11. Add 7, 6, and 5 to each number up to 10.
- 12. Teach the corresponding subtractions.
- 13. Review and give combinations not taught above.
- PRIMARY IDEAS OF DIVISION
- The following suggestions may be useful:--
- DIVISION BY MEASUREMENT
- EXAMPLE:
- We place the blocks so, 4 in each part:--
- DIVISION BY PARTITION
- We place the blocks so, as we know there are 4 parts:--
- Now we will put one in each part until the 12 blocks are gone:--
- NUMBERS IN MULTIPLICATION
- 3 × 4 means 3 4’s.
- I count my blocks by fours--I take 1 four, another, another.
- I find that 3 4’s are 12.
- PRIMARY MEASURES FOR CHILDREN
- MEASURES OF LENGTH
- 1. Cut a strip of paper 12 inches long and 1 inch wide.
- 2. Mark the inches on it.
- 3. How many inches long is it?
- 4. What do you call a measure 12 inches long?
- 6. Measure it with a ruler. Did you guess nearly right? Try again.
- 7. Measure this page. How long is it? How wide?
- 8. Draw a line on the ground 1 yard long.
- 9. 1/2 of a foot is how many inches?
- 10. 1 yard is how many inches? What is measured by the yard?
- 11. Ask your mother how many yards of cloth she needs for a dress.
- 12. What is measured by the foot?
- 13. How tall are you?
- TELLING THE TIME
- THE DAY
- 1. Name the days of the week and the months of the year.
- 2. What day of the week does Christmas fall on this year?
- 3. Is 22 days longer than 3 weeks?
- 4. Is 5 weeks longer than a month? How much?
- 5. How many days in 3 weeks?
- 6. On what day of the week will your next birthday be, etc.
- DAYS OF THE WEEK
- MONTHS OF THE YEAR
- THE CALENDAR
- FORM AND COLOR
- FORM
- COLOR
- COLOR STORY
- STORIES
- INDEX
- Xerxes the Great 370
- SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX
- Krypton 886
- Uranium 890
- General Notes
- Specific Notes
- Changes and corrections made