INDEX TO CONTENTS. 



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ALGEBRA. LESSONS IN: 

 A'Mnii.u nf rowers Sub- 

 ii.in.if Powers Multi- 

 ;:.iu <i( Powers . . 28 



i 1'owers Roots 

 !,,. -, .,i 'Hoots . . 60 

 Kvtiliitii.ii . - .107 



.ui.l Kadicul Quantities 

 Reduction, Addit . 

 nn. i Sul. traction of Radical 

 Qin.iititi. -i .... 155 

 Mul!:].ii.- iti.'ii of Radical 

 gnuiititi.s . . . . 20 

 IM .t UiulimlQuoHtities 278 

 Imnlutiou (if iKudical Quou- 



. 279 

 Kv.ilutiou of Radical Quau- 



1'7H 



u-tiou of Equations by 

 Involution and Evolu- 



. -7i>, :!U, 



Adfected Quadratic Equa- 

 tions . . . . 355, 407 

 ,* The Key to the Exercises in any 

 Lesson in Algebra will be found 

 at the end of the next Lesson, 

 or next but one. 



ASTRONOMY, LESSONS IN: 



The Solar System Compa- 

 vo Sizes and Distances 

 The Suu Vulcan . . 1 



The Planets (continued) 

 Mercury Venus The 

 Earth 68 



The Moon : its Motions . 132 



Mars The Miiior Planets 

 Jupiter . . . .193 



Jupiter (continued) Saturn 

 Uranus Neptune . . 257 



Comets Their Orbits Re- 

 markable Ones Physical 

 Constitution List of 

 Known Comets . . . 295 



Shooting Stars Meteorites 

 Eclipses Their Theory 

 Solar Eclipses Baily"s 

 Beads Red Flames . . 359 



The Spectroscope Exami- 

 nation of Red Flames by it 

 Lunar Eclipses-^Occul- 

 tations Astronomical In- 

 struments Telescopes 

 Transit Instrument . . 396 



BOTANY, LESSONS IN : 

 CXXII. Lichens . . 33, 97 

 CXXIII. Fungi 161, 239, 287, 367 



CHEMISTRY, LESSONS IN: 

 Aldehydes Ketones Acids 38 

 Bases and Essential Oils . 108 

 Destructive Distillation 

 Dyes Vegetable Colour- 

 ing Matters . . . 164 

 Spectrum Analysis Con- 

 clusion .... 223 



CIVIL SERVICE PAPERS : 

 The Indian Civil Service . 29 

 Forest Department . . 30 

 Telegraph Deportment . 30 

 Indian Civil Engineering 



College . . . .101 

 Colonial Appointments . 1"J 

 Additional Regulations . 10.2 

 Conclusion . . . .102 



COMMERCE, NATURAL HIS- 

 TORY OF : 



VIII. The British Empire : 

 British Colonies and Pos- 

 sessions . . . .17 



IX. Foreign Produce: Eu- 

 rope ... 49, 81, 113 



X Asia : Climate, Soil, Raw 

 Produce .... 145 



XI. The New World : North, 

 Central, and South Ame- 

 rica .... 177, 209 



COMMERCE, NATURAL HIS- 

 Muod): 



Ml Nature and M*n M 



>tof Change . . 241 



COMMERCE, TERMS USED IN : 

 Abandonment Bank Credit 319 



i 



u-DockWeightNote 358 

 ur Joint Adventure . 404 



EDUCATION, THE THEORY 



AND PRACTICE OF : 

 Introduction . . .20 



Fa.-ultk'M of the Mind . 85 



What to Teach . . 148 



Eminent Teachers, Practical 



and Theoretical . 220 



How to Teach . . 284 



Duties and Qualifications of 

 Teachers Conclusion . 348 



ELECTRICITY : 



Heating Effects of the Elec- 

 tric Spark How to Fire 

 Gunpowder, etc. Insulut - 

 ing Stool Mechanical 

 Effects How to Pierce 

 Glass, etc 15 



Thunder House Electrical 

 Attraction Epiuus' Con- 

 ilt- user Condensing Elec- 

 troscope .... 40 



Atmospheric Electricity 

 Franklin's Kite Experi- 

 ment Crosse's Apparatus 

 Lightning Conductors . 74 



ENGLISH, LESSONS IN: 

 Number (continued) . 14 

 Case . . . 14,70 

 Adjectives . . 70, 138 

 Numeral Adjectives . 133 

 Simple Pronouns . . 139 

 Compound Pronouns . 194 

 Adjective Pronouns . 195 

 Prepositions . . . 195 

 The Verb : General Prin- 

 ciples 259 



The Verb : Tense, Mood, 



and Conjugation . . 323 

 Variations of Verbs in Past 



Form 32i 



The Verbs Have, Do, Will, 

 Shall, May, Can, Ought, 

 Must 390 



ENGLISH LITERATURE : 



The Elizabethan Period : 

 Prose 45 



The Elizabethan Period: 

 The Drama . . .110 



The Elizabethan Age: Shake- 

 speare 201 



Shakespeare (continued) . 269 



The Elizabethan Period : 

 The Dramatists Ben 

 Jonson Beaumont and 

 Fletcher . . . .293 



The Elizabethan Period : 

 The Dramatists (continiid) 

 Mossinger, Ford, Web- 

 ster, and others . . . 325 



The Civil War and the Com- 

 monwealth: Prose . . 364 



FRENCH, CORRESPONDENCE 



IN: 



Letters 35-38 . 103 



39-43 . 150 



44-47 . 244 



48-52 

 5369 

 English Charter Party . 

 French Charter Party . 



English " Bottomry Bond " 383 

 French " Central a la 

 Grosse" . ... 383 



PAOE 



IN (continued) , 



K'nu-li-li M:irHiiii.' A.iHintn. . H : 



. " I'ulioe d'AjNunnoe 

 Maritime " . . .384 



FRENCH, LESSONS IN : 

 {$66. Negative Form of the 



Reflective Verb . 3 



(9. Interrogative Form of 



:flective Verb . 3 

 60. The Reflective Y 

 Conjugated Nega- 

 tively and Interroga- 

 tively .... 3 

 Cl. Paradigm of Imper- 



sonal Verbs . . 3 



62. Formation of the 



Tenses ... 4 



63. Table of the Regular 



Terminations of the 

 Four Conjugations . 42 



64. Alphabetical Table of 



the Irregular, Defec- 

 tive, Peculiar, and 

 Impersonal Verbs K, 7!i, 

 90,1-1', 112, 170 



65. The Participle . . 210 



66. The Participle Present 211 



67. The Participle Past . 211 



68. The Adverb . . .211 



69. Formation of Adverbs 



from Adjectives . 211 



70. Degreesof Signification 



in Adverbs ending in 

 ment . . . .211 



71. Adverbs expressing 



Comparison . . 212 



72. The Preposition . . 212 



73. The Conjunction . . 250 



74. The Interjection . . 250 



75. Syntax . . . .250 



76. The Noun : Place of 



Nouns . . 250, 271 



77. The Article: Use of 



the Article . . 272 



78. Use of the Article 



before Words taken 

 in a Partitive Sense . 272 



79. Repetition of the 



Article . . .310 



80. MiscellaueousRemorks 



on the Use of the 

 A.rticle . . 311, 335 



81. Idioms in which the 



Article is omitted . 336 



82. The Adjective . . 336 



83. Remarks on Peculiari- 



ties of several Ad- 

 jectives . . .336 



84. Place of Qualifying 



Adjective . . . 366 



85. Complement of Adjec- 



tives . . .367,388 



86. List of Adjectives re- 



quiring Preposition de 388 



87. List of Adjectives re- 



quiring Preposition d 388 



88. Adjectives requiring 



different Preposition 

 in French and Eng- 

 lish, not included in 

 the above list . . 389 



89. Important Rules on the 



Construction of Ad- 

 jectives with different 

 Prepositions . . 389 



90. Determinative Adjec- 



tivesDemonstrative 

 Adjectives . . 389 



91. Agreement, Repeti- 



tion, and Place of the 

 Possessive Adjective 389 



92. Remarks on the Pos- 



sessive Adjectives . 389 



93. Numeral Adjectives . 389 



94. Indefinite Adjectives . 405 



95. The Pronoun Place 



of Personal Pronouns 

 used as Subjects of 

 Verbs . . . .406 



FRENCH 

 Iftt. Repetition and Omis- 

 sion of the Pronoun 

 Subject . . .409 

 97. Place of Personal Pro- 

 nouns used as Object* 

 of Verbs . . .407 



GEOGRAPHY, LESSOHS IN: 

 Oceania and iu Divisions 

 Malaysia - Micronesia 

 Polyueni* . ... 35- 

 Australasia . . . . 

 Map - nfriff Mercator's 



Projection . . . .176 

 Construction of a Globe 

 Projection of a Small Pan 

 of the arth's Surface- 

 Conclusion . . . 231 



MAPS AVI) PBO/XCTIOVS : 

 Oceania East, with Sand- 

 wich Inland* . . .36 

 Central Oceania . . 87 

 Diagram of Mercator's 



Projection . . .176 

 Projection of Globe . . 232 

 Projection of Map of Scot- 

 land 23S 



GEOLOGY, LESSONS IN: 

 Devonian or Old Red Sand- 

 stone System ... 7 

 The Carboniferous System . 71 

 The Upper C"al Measures . 135 



Coal lfl 



Toe Permian System . . 267 

 The Triassic Group . 268, 828- 

 The Jurassic Formation- 

 Lias 392 



ILLUSTRATIONS : 

 A Coal Forest . . .317 

 Ideal Flora and Fauna of 



the Triassic Period . S2S 

 Ideal Flora and Fauna of 



the Permian Period . 339 

 Ideal Flora and Fauna of 



the Liossic Period . . 393 



GEOMETRICAL PERSPEC- 

 TIVE : 



Shadows cast upon Inclined 

 Planes ..... 



Shadows of Curvilinear 

 Objects .... 87 



Shadows caused by Artificial " 

 Lights Conclusion . . 152 



GERMAN, LESSONS IN : 



30. The New Declension . 34 



31. Rule for Adjectives . 34 



32. Mixed Declension . 34 



33. Rule for Adjectives . 34 



34. Further Observations 



on Adjectives . . 34 



35. Comparison of Adjec- 



tives . . . . 86 



36. Euphonic Changes . 86 



37. Declension of Compa- 



ratives and Superla- 

 tives .... 86 



38. Observations . . 87 



39. Irregular and Defec- 



tive Forms . . 131 



40. Observations . . 131 

 -11. Adjectives compared 



by means of Adverbs . 131 



42. Observations . . 131 



43. The Numerals . . 131 



44. The Cardinal Numbers 131 



45. Ordinal Numbers . 18U 



46. Distributive Numerals 188 



47. Multiplicative Nume- 



rals . . . .186 



48. Variative Numerals . 187 

 4J>. Dimidiativo Numerals 187 



50. Iterative Numerals . 187 



51. Distinctives . . 187 



52. Partitives or Frac- 



tionate . . 1^7 

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