DIALOGUE XI. 
NATURAL HISTORY DIVIDED INTO KING- 
DOMS. EACH KINGDOM DIVIDED INTO 
CLASSES, AND SUBDIVIDED INTO OR- 
DERS, GENERA, AND SPECIES. 
Lucy, Mamma, you said yesterday, 
that all animals are arranged in classes ; 
will you explain this to me ? 
Mother. With pleasure, my love. All 
nature has been divided, by scientific 
men, into what they call Mngdoms ; 
thus — the animal kingdom; the vegeta- 
ble kingdom ; and the mineral or fossil 
kingdom. Each of these kingdoms is 
arranged in distinct classes, which pre- 
vents much confusion, and affords great 
assistance to the learner. The vegetable 
and mineral kingdoms, with their classes 
and sul)divisions, you will have great 
pleasure in learning hereafter, when you 
