SPECIMEN PAGE. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Standard IV., 48 pp., cloth, price 5d. 9. Mercia founded, 626. The country to the west of East Anglia and Deira was known by the name of the March or Boundary, and included all the central part of the island. This district was conquered by Anglian chiefs and was made into an independent state by Penda, 626. 10. Saxon Heptarchy. This name has been given to the seven kingdoms-Kent, Sussex, Wessex, Essex, East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia. At no time did exactly seven independent kingdoms exist. At first, before Bernicia and Deira were united into Northumbria, there were eight kingdoms, and at various times there were several smaller kingdoms with independent rights. These seven principal kingdoms were constantly at war with each other, and were eventually reduced to three-Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex, till the latter finally triumphed over all. II. The Bretwaldas. This name was given to various kings of the Saxon Heptarchy whose influence and sway was most widely extended. The most important of these Bretwaldas were 3 Bretwalda.-Correct form Brytenvrealda, from A.S. breotan, to disperse, waldan, to rule, hence one whose rule is widely extended. As regards matter, arrangement, illustrations, and handy and serviceable get-up, they are all that could be desired.-Educational News. A capital specimen of a text book of history for junior classes. It is carefully adapted to the youthful comprehension.-Aberdeen Journal. GEOGRAPHY. ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY. By W. G. BAKER, Associate of King's College, Lecturer at Cheltenham PART I. FOR STANDARD II. With highly instructive Illustrations. Paper, PART II. FOR STANDARD III. Paper, 4d.; cloth, 5d. PART III. FOR STANDARD IV. in the press. STANDARDS V. and VI. in preparation. Mr. Baker has shown his mastery of the difficulties inherent to the teaching of small children in a science which is only just beginning to assume its proper position in schools. The pictures and diagrams are all to the point, and not too complex. . . . If the | succeeding numbers exhibit the same amount of care PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE, ADAPTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, and intended for use in public schools. Illustrated. Cloth limp, price 6d. The author has great opportunities of observing the kind of books on such a subject that would be really useful to the children attending our common schools; and, by avoiding what he considers to be the imperfections of existing text-books, he hopes he has succeeded in supplying what teachers naturally value very highly, "a suitable text-book." Each of the three divisions into which the book is divided consists of two sections. The first section of each may suffice for "a pass," especially in the case of children whose attendances at school are few; but the best teachers will hardly be satisfied until their pupils have mastered both sections. The divisions correspond with the successive stages of the subject in the Scotch Code, to meet the requirements of which the book has been written. But it will also be found equally well adapted to meet the requirements of the English Code. The author is evidently a man of scientific mind and broad culture, with no common knowledge of what is required for young students. We can cordially recommend the little work as one of the best yet issued for schools, designed not only to secure a pass," but to accomplish what should be the chief object of teaching science, namely, the fostering in the young of a scientific habit of thought.-Inverness Courier. The author evidently understands his subject. 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