run through Prussia? the most eastern? Liegnitz?

What course do they run? Which is Which the most western? Where is What other important towns in Prussia? Hall, Potsdam, Halberstadt and Erfurt. Where is the island of

Rugen? What town situated on it?

B.

EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA.

How is Austria bounded? What is the capital, and how situated?

Q. What does Austria comprise ?

A. About one-third of Germany, one-seventh of Italy, together with the whole of Hungary, Galicia, and Dalmatia.

What town on the Danube next east of Vienna ? What two towns are situated opposite each other on the Danube? Which is on the west? Of what division of Austria, are Buda and Pesth the capital? Hungary. These two towns are united by bridges, and constitute really but one city. What two rivers empty into the Danube from the west? Which forms part of the boundary between Austria and Turkey? What large river flows into the Danube from the north? What is the general course of the Danube through Austria? In what part are the Carpathian Mountains? What large town north-east of them? L. What town on the Theisse famous for its wine? T. Where is Brunn? What town north-east of it noted for the imprisonment of Lafayette? Where is Prague? Of what division is Prague the capital? Where is Gratz? In what direction from Gratz is Laybach? Zara? Of what division is Zara the capital? Dalmatia. Where is Inspruck? Trieste ? Ragusa ? Cracow? For what is Cracow noted? For a mound raised in memory of Kosciusko. It is formed chiefly of earth taken from every battle-field in Poland. In what part of Austria is Hungary? S. E. Where is Presburg? Hermanstadt? What direction is it from Hermanstadt to Laybach ?

KINGDOM OF BAVARIA.

In what part of Germany is Bavaria? What is the capital, and how situated? M.

Q. What does this kingdom comprise ?

A. Two distinct territories, situated about 40 miles apart, with Wirtemberg and Baden intervening.

For what is Munich, the capital, noted? For its literary institutions, and museum of antiquities. How is Nuremberg situated? For what noted? Watches and globes were invented here. It is distinguished also for its toys. Name a few other important towns? Augsburg, Ratisbon, Wurzburg and Bamberg.

KINGDOM OF HANOVER.

In What part is Hanover? What is the capital, and how situated? Hanover, on the Leine, a branch of the Weser. How is Gottingen situated? For what noted? Its university. Where is Emden? Name a few other important towns? Lunenburg, Hildesheim, and Osnaburg. What mountains in Hanover? Hartz. What mining town in the Hartz Mountains? Klausthal.

KINGDOM OF SAXONY.

In what part of Germany is Saxony? What is the capital, and how situated? D. For what noted? For its public buildings, libraries, and galleries of paintings. It is called the German Florence. How is Leipsic situated? For what noted? For its university and its great fairs, at which immense quantities of books are sold. It is the centre of commerce, not only for Saxony, but for all Germany. Where is Freiberg ? Name other towns in Saxony? Chemnitz, and Meissen.

KINGDOM OF WIRTEMBERG, OR WURTEMBURG.

In what part of Germany is Wirtemberg? What is the capital, and how situated For what noted? It contains the

royal library, numbering 200,000 volumes. How is Ulm situated? For what noted? Its cathedral. What other important towns in this kingdom? Reutlingen, Tublingen, Ludwigsburg, and Halle. For what is Halle noted? For its salt works.

SMALLER GERMAN STATES.

1. In what part is Baden? What is the capital, and how situated? C. In what part is Manheim? Freyburg?

2. Name the three Hesssian States? Cassel, Darmstadt, and Homburg. The capitals are the same names with the states.

3. Name the four Saxon Duchies? Weimar-Eisenach, CoburgGotha, Meiningen-Hilburghausen, and Altenburg. How are they situated? Between Prussia and Bavaria, the Kingdom of Saxony and the Hessian States.

4. What two Grand Duchies does Mecklenburg comprise? Schwerin and Strelitz.

5. How is Oldenburg situated? It is almost surrounded by the eastern and western portions of Hanover. What is the capital, and how situated? Oldenburg, on the Hunte.

6. Of what does the Duchy of Brunswick consist? Of five distinct portions, surrounded by the territories of Prussia and Hanover. What is the capital, and how situated? Brunswick, on the Ocker. What other town in Brunswick, and for what noted? Wolfenbuttel; it contains one of the most valuable libraries in Europe.

7. How is the Duchy of Nassau situated? On the Rhine and the Mayne. What is the capital, and for what noted? Wisbaden, noted for its warm springs.

8. Name the three Duchies of Anhalt? Dessau, Brenburg and Cothen. How are they situated? They form two separate portions, entirely enclosed by Prussia and Brunswick. What are the capitals? Of the same names with the states.

9. Name the two Principalities of Schwartzburg? Rudolstadt and Sondershausen. Their capitals are of the same names.

10. Name the two Principalities of Reuss? Greitz and Schleitz, or Lobenstein. What are the capitals? Greitz and Lobenstein. What is the chief town? Gera.

11. Name the two Principalities of Lippe? Detmold and Schauenburg. How are they situated? One on the north, and the other on the south side of the river Weser, about ten miles apart. What are the capitals? Buckeburg and Detmold.

12. Name the two Principalities of Hohenzollern? Hechingen and Sigmaringen. How are they situated? In the southern part of Wirtemberg. Capitals are of the same names. Το whom do they belong? Pr.

13. What does Waldeck comprise? Two detached sections, about thirty miles apart. What is the capital? Arolsen. What is the largest town, and for what noted? Pyrmont, noted for its mineral waters.

14. How is Lichtenstein, the smallest of the German principalities, situated? On the upper part of the Rhine, between Austria and Switzerland. What is the capital? Vadutz.

15. To whom do the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg belong? Denmark.

16. To whom do the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Duchy of Limberg belong? Part to Belgium and part to Holland. What are the capitals? Luxemburg and Maestricht.

17. Name the four Free cities of Germany? Hamburg, Lubec, Bremen and Frankfort. How is Hamburg situated? Lubec? On the Trave. Bremen? Frankfort? On the Mayne. Where does the Germanic Diet, or Congress, meet? F. Of whom is it composed? German princes. Who is always president of the Diet? The Emperor of Austria.

REVIEW OF THE MAP OF EUROPE.

1. Where are the following towns?

Cordova? Manheim? Astracan? Buda? Orleans? Cracow ? Tokay? Frankfort? (2.) Seville? Wilna? Warsaw? Kiev? Lyons? Smolensk? Tortosa? Strasburg? Rome? Tornea? Cherson? Paris? Cologne ? Saragossa? London? Dresden ? Ulm? Rouen? Riga? Nantes? Liverpool? Thorn? Gratz? Liege? L'Orient? Braga? Uleaborg? Valencia? Geneva? Amsterdam? Belfast? Coimbra? Navarino? Memel? Sophia? Elsineur? Lubec? Stuttgard? Sheffield? Malaga ? Dijon? Oporto ? Palermo? Padua? Moscow ? Colberg ? Abo? Salamanca? Nice? Calais? Aberdeen? Cork?

2. Where are the following rivers, what course do they run, and where do they empty?

Vistula? Douro? Seine? Dniester? Po? Ebro? Drave? Tagus? Bug? Bog? Ems? Minho? Garonne? Save? Tiber? Oka? R. Tornea? Shannon? Guadia..a? Dwina? Pruth? Loire? Volga? Glomma? Thames? Kama? Oder? Guadalquiver? Niemen? Dahl, or Dal? Don? Rhone? Danube? Duna? Elbe? Ural? Theisse? Rhine? Onega? Weser? Mayne? G. Dnieper? Gironde ? Petchora? Donetz?

Mezene?

3. Where are the following lakes?

Ilmen? Wenner? Peipus, or Tchoudsko?

Constance?

Wetter? Enara? Onega? Ladoga? Malar? Sw. Geneva?

4. Where are the following mountains?

Dofrafield, or Scandinavian? Carpathian? Ural? Cantabrian ? Caucasus? Balkan? Appenines? Pyrenees? Alps? Montserrat? Sierra Morena? Sierra Nevada? Mount Etna? Mount Hecla? Mount Vesuvius? Cevennes ?

5. Where are the following straits and channels?