41. Among the Alps mountains, or near them, not less than 426 lakes are nestled, many of them much celebrated for their great beauty. 42. The Lachine Rapids, in the St. Lawrence, the Rapids and Falls in the Niagara, and the Rapids of St. Mary's River. 43. By passing down the St. Lawrence River, through the Gulf of St. Lawrence, into the Atlantic Ocean, southerly, through the Florida Straits, into the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Mississippi. The lake route: By passing up the St. Lawrence, and around the Lachine Rapids by way of the canal; into and up Lake Ontario; around Niagara Falls by way of the Welland Canal to Lake Erie; up Lake Erie, and Detroit River; across Lake St. Clair, up St. Clair River, and Lake Huron; through the Straits of Mackinaw into Lake Michigan, and on to Chicago; thence through the Michigan Ship Canal to the Desplaines, a branch of the Illinois River, which flows into the Mississippi, and down the Mississippi to near its mouth. 44. A Lake of Pitch, one and a half miles around. Near the shores it is commonly hard enough to sustain men and animals, but it grows soft and warm as the center is approached, where it is in a boiling state. 52. Cattegat, 53. Corea, 54. Cook's, 55. Davis, Indian O. with Indian O. Separates. Banks I. from Melville I. Skager Rack Ch. w. Baltic S. Denmark from Sweden. Yellow S. with Japan S. Baffin Bay with Atlantic O. Japan from Corea. Name. 63. Magellan, 64. Messina, 65. Malacca, 66. Molucca, 67. Macassar, 68. Otranto, 69. Ormus, 70. Pentland, 71. Palk, 72. Skager Rack, 73. Sunda, 74. The Narrows, 75. The Minch, 76. The Sound, 77. Torres, Connects. Atlantic O. w. Pacific O. Mediter. S. w. Mediter. S. Bay of Bengal w. China S. Indian O. with Indian O. Java Sea w. Celebes Sea. Adriatic S. w. Mediter. S. Persian G. w. Arabian S. North Sea w. Atlantic O. Indian O. w. B. of Bengal. Cattegat Ch. w. North S. Indian O. with Java Sea. New York Bay w. Atl. O. Atlantic O. w. Atlantic O. Cattegat Ch. w. Baltic Sea. Indian O. with Indian O. Separates. Terra-del-Fuega I. f. S A. Sicily I. from Italy. Malay Pen. fr. Sumatra. Celebes I. from Celebes I. Java I. from Sumatra. Turkey from Italy. Arabia from Persia. Orkney I. from Scotland. Ceylon from India. Denmark from Norway. Java Island f. Sumatra. Staten Island fr. Long Isl. Hebrides Isl. fr. Scotland. Denmark from Sweden. New Guinea f. Australia. SOCIAL HOURS LANGUAGE AND EUROPEAN LITERATURE. GIVE IT UP HOME GUITURE TEST EXERCISES. 1. What is Philology? 2. How many languages are there in the world? 3. Which languages are ordinarily spoken of as classical? 4. What is a Dialect? 5. What is Literature? 6. What is the origin of Literature? 7. Of what does ancient literature chiefly consist? 8. What are the best specimens of ancient Hebrew literature? 9. What is the Talmud? 10. What are the languages in which the Bible was originally written? 11. What was the Septuagint ? 12. What is meant by the Vulgate ? 13. When was the King James' authorized version of the Bible executed? 14. When was the New Revision published? 15. What is the Vedas? 16. Who was Confucius? 17. What is the Koran? 18. What is known as the "Golden Age" of literature? 19. What is meant by the "liberty of the press?" 20. Who were the "Seven Wise Men of Greece" noted for their sagacity as philosophers? What are the distinguishing characteristics of the following leaders of 40. What was the most brilliant period of Roman literature? What may be said of the following distinguished leaders of Roman literature 53. How long did Latin continue to be the language of Literature after the dissolution of the Roman Empire? 54. Who were the Fathers of the Church? 55. Who was Thomas à Kempis? 56. When was the period in which Arabic literature and learning flourished? 57. What was the origin of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments? 58. Who were the Saints? 59. What were Patron Saints? 60. When did Italian literature commence ? 61. Who was Dante? 62. Who was Galileo? 63. Who was Galvani ? 64. Who was Quevedo ? 65. Who was Camoens ? 66. When did French literature commence ? What may be said of the following distinguished leaders of French literature 67. John Calvin, 68. Montaigne, 71. Fontenelle, 75. Guizot, 76. Thiers, 69. Francis de Sales, 70. Lafontaine, 72. Voltaire, 73. Jean Jacques Rousseau, 77. De Tocqueville, 74. Baroness de Staël- 78. Victor Hugo? Holstein, 79. When did the classical German literature begin? What can you say of the following noted writers and philosophers of Germany 80. Nicholas Copernicus, 81. Kepler, 82. Lavater, 83. Goethe, 86. Karl Wilhelm Humboldt, 89. Baron Liebig, 84. Klopstock, 87. Alexander Humboldt, 85. Schiller, 88. Niebuhr, 91. Franz Joseph Gall? 92. What noted names are found in modern German literature? 93. What is the language of the Netherlands? 94. Who was Karamsin ? 95. Who was Pushkin ? 96. What is the literature of the Magyars? 97. Who was Oehlenschläger? |