THE

SENIOR READER.

11. THE LAND WE LIVE IN.

III-HOME AND COUNTRY SCENES, &c.

IV. THE AGE WE LIVE IN.

V.-ROUND THE WORLD.

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EUROPE. Divided into Squares of 1000 English Miles. (Just Out.)
PALESTINE. Divided into Squares of Ten Miles.

THE BRITISH ISLANDS in relation to the Continent of Europe.
Divided into Squares of 100 Miles.

ENGLAND. Divided into Squares of 100 Miles.

EASTERN HEMISPHERE. With Circles at intervals of 1000 English
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Preface.

THIS Volume forms the Third of "The Progressive Reading

Books" in Nelson's School Series.

Teachers will find it

better adapted for the purposes of instruction, and at the same time more attractive to young people, than most of the Reading Books in common use.

The pieces have been selected chiefly from the best writers of the present day, and possess a freshness and interest hitherto wanting in similar Works.

A companion volume, designed for Advanced Classes, is in preparation. In it will be completed the Series of Lessons begun in the present volume under the title of "Round the World." Each, however, is complete in itself, and may be used separately.

August, 1862.

These Maps form part of a LARGE NEW ATLAS OF THE WORLD in preparation by T. Nelson and Sons, and in regard to which the following among many other testimonies have already been received by the Publishers:

From the REV. CANON MOSELY.

"I have seen enough of these Maps to feel assured that you have introduced a great improvement in Map making for popular and educational purposes. The plan of squares of hundreds and thousands of miles cannot but commend itself to general approval, for the facilities which it affords of estimating at sight the distances of places from one another, and the superficial measurement of different portions of the carth's surface."

From SIR JOHN HERSCHEL.

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