A the Middle Ages they are constantly found mixed up with Roman numerals (thus xxx2 for 32, x4 for 14), and it was not until the commencement of the 16th century that their use became really general. 17. KRODON.-Addison's 'Papers on the Imagination,' 3d. (W. and R. Chambers). We do not know of any annotated edition of Swift's Battle of the Books.' His whole works can be obtained in the Bohn Series, and also, we believe, from Messrs. Chatto and Windus. 18. WAMBA.-A thorough knowledge of Parts I. and II. will be sufficient, but, of course, if you have time it would not be labour lost to try the more advanced sections of Part IV. 19. ENTRE-NOUS.-In the sentence He is as strong as you, although he looks like death,' as is an adverb qualifying strong; strong, an adjective qual. He: as, a conjunction connecting 'He is as strong' to 'you (are strong);' although, a subordinative conjunctive, connecting 'he looks like death' to the preceding sentence; like, adj. qual. he; death is governed by the prep. 'to' understood. In the sentence 'Tom also says so,' also is an adverb quali fying says. So is a pronoun, object. case governed by says, and equivalent to the same thing. Many people would, however, class this last word as an adverb. 23. MAESTRO.-The expression She looks nice' is quite correct, and, unlike many colloquialisms, can be'defended on grammatical grounds. The verb looks is one of incomplete predication, and as it is intransitive, the complement of the predicate stands in the predicative relation to the subject; that is, to apply the case to the sentence in question, the word nice is predicated or asserted of the subject she, and not of the verb looks, and consequently the adjective nice is used, and not the adverb nicely. (See Mason's 'Gram.,' paragraph 393.) 21. AP MERLIN.-Get Johnston's Guide to the Civil Service,' price 3s. 6d. (Longmans). Candidates, of course, do not take in all the subjects specified in your list, but only the obligatory ones and such of the voluntary as they deem themselves proficient in. It is of no use, whatever, 'taking up' subjects of which you have but a smattering. The marks obtained for a subject do not count at all unless they rise above a certain per centage of full marks. We shall be happy to advise you on the books required, when you have selected your subjects. The papers in Cassell's Popular Educator' are excellent. 27. NOTNAPS.-'She is not so good a scholar as he is.' So-Adv. of man. mod. the adj. 'good.' As-Conj., Copulative, joining the sentences she is not so good a scholar,' and 'he is a good scholar.' 28. W. R.—(1) The surface will be level. (2) The pressures depend on the area of the surface and the depth. (3) The pressure is proportional to the depth. (4) If a sliding-scale were attached to the gauge, the variations in pressure could be noticed. 29. CARRIE.-Send for copy of terms to the Secretary, Wesleyan Training College, Horseferry Road, Westminster, S.W. The terms vary from time to time. WELL B HALF THE DONER LITTLE LEARNER A Monthly Educational Magazine. Specially adapted for use in the First three Standards of THE ANGLER AND THE LITTLE FISH. ONE day an ang-ler caught a lit- | tle fish with his line and hook. He was glad to catch this fish, for he had wait-ed a long time. If, therefore, water has not been used, so much the better for the ultimate result. It is astonishing how the evil consequences of burns diminish when these rules have been observed. If water is at hand, of VOL. II. may be covered up with flour, and loose bandages should be applied to keep it on the burn. Linseed oil and lime water is sometimes applied, but they are inferior to cotton wadding and carbolised oil. 2 I please! I am such a wee, wee fish. am not half-grown. Put me back in-to the stream. I shall soon grow to be a big fish. Do let me swim in the brook, and come and catch me a-gain. In a few weeks I shall be fit to be cooked. I should then fill a large dish. Please, sir, let me go this time.' When the lit-tle fish had made his long speech, the ang-ler said, 'Catch me a-gain! is that what you say? No! no! my wee friend. It is true you are small, but three like you will serve today for my din-ner. If I let you swim a-way this time you will take care not to come here a-gain. I have you now, and I shall gobble you up.' THE LI-ON AND THE MOUSE. A GREAT li-on was fast a-sleep one day when a ti-ny mouse ran over his face and woke him up. The li-on was very ang-ry with the little mouse, and lift-ed his great paw to kill him. But poor little mou-sie cried out and said, 'Oh, please, Mr. Li-on, do not eat me up; if you will pit-y me I will be kind to you some day.' So the li-on laughed loud and let him go. He laughed to think that such a tin-y mouse could ev-er help him. Not very long after this, the li-on was caught and held fast with a very strong rope. As he could not move he be-gan to to roar. The lit-tle mouse heard the roar of his friend a long way off, and came in great haste to see what was the mat-ter, or why he made such a dread-ful noise. 'Oh, I see,' said the mouse; 'I will soon let you out.' At once he be-gan to nib-ble at the rope, and he nib-bled and nib-bled un-til the thick rope was eat-en quite through. The great li-on then rose up and thanked the lit-tle mouse. You laughed when I told you that I might help you some day,' said little mou-sie. "You were kind to me; I am glad to show you that e-ven a ti-ny mouse can be of some use to a great li-on.' THE BEAR AND THE TRAV-EL-LERS. Two men were walk-ing in the for-est one fine day, and talk-ing in a loud voice as they went a-long. Just as they came un-der 24. COOPE.-ABC is a triangle with a right angle at C, CB s 30 ft. long and BAC is 20°. If CB is produced to a point P, such that PAC is 55°, calculate the length of CP. (Science and Art, 1882.) son has been appointed lecturer at South Kensington in the new Department of Agricultural Chemistry, and that the practical instruction will be in charge of Mr. Chapman-Jones. a very large tree a bear came out on the path-way. One of the men quick-ly climbed the tree and hid him-self in the branch-es. The other trav-el-ler was left a-lone, for he could not jump well, nor could he run ve-ry fast. So he fell down on the ground and seemed as if he was dead. When the bear came up to him he smelt him all o-ver, from his feet to his head. The man kept 3 his breath, and the bear soon THE MIL-LER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS. A MIL-LER said to his son one day, 'Fetch the don-key from the field; we will drive him to the town and sell him.' The lad soon brought the ass to his fa-ther, and they both start-ed for the town, driv-ing the don-key be-fore If, therefore, water has not been used, so much the better for the ultimate result. It is astonishing how the evil consequences of burns diminish when these rules have been observed. If water is at hand, of VOL. II. may be covered up with flour, and loose bandages should be applied to keep it on the burn. Linseed oil and lime water is sometimes applied, but they are inferior to cotton wadding and carbolised oil. 2 I ride!' The mil-ler then said to his son, Get up, my lad, I will walk a-long by your side.' Furth-er on the road they pass-ed some old men. "There' said one of them, 'look at that i-dle young fel-low, ri-ding at ease whilst his poor old fa-ther has to walk. I was just tel-ling you that lit-tle re-spect is shown to grey hairs.' 'Get down at once, you la-zy lad, and let your old fa-ther ride. He must be tired e-nough.' The mil-ler then told his son to get off; and, to please the old men, he rode the ass him-self. When they had gone a lit-tle way fur-ther a num-ber of wo-men and chil-dren cried out to-geth-er: 'What a shame! what a shame! How can you ride and make that lad walk such a day as this?' So, to please these wo-men, the goodna-tured mil-ler took up his son be-hind him. As they came near the town a man stopped them, and said to the mil-ler, Pray, is that ass your own?' 'Yes,' said the old man. 'Well, I 6 should not have thought so,' said the other, by the load he has to car-ry. I am sure you two are bet-ter a-ble to car-ry the ass than the ass is to car-ry you.'' 'We will try to please you,' said the mil-ler, as he got down with his son. So they first put a pole be-tween the legs of the ass. They then lift-ed the pole on their shoulders and tried to car-ry the don-key o-ver the bridge they had to cross. The peo-ple came out in crowds to laugh at such a sight as this. The ass did not much like to be carried in this strange way. So, when he heard the shouts and laugh-ter of the crowds, he began to kick. The pole broke, and down fell the ass in-to the riv-er be-low! "Ah!' said the mil-ler, as he went with his son, I have been very fool-ish in what I have done. I have tried to please all, and yet I pleased none. See what it has cost me! my don-key is gone!' THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LI-ON. AN ass and a fox a-greed to hunt to-geth-er in the for-ests, and to help each oth-er in time of danger. They soon met a li-on, and they were both much a-fraid. But the fox thought he would save his own life, so he said to the li-on, ' If you will pro-mise not to hurt me I will man-age to con-trive for you to catch the ass.' Ve-ry well,' said the li-on, 'you shall not be hurt if I can se-cure the 6 24. COOPE.-ABC is a triangle with a right angle at C, CB s 30 ft. long and BAC is 20°. If CB is produced to a point P, such that PAC is 55°, calculate the length of CP. (Science and Art, 1882.) sington in the new Department of Agricultural Chemistry, and that the practical instruction will be in charge of Mr. Chapman-Jones. |