_Anne._ Thank you, mamma; but I hope you will tell me a little more of the earth. _Mrs. Harley._ Willingly, my dear. You have read that after the flood, the world was peopled by Noah's children: Shem and his descendants spread over Asia, Ham over Africa, and Japhet over Europe. It is uncertain who were the original inhabitants of America. Europe, though the smallest of the four parts of the world, is much the most populous; and here the arts and sciences are brought to the greatest perfection: it is divided into different countries, of which the following are the principal, though many of them, have undergone great changes during the last few years. ON THE NORTH. _Countries._ _Capitals._ 1 Norway Bergen 2 Sweden Stockholm 3 Denmark Copenhagen 4 Russia St. Petersburgh IN THE MIDDLE. British {England London Dominions 1 {Scotland Edinburgh {Ireland Dublin 2 France Paris 3 Swisserland Bern 4 Netherlands Brussels 5 United Provinces Amsterdam 6 Germany Vienna 7 Bohemia Prague 8 Hungary Presburgh 9 Poland Cracow 10 Prussia Koningsburgh Note. Berlin, in Germany, was the capital of the king of Prussia's Dominions. IN THE SOUTH. 1 Spain Madrid 2 Portugal Lisbon 3 Italy Rome 4 Turkey Constantinople The most considerable Islands of Europe are Great Britain and Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean, Iceland in the Northern Ocean, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Majorca, Minorca, Candia, all in the Mediterranean sea, and the Islands in the Archipelago. It is now so late my dear, that I must finish my account of Europe to-morrow; good bye, and try to remember what I have already told you. _CHAPTER VI._ TUESDAY. _Anne._ You see me earlier than usual this morning, dear mamma; but as I know all the geography you desired me to learn quite perfectly, I hope you will give me leave to read another story. _Mrs. Harley._ Certainly, my dear: but remember to read very distinctly; make proper pauses; fall your voice at a period, and begin the next sentence in rather a higher tone; aspirate the _H_, excepting in such words as _hour_, _honour_, _heiress_, and a few others where it is silent: and above all, avoid a monotonous manner of reading, for nothing can be more unpleasant to those who are listening to you, than to hear a tale, however interesting in itself, read on in one continued tone: instead of affording any amusement, it only induces the persons you are reading to, to wish for a cessation of the unpleasant murmuring noise which offends their ears.