The chief mountains are, the Dofre-field between Norway and Sweden--the Cheviot Hills in Scotland--Plinlimmon in Wales--the Peak in Derbyshire in England--the Carpathian mountains between Poland and Hungary--the Pyrenean mountains between France and Spain--the Alps which divide France and Germany from Italy--the Apennines which run through Italy from North to South. Besides these, there are several volcanos in Europe, Vesuvius in Naples--Stromboli one of the Lipari isles--Etna in Sicily, and Hecla in Iceland. _Anne._ Thank you, mamma, I will look for all of them in the map; but pray before you leave Europe tell me something more of our own country. _Mrs. Harley._ England, my dear, is bounded on the north by Scotland, on the east by the German Ocean, on the south by the British Channel, and on the west by the Irish sea, and St. George's Channel. It is divided into 52 counties, 40 in England and 12 in Wales. The 40 English counties are 6 IN THE NORTH. _Counties._ _Chief Towns._ Northumberland Newcastle. Cumberland Carlisle Durham Durham Westmoreland Kendal Yorkshire York Lancashire Lancaster. 6 IN THE EAST. Norfolk Norwich Suffolk Ipswich Essex Chelmsford Middlesex London Hertfordshire Hertford Cambridgeshire Cambridge. 6 IN THE SOUTH. Kent Canterbury Sussex Chichester Surry Guildford Hampshire Winchester Berkshire Reading Wiltshire Salisbury. 4 IN THE WEST. Dorsetshire Dorchester Somersetshire Bristol Devonshire Exeter Cornwall Launceston. 18 IN THE MIDDLE. Gloucestershire Gloucester Monmouthshire Monmouth Herefordshire Hereford Shropshire Shrewsbury Cheshire Chester Derbyshire Derby Nottinghamshire Nottingham Lincolnshire Lincoln Huntingdonshire Huntingdon Bedfordshire Bedford Buckinghamshire Buckingham Oxfordshire Oxford Worcestershire Worcester Staffordshire Stafford Leicestershire Leicester Rutlandshire Oakham Northamptonshire Northampton Warwickshire Warwick. The 12 Welsh counties are, 6 IN NORTH WALES. _Counties._ _Chief Towns._ Anglesea Beaumaris Caernarvonshire Caernarvon Denbighshire Denbigh Flintshire St. Asaph Merionethshire Harlech Montgomeryshire Montgomery 6 IN SOUTH WALES. Cardiganshire Cardigan Radnorshire Radnor Pembrokeshire Pembroke Caermarthenshire Caermarthen Brecknockshire Brecknock Glamorganshire Cardiff.