A SCHOOL ATLAS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, BY W. HUGHES, F.R.G.S. I. THE WORLD, showing the Distribution of Land and Water. illustrating the Principal Features of the illustrating the Divisions and Movements showing the Geographical Distribution VIII. Physical Map of the British Islands. London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS. Edinburgh:-A. & C. BLACK. Dublin:-HODGES & SMITH. ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES, WITH ANSWERS, BY EDWARD HUGHES. A Companion to the Explanatory Arithmetic,' designed for the use of Teachers. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. Price 3s. 6d., DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, OUTLINES OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, Descriptive of the Inorganic Matter of the Globe, and the Distribution of Organized Beings. With Eight Maps, compiled by WILLIAM HUGHES, F. R. G. S., late Professor of Geography in the College for Civil Engineers. By the same Author, preparing for Publication, THE PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL, GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MAPS. London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS. Edinburgh:-A. & C. BLACK. Dublin:-HODGES & SMITH. EDWARD HUGHES, Head Master of the Royal Naval Lower School, Greenwich Hospital. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS. M.DCCC.XLIX. 181. g..34. PREFACE. THE present work exhibits the methods employed in conveying to young persons a knowledge of the first Principles of Arithmetic. Though many books on this branch of instruction have issued from the press, more or less adapted to the purposes of elementary education, the Author's experience in tuition has convinced him of the want of a Manual supplying the learner with clear, practical explanations, and with useful, well-arranged examples. Questions framed upon the occurrences which arise out of the ordinary requirements and occupations of daily life, will-independently of the practical utility resulting from them-interest children and exercise their ingenuity and intelligence more than calculations based solely upon commercial transactions. For this reason also the plan of teaching the Compound with the Simple Rules is pursued, and is strongly recommended. The design of the Work includes these several subjects, with the whole extent of the Arithmetic usually taught in Schools; but as it is impossible to embrace this range within the limits of the First |