surrounded by the sea; that the people who live in
the north, and cold parts of Scotland, are called Highlanders,
and are very brave and hardy; that Edinburgh is the
capital. When the Welchman is under the children’s
notice, the teacher will tell them that he lives in
a pretty country called Wales, which is joined to England,
that is, no sea divides them, that the chief town is
London, although London is in England and not Wales,
because Wales has been governed by the same king as
England for many hundred years, and the eldest son
of the King of England is called Prince of Wales.
When the teacher points out the Irishman, he may tell
his class that he lives in an island near England,
separated or divided from it by a part of the sea called
the Irish Channel; that Dublin is the chief city, and
that Ireland is governed by the same queen as England
is. Speaking of the German, he may say that he
lives in a country of which the chief town is Vienna.
He may tell the children that the Turk lives in a country
called Turkey; that it is a very warm place, and its
chief town is Constantinople; that the Norwegian lives
in a cold country called Norway, whose chief town
is Christiana; that the Spaniard lives in a country
called Spain, the chief town of which is Madrid; that
many of the oranges we eat come from Spain; that the
Prussian lives in a country called Prussia, the chief
town of which is Berlin; that the Icelander lives
in a very cold place, called Iceland, which is an
island; that it is a place surrounded by water on every
side; that there is a great mountain in Iceland which
is called a burning mountain, because flames of fire
often come out from the top of it. That the Dutchman
lives in a country called Holland; that the people
of that country are remarkable for being very clean,
and that most of the dolls which little English girls
play with, are made by children in Holland; that Amsterdam
is the chief town or capital. The children are
told that the Dane lives in a country called Denmark.
The teacher may state that many hundred years back
the Danes conquered England, but that a brave English
king, called Alfred, drove them all away again; that
Copenhagen is the capital or chief town; that the Swede
lives in a country called Sweden, and that Stockholm
is the chief town; that the Portuguese live in a country
called Portugal, the capital of which is Lisbon; that
the Corsican lives in an island called Corsica, the
capital of which is Bastia; that the Saxon lives in
a country called Saxony, the chief town of which is
Dresden. In telling the children that the Pole
lives in a country called Poland, the chief town of
which was Warsaw, the teacher should explain to them
that Poland has been conquered by the Russians, and
taken from the Poles, and shew how unjust this was
of the Russians, and also how the Poles fought very
bravely to defend their country, but that the Russians
being stronger, and having larger armies, they were
at last overcome.