The young gentleman and lady's assistant; partly original, but chiefly compiled from the works of the most celebrated modern authors; calculated to instruct youth in the priciples of useful knowledge: : in five parts, viz. geography, natural-history, elocution, poetry, --and miscellany. : To which is annexed --a short system of practical arithmetic; wherein every example is wrought at large, and the whole, including the money of the United States, rendered easy to the meanest capacity. : This work, is divided into small sections for the convenience of schools. / By Donald Fraser, school-master, New-York.

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Title:	The young gentleman and lady's assistant; partly original, but chiefly compiled from the works of the most celebrated modern authors; calculated to instruct youth in the priciples of useful knowledge: : in five parts, viz. geography, natural-history, elocution, poetry, --and miscellany. : To which is annexed --a short system of practical arithmetic; wherein every example is wrought at large, and the whole, including the money of the United States, rendered easy to the meanest capacity. : This work, is divided into small sections for the convenience of schools. / By Donald Fraser, school-master, New-York.
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INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS.

part

PART I. A COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY,

Illustration of Geographical Terms.

General Description of the four Quarters of the GLOBE.

OF AMERICA.

OF EUROPE.

OF ASIA.

OF AFRICA.

A general Description of the UNITED STATES.

Of the Eastern, or NEW-ENGLAND STATES.

NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

MASSACHUSETTS.

RHODE-ISLAND.

CONNECTICUT.

NEW-YORK.

NEW-JERSEY.

PENNSYLVANIA.

DELAWARE.

MARYLAND.

VIRGINIA.

NORTH-CAROLINA.

SOUTH-CAROLINA.

GEORGIA.

VERMONT.

KENTUCKY.

Of the WESTERN TERRITORY.

A concise View of the several KINGDOMS, STATES, ISLANDS, &c. in the four Quarters of the Globe.

ALGIERS,

AMAZONIA,

AMBOYNA,

AHIAN,

ANTIGUA.

ARABIA,

ASSYRIA,

AUSTRIA,

AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS,

AVES.

AZORES.

BABYLON.

BAHAMA-ISLANDS,

BARBADOES,

BARBARY,

BATAVIA,

BENGAL,

BERMUDAS,

BOHEMIA,

BORNEO,

BRAZIL,

CAFFRARIA.

CHILI,

CHINA.

St. CHRISTOPHERS,

CORSICA,

CRIM-TARTARY,

CUBA,

DARIEN,

DENMARK,

DOMINICA.

EAST-INDIES,

EGYPT,

ENGLAND,

ETHIOPIA,

FERDINANDO,

FLORIDA,

FRANCE,

GERMANY,

GREECE,

GREENLAND,

GREAT-BRITAIN,

GUIANA,

GUINEA,

HISPANIOLA,

HOLLAND,

HONDURAS,

HUNGARY,

JAMAICA,

JAPAN, OR NIPHON,

JUDEA OR PALISTINE,

INDIA PROPER,

IRELAND,

ITALY,

KAMTSCHATKA,

LAPLAND,

MALTA,

MADEIRAS.

MEXICO, OLD,

MOROCCO,

NAPLES, OR SICILY,

NEGRITIA,

NEW-BRITAIN, OR ESKIMAUX,

NEWFOUNDLAND,

NEW-HOLLAND,

NORWAY

NOVA-SCOTIA, OR ACADIA,

OELAND,

PARAGUA, OR LA PLATA,

PERSIA,

PERU,

POLAND,

PORTUGAL,

PRUSSIA,

RUSSIA, OR MUSCOVY,

SARDINIA,

SCOTLAND,

SIBERIA, OR SCYTHIA.

SICILY,

SPAIN,

SWEDEN,

SWITZERLAND,

TARTARY,

TERRAFIRMA,

TRIPOLI, OR BARCA,

TURKY, IN ASIA.

PART II. NATURAL-HISTORY.

section

OF THE CLOUDS, RAIN, HAIL, AND SNOW.

OF EARTHQUAKES.

OF THE TIDES.

OF GOLD.

OF SILVER.

OF COPPER.

OF IRON.

OF LEAD.

OF TIN.

MERCURY,

OF DIAMONDS.

Of the MAGNET, or LOADSTONE.

OF VEGETABLES, &c.

1st. Of the VINE.

OF COFFEE.

OF TEA.

OF THE SUGAR CANE.

OF BIRDS.

1st. OF THE EAGLE.

OF THE OSTRICH.

OF THE SWALLOW.

OF THE DOTTREL.

Of Quadrupeds, or Four-footed Beasts▪

1st. OF THE LION.

OF THE ELEPHANT.

OF THE ZEBRA.

OF THE SHEEP.

OF THE POTTO.

OF THE LAMIA.

OF THE MANTICORA.

OF THE BISON.

OF THE CROCODILE.

OF THE SKUNK.

OF THE RACOON.

OF THE OPPOSUM.

OF FISHES.

1st. OF THE WHALE.

OF THE SHARK.

OF SERPENTS.

OF THE DART.

OF THE COCKATRICE.

OF INSECTS.

OF THE SILKWORM.

OF THE POLYPE.

OF THE WHEAT INSECT.

PART III. OF ELOCUTION.

section

Examples of Tropes; taken from Scrip|ture.

Examples of Figures; taken from Scrip|ture.

OF PRONUNCIATION.

OF DISPOSITION.

ORATIONS AND HARANGUES. ST. Paul's inimitable Oration, or Defence, before King Agrippa and Fsts, the Ro|man Governor in Judea, as recorded in the New-Testament▪ Acts 26.

To ART.

SCIPIO TO THE ROMANS.

IN PRAISE OF VIRTUE.

DESCRIPTIVE PIECES.

Character of the Virtuous Man.

THE HERMIT.

INDEPENDENCE.

ON GENEROSITY.

THE ACTOR.

MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES IN ELOCUTION.

PATHETIC PIECES.

PART IV. POETRY.

On our Saviour's Nativity.

SOLILOQUY.

Insufficiency of Creatures to satisfy an Immortal Soul.

ODE TO ADVERSITY.

AN ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

A PRAYER.

CONTENT.

CHOICE OF A WIFE.

ON BEAUTY.

A SONG.

THE WINTER'S WALK.

To a Gentleman who pays his addresses, to a very agreeable Lady, yet praises only her beauty.

AMANDA AND AMATOR. REAL LIFE.

PART V. MISCELLANY.

Chapone's Commentaries on the Old and New Testament.

OF GENESIS.

OF EXODUS.

OF LEVITICUS, NUMBERS AND, DEUTERONOMY.

OF JOSHUA.

OF CHRONICLES, EZRA, NEHE|MIAH, AND ESTHER.

JOB.

OF THE PSALMS.

OF THE PROVERBS, ECCLESIAS|TES, SOLOMON's SONG, THE PROPHECIES, AND THE APO|CRYPHA.

Of the NEW TESTAMENT, which is constantly to be referred to as the rule and direction of our moral conduct.

Of the Example set by our SAVIOUR, and his Character.

A comparative View of the Blessed and Cursed at the last Day, and the Infe|ence to be drawn from it.

CHARACTER OF ST. PAUL.

OF THE EPISTLES.

THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

EPISTLES of St. PETER, and the first of St. JOHN.

OF THE REVELATIONS.

Religious Knowledge of great Consolati|on and Relief amidst the Distresses of Life.

IRREGULAR PLEASURES.

The Necessity of depending for Success on the Blessings of Heaven.

Experience to be anticipated by Reflection.

A contented Temper the greatest Blessing and most material requisite to the pro|per Discharge of our Duty.

ON THE DEATH OF CHRIST.

OF PROVIDENCE.

OF NEATNESS, DECENCY, &c.

THE SPEAKER.

A TABLE, Exhibiting the real, and supposed num|ber of inhabitants existing upon the face of the earth.

A CONCISE SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC.

INTRODUCTION.

The NUMERATION TABLE.

SIMPLE ADDITION.

SIMPLE SUBTRACTION.

SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION.

THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE.

Examples in Multiplication.

SIMPLE DIVISION.

RULE:

EXAMPLE I.

EXAMPLE II.

EXAMPLE III.

TABLES, In ADDITION, of divers Denominations.

OF MONEY.

TROY WEIGHT.

CLOTH MEASURE.

APOTHECARIES WEIGHT.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

LONG MEASURE.

LAND MEASURE.

TIME.

WINE MEASURE.

DRY MEASURE.

MOTION.

PENCE TABLE.

SHILLINGS TABLE.

COMPOUND ADDITION.

1. OF MONEY.

ADDITION OF TROY-WEIGHT.

ADDITION of CLOTH-MEASURE.

COMPOUND SUBTRACTION.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

TROY WEIGHT.

MULTIPLICATION, Of Divers Denominations.

RULE.

EXAMPLES.

DIVISION, Of Divers Denominations.

RULE.

EXAMPLES.

OF REDUCTION.

EXAMPLES.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

The Single Rule of Three Direct,

OF DIRECT PROPORTION.

RULE.

EXAMPLES. IN DIRECT PROPORTION.

The Single Rule of Three Inverse.

MERCHANTS ACCOUNTS. Or Rules of Practice,

CASE I. When the price of an integer is less than a shilling.

RULE.

EXAMPLE I. [In PRACTICE.]

EXAMPLE II.

CASE II.

RULE I.

RULE II.

CASE III.

RULE.

CASE IV.

TARE AND TRETT.

RULE.

EXAMPLE I.

OF SIMPLE INTEREST.

Rules for reducing the Currencies of the different States in the Union, into Sterling, or English Money.

MONEY, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, As established by Congress, August 8, 1786. and confirmed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, 1789.

OF ADDITION.

EXAMPLE I.

EXAMPLE II.

EXAMPLE III.

SUBTRACTION.

EXAMPLE I.

EXAMPLE II.

EXAMPLE III.

MULTIPLICATION.

EXAMPLE I.

EXAMPLE II.

DIVISION.

EXAMPLE I.

EXAMPLE II.

EXAMPLE III.

REDUCTION.

SUBSCRIBERS NAMES.

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