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(1.) Latin Language and Literature.— (Two papers.) — (a.) Selected portions of the works of one prose and one verse author; translation of simple unseen passages from Latin into English, (b.) An easy passage or passages for translation from English into Latin prose; questions on grammar. (2.) Greek Language and Literature.— (Two papers.) — (a.) Selected portions of the works of one prose and one verse author; translation of simple unseen passages from Greek into English. (b.) An easy passage or passages for translation from English into Greek prose; questions on grammar. (3.) English Language and Literature.— (Two papers.) — (a.) The origin, history, and structure of the English language, and selected portions of one or more authors, (b.) An account of one period of literature, and a short essay on some subject arising out of the works selected under (a). (4.) Modern Languages and Literature.— (Two papers.)— French, or German, or Italian, at the option of the candidate. (a.) Questions on Grammar and Composition. Passages for translation from and into English and the language chosen, (b.) Questions on a period of the literature of the language, and selected authors of the period. (5.) General History and Political Economy. — (Two papers.) — (a.) General History; Period to be selected year by year. (b.) Political Economy: The production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of wealth; the law of population ; emigration, immigration ; strikes ; trade-unions ; socialist theories; land tenures; free-trade and protection; and the colonial policy of England. (6.) Jurisprudence and Constitutional History. > — (Two papers.)— (a.) Jurisprudence: Nature of positive law; sources of law; scientific classification of law, together with knowledge of the system adopted in Roman law. (b.) Constitutional History : The constitutional history of England. (7.) Mathematics.—(Three papers.) (a.) Elementary Geometry. —Euclid, Books 1., 11., 111., IV., and VI., together with the definitions of Book V. Trigonometry. —The elementary parts of plane trigonometry so far as to include the principal properties of logarithms, the use of logarithmic tables, and the solution and properties of triangles, with easy transformations and examples. (b.) Algebra. —Definitions and explanations of algebraical signs and terms; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of algebraical quantities, including fractions and surds; the elementary rules of ratio and proportion; the square and cube roots ; easy equations of a degree not higher than the second, and questions producing such equations; arithmetical, geometrical, and harmonical progressions; permutations and combinations ; and the binomial theorem: with proofs of the rules, and simple examples. (c.) Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics. —Treated so as not necessarily to require a knowledge of pure mathematics greater than the standard prescribed for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, namely, the composition and resolution of forces acting on a point and on a rigid body on one plane ; the mechanical powers ; the centre of gravity; the fundamental laws of motion; the laws of uniform and uniformly accelerated motion and of falling bodies ; the pressure of liquids and gases; the equilibrium of floating bodies; specific gravities; and the principal instruments and machines the action of which depends on the properties of fluids : with simple problems and examples. (8.) Physical Sciencts.—(Two papers.)