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Two Modern Languages other than English. Group 2 : Political Science, including General History, Political Economy, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional History. Group 3 : Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. Group 4 : Chemistry and Experimental Physics. Group 5 : Natural Science. Group 6: Mental Science. The subjects shall be divided as follows : — (1.) Languages and Literature : — A. Latin. — (Three papers.) — (a.) Passages from any of the best classical Latin authors; questions on grammar, history, and antiquities. (b.) Detailed examination in the history, literature, and language of a selected period, with accurate knowledge of the principal works of one prose and one verse author of that period, (c.) Passages for translation from English into Latin prose. B. Greek. —(Three papers.)— (a.) Passages from any of the best classical Greek authors; questions on grammar, history, and antiquities. (b.) Detailed examination in the history, literature, and language of a selected period, with accurate knowledge of the principal works of one prose and one verse author of that period, (c.) Passages for translation from English into Greek prose. C. English. — (Three papers.) — (a.) Origin, history, and structure of the English language; questions on philology and etymology; the periods of English literature, and the principal authors of each period. (b.) Detailed examination in the literature of some one or more periods, and in the works of one or more authors. Selections to be made from year to year, (c.) Essay on some subject arising out of the works selected under (b). D. Modern Languages. — (Three papers in each.) —French, and either German or Italian. (a.) Origin, history, and structure of the language ; questions on philology and etymology ; the periods of literature, and the principal authors Of each period. (b.) Detailed examination in the literature of some one or more periods, and in the works of one or more authors. Selections to be made from year to year. (c.) Essay (to be written in the languages chosen) on some subject arising out of the works selected under (b). (2.) Political Science.—(Four papers.) — (a.) General History. —Period to be selected year by year. (b.) Political Economy. —Treated more fully than for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with the addition of economical doctrines, (c.) Jurisprudence.—Treated more fully than for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. (d.) Constitutional History. —The constitutional history of England. (3.) Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. — (Five papers) : — (a.) Elementary Geometry, Plane Co-ordinate Geometry, and Conic Sections. —The elementary geometry shall be the same as defined for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with the addition of Euclid, Book XL, Propositions I—2l, and Book XII., Propositions 1 and 2. Deductions will be set to some or all of the propositions given. (b.) Algebra, Trigonometry , and the more elementary portions of Differential and Integral Calculus.—The algebra and trigonometry shall be the same as defined for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with the addition of the following: Indeterminate coefficients; convergency and divergency of series; summation of series ; interest and annuities; and the elementary theory of probability; the exponential theorem; the construction of logarithmic tables; Demoivre's theorem; Euler's series for expanding the sine and cosine of an angle in terms of its circular