the first Term in which he is of sufficient standing to do so, or fails to satisfy the Examiners, as the case may be, is permitted to offer at any future Examination the same books and subjects which he formerly offered or might have offered.

2. SPECIAL REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF STUDIES.

The books and subjects which may be offered until further notice are as follows:

(N.B. Candidates who satisfied the Moderators in or before Trinity Term, 1875, are allowed certain alternatives which are specified in previous editions of this book.)

IN GROUP A.

(1) a. Greek Philosophical Works.

Plato, Republic I-IV; Aristotle, Ethics, Books I-IV (omitting
Chapter 6 of Book I), together with Chapters 6-10 of Book
X (from Eipnuévav de to the end of the Treatise); Politics,
Books I, III, VII (following the old order of the Books).

B. Historians.

Greek-Herodotus, VII, VIII; Thuc. VI, VII. Latin-Livy
XXI-XXIII; Tacitus, Annals I-III.

(2) Outlines of Greek and Roman History.

Greek, from the Legislation of Solon to the death of Alexander
the Great.

Roman, from the establishment of the Republic to the death of
Domitian.

(3) Sanskrit. Manu I-VI; and Sakuntalā.

(4) Persian. Gulistan, Books VII, VIII; Būstān, Books I, II; and Sikandar-nāma, Cantos XIII-XXIV.

IN GROUP B.

(1) Either English History to 1815, together with one of the following subjects of Literature

(a) Piers Ploughman, The Prologue, Passus I-VII; Chaucer, The Prologue, The Knightes Tale, The Nonne Prestes Tale. (b) Shakespeare, Richard II; Hamlet; The Tempest; King Lear. Or one of the following periods of Modern European History

(a) 1048-1254, to be read in Milman's History of Latin Christianity.

(b) 1517-1648, to be read in Dyer's Modern Europe.

(The periods of Indian History have not yet been specified.) Together with any period of either European or Indian History, Political and Descriptive Geography must be offered.

(2) (a) French Language and Composition.

1. The following books are to be specially prepared: (a) Molière, Le Tartuffe; (B) either Corneille, Les Horaces, or Racine, Athalie; (7) Voltaire, Siècle de Louis XIV, chapters I-XXIV. 2. A general acquaintance with the History and Literature of the Age of Louis XIV will be required.

(b) German Language and Composition.

1. The following books are to be specially prepared: (a) Schiller, The Maid of Orleans; (B) either Goethe, Hermann and Dorothea, or Lessing, Nathan der Weise; (7) Goethe, Wahrheit und Dichtung, Books I-IV.

2. A general acquaintance with the History of the Classical
Period of German Literature (from Klopstock to Goethe) will
be required.

Unseen passages for translation will also be set in French and
German.

(3) The Elements of Political Economy, to be read in Fawcett's Political Economy and Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, viz. Book I, ch. 8-11 (Part I); Book II, ch. 1, 3-5; Book IV, ch. 1, 2, 7; Book V, ch. 2 (om. Art. 4).

(4) Either The Principles of the English Law of Contracts, to be studied either in The Principles of the English Law of Contract' by Sir W. R. Anson (Clarendon Press Series), or in Pollock's Principles of Contracts in Law and Equity,' or in other works of similar character;

Or The Institutes of Justinian, omitting from Book II, Title 11, to Book III, Title 12;

Or The Hindu Law of the Family, Family Property, and Inheritance, which may be studied in the Treatise on Hindu Law and Usage,' by J. D. Mayne.

IN GROUP C.

(1) The Elements of Plane Geometry, including the doctrine of similar triangles. This includes the portion of Geometry treated of in Euclid Books I-IV, with the definitions of Book V, and Book VI, Propositions 1-19. These subjects may be read in any other treatise.

The Elements of Trigonometry, including the trigonometrical ratios of the sum of two angles, the solution of plane triangles, the use of logarithms, and the mensuration of plane rectilinear figures.

(But persons matriculated in or before Michaelmas Term 1871 may offer Euclid I-VI instead of the above-mentioned subjects.) (2) The Elements of the Mechanics of Solid and Fluid Bodies, including the composition and resolution of forces, centre of gravity, the simple machines and the application of virtual velocities to them, the laws of motion, the laws of falling bodies, the motion of projectiles, the pressure of fluids on surfaces, the equilibrium of floating bodies exclusive of the theory of stability, the methods of determining specific gravities, the laws of elastic fluids, simple hydrostatical and pneumatical machines.

(3) The Elements of Chemistry, with an elementary practical examination. Candidates who intend to offer this subject for examination are recommended to read that part of Roscoe's Lessons in Elementary Chemistry which treats of Inorganic Chemistry, (pp. 1-289, edition 1873).

The practical examination will be in the following subjects as treated of in Harcourt and Madan's Exercises in Practical Chemistry, (edition 1873). (a) The preparation and examination of gases (pp. 62-112). (b) The qualitative analysis of single substances (pp. 255-310; see also Sections IV and V of Part I, omitting that which relates to substances or properties of substances not referred to in the Analytical Course).

(4) The Elements of Physics. Candidates offering themselves for examination in this subject will be expected to show an acquaintance with Part I, together with any two of Parts II, III, IV of the following treatise:-Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy, by Deschanel. Translated and edited by Everett. Part I. Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics. Part II. Heat. Part III. Electricity and Magnetism (of which Ch. 46 may be omitted in edition of 1883, or Ch. 39 in the earlier editions). Part IV. Light and Sound.

3. Honour School of Literæ Humaniores.

REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS. The Examination in the Honour School of Literæ Humaniores includes

(1) The Greek and Latin Languages.

(2) The Histories of Ancient Greece and Rome.

(3) Logic, and the Outlines of Moral and Political Philosophy. The Examination consists of Stated and of Special Subjects. Stated Subjects are those in which papers or questions are always set; Special Subjects are those which are offered by the Candidates themselves.

i. Stated Subjects.

1. Greek and Latin Languages.

All Candidates are expected to translate the Greek and Latin books offered by them for examination, and to translate passages from other books not specially offered.

Passages are also set for translation into Greek and Latin Prose.

2. The Histories of Ancient Greece and Rome.

All Candidates are required to offer a period of Greek and a period of Roman History. The periods which may be offered are:

In Greek History

(1) To the end of the Peloponnesian War.

(2) From B.C. 500 to the death of Philip.

With the first of these periods Candidates are recommended to offer-Herodotus [Bähr's text: 2nd Edition]; Thucydides [Bekker]; Xenophon's Hellenics I, II [Dindorf].

With the second-Herodotus V-IX; Thucydides; Xenophon's Hellenics; Demosthenes, Olynthiacs, Philippics, De Falsa Legatione, and De Corona [Baiter].

In Roman History

(1) From the beginning of the First Punic War to the Battle of Actium.

(2) From the end of the Third Punic War to the accession of Vespasian.

With the first of these periods Candidates are recommended to offerPolybius I, II, III, VI [Schweighäuser]; Plutarch's Lives of the Gracchi [Sintenis]; Cicero's Letters (Watson's Selection); Sallust, Catiline and Jugurtha [Dietsch].

With the second-Plutarch's Lives of the Gracchi; Cicero's Letters (Watson's Selection); Sallust, Catiline and Jugurtha; Tacitus, Annals I-VI [Halm].

Candidates are expected to show such a knowledge of Classical Geography and Antiquities, and of the general History of Greece and Rome, as is necessary for the profitable study of the authors or periods which they offer.

Questions are also set in the general results of the Science of Language, with especial reference to Greek and Latin.

3. Philosophy.

LOGIC.

THE OUTLINES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

THE OUTLINES OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

Under the head of Logic, Candidates are recommended to study the following subjects:

The nature and origin of knowledge; The relation of language to
thought; The history of Logic in Greece to the time of Aristotle
inclusive; The theory of the Syllogism; Scientific Method,
including a comparison of the methods of different sciences,
and the principles of historical evidence.

Questions will be set in Bacon's Novum Organum, Book I, and
Book II, Aphorisms 1-20.

Under the head of Political Philosophy, Candidates are recommended to study the following subjects:

The origin and growth of Society; Political institutions and forms of government, with especial reference to the history of Greece and Rome; The sphere and duties of Government; The leading principles of Political Economy.

The following books are prescribed for the Examination :-(1) Plato's Republic. (2) Plato's Protagoras, Phædrus, Gorgias, Laws III, VII, X. (3) Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. (4) Aristotle's Politics. (5) Locke on the Human Understanding, with either (a) Butler's Sermons, or (b) Hume's Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals. (6) The Transcendental Esthetik' and Analytik'in Kant's 'Kritik der reinen Vernunft,' and the‘Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten,' with the two chapters of the 'Kritik der praktischen Vernunft,' entitled severally von den Grundsätzen' and' von den Triebfedern, der reinen praktischen Vernunft.' [The authorised text of Plato is Baiter and Orelli's, of Aristotle Bekker's. The prescribed portions of Kant may be offered in an English translation as well as in the German. Candidates, if they offer a translation, are requested to state in their list of books which translation they offer.]

Out of this list Candidates are recommended to offer one book of Plato and another of Aristotle; those who offer more than these two books may either select from this list a third book, either ancient or modern, or offer one of the special subjects. But Candidates who have offered Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics may offer a part of the Politics without bringing up the whole.

Candidates are expected to show such knowledge of the history of Philosophy, or of the history of the period of Philosophy to which the philosophical authors offered by them, either as stated or as special subjects, belong, as is necessary for the profitable study of these authors.

ii. Special Subjects.

Candidates may offer as a Special Subject any one of the following:GREEK AND LATIN LANGUAGES.

(1) The Homeric Poems; including the literary history of the Poems, and a critical study of Books I-III of the Iliad, or of Books IX-XI of the Odyssey.