4. The Candidate must, in evidence of literary and philosophical culture, present, at least one month before proceeding to Examination, an original Thesis on a subject in Mental Science approved by the Examiners.

5. The Thesis being accepted, the Candidate may then proceed to an Examination, which shall include Logic and Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy, and the History of Philosophy, both Intellectual and Moral, on any of the subjects embraced in the following Programme :

LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS.

(a) Logic.-The Province of Logic. The Predicables, Definition, and Division. The Theory and details of Propositional and Syllogistic Forms, with their recent Developments. Fallacies and the Theory of Error. The Different Sorts of Evidence. The methods of Scientific Induction. The philosophical questions involved in the Theory of Induction.

(b) Metaphysics.-Classification of the facts of Consciousness, and Relative Psychological and Physiological Questions. Personalty and Personal Identity. External Perception and the Metaphysical Theory of Matter. Space and Time. Causation and Power. The origin, nature, and limits of Knowledge. The Finite and the Infinite.

MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

Moral Actions. The Moral Faculty. Desires and Emotions. The Will. Moral Obligation. The Existence and Attributes of God. The relation of Absolute Sovereignty to finite existence, and specially to human will. The Origin of Evil. The Immortality of the Soul. Practical Ethics, including the laws which regulate the formation of moral character, and the guidance of individual and social life.

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY-INTELLECTUAL.

The History of Logic-Formal and Inductive. A general knowledge of the History of Ancient and Modern Psychology and Metaphysics. Special Study of the Theatetus of Plato, or the De Anima of Aristotle, or some part of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Special study of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY-MORAL.

The relation of the pre-Socratic Philosophy to Moral Philosophy. The Socratic theory, as in the Memorabilia. The Platonic theory, as in the Republic. The Aristotelian, Stoic, and Epicurean theories. The theories of Hobbes, Spinoza, Cudworth, Price, Hume, and Kant, with the later developments of Intuitional and Utilitarian Ethics.

6. The Examinations will be held annually in April and November, at the time appointed for Examination for the Degree of Master of Arts with Honours. Candidates may be tested either orally or by writing.

7. Those who have taken the Degree of Master of Arts in this University with First-Class Honours in the Department of Mental Philosophy, may obtain the Degree of Doctor in Mental Science when a period not less than twelve months shall have elapsed after they have obtained such Honours, by submitting a sufficient Thesis, and on giving such other evidence of continued proficiency in the Mental Sciences as may be satisfactory to the Senatus.

8. The Fee for the Degree of Doctor in Mental Science is £7, 7s. The Fee must be paid at least ten days before the date of Examination, when the Diploma and Certificates of the Candidate must be transmitted to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.

A. C. FRASER. Dean of Faculty of Arts.

SECTION D.-DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE IN PHILOLOGY.

The Degree of Doctor of Science is also open to Candidates highly proficient in Philology.

1. The Candidate must be a B. A. or M. A., by examination, of a British or recognised Colonial University.

2. He must be a Matriculated Student of this University for the year in which he appears for Examination.

3. He must have attended for at least one academic year at this University, and during that year he must have taken at least two classes on the subjects embraced in the Examination.

4. The Candidate must present, at least one month before Examination, an Original Dissertation on some point of Philological or Archæological Research. Mere compilations will not be accepted. Only when this Dissertation has been approved of will the Candidate be admitted to further examination.

5. The Candidate may offer himself for Examination in any one of the following branches :

:

1. The Latin and Greek Languages.

2. The Semitic Languages.

It is expected that Candidates for a Degree in Philology, in this branch, besides being acquainted with the Psalms in Hebrew and the Gospels in Syriac, should know the first four Surat or Chapters of the Koran, and be capable of turning sentences of English into Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic-supplying, at the same

time, the proper vowel and diacritical marks. A Dissertation on Semitic Grammar is also deemed necessary.

3. The Sanskrit Language and Comparative Philology.*

*

(a) Sanskrit Language and Literature. Translation of passages from current Sanskrit Authors into English, and from English into Sanskrit.

(b) Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages, Acquaintance with the principles of the Science, as laid down in the Comparative Grammar of Bopp, Schleicher's "Compendium," and Müller's and Whitney's "Lectures." (c) Philosophy of Language. Candidates must shew some degree of familiarity with the works of Lord Monboddo, "On the Origin and Progress of Language; " Horne Tooke's "Diversions of Purley;" Lersch, 'Sprachphilosophie der Alten;" Heyse, "System der Sprachwissenschaft;" Schoemann, "Die Lehre von den Redetheilen;" Steinthal, "Der Ursprung der Sprache."

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6. Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Science in Classical Philology will be tested in respect of their general Scholarship by translation from Latin and Greek Authors, and by composition in Latin and Greek Prose. They will further be required to profess a critical knowledge of some special Department or Epoch of Classical Literature, or of some three or four of the more difficult and important Classical Writers.

7. The Examinations will be held annually in April and November, at the time appointed for the Honours Examinations in Arts. Candidates may be tested either orally or by writing.

8. Those who have taken the degree of Master of Arts in this University, with First-Class Honours in the Department of Classical Literature, may obtain the Degree of Doctor of Science in Philology, when a period of not less than twelve months shall have elapsed after they have obtained such Honours, by submitting a sufficient Thesis, and by such other evidence of continued proficiency in Philological Research as may be satisfactory to the Senatus.

9. The Fee for the Degree of Doctor of Science in Philology is £7, 75. The Fee must be paid at least ten days before the date of Examination, when the Diploma and Certificates must be transmitted to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts.

A. C. FRASER, Dean of Faculty of Arts.

* Dr John Muir has offered a sum of £50 to the most distinguished candidate who shall first succeed in taking this Degree.

GRADUATES IN SCIENCE.

20th April 1871.

DOCTOR.

In Department of Mental Science-Matthew Robertson, B. A. Lond.

BACHELORS.

In Department of Physical Science-Andrew B. Aitken, M. A.
In Department of Natural Science-Henry Macdonald Church; Peter
Gowan; Duncan Macdonald.

SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

The Falconer Memorial Fellowship, in Paleontology and Geology, of the annual value of about £100, tenable for two years, is open to Graduates in Science or Medicine of this University of not more than three years' standing at the date of the Examination. The first competition will take place on 24th October 1871, at eleven o'clock.

The Baxter Physical Science Scholarship, tenable for two years, is awarded to the most eminent of the Bachelors of Science who have passed their Examinations in the Physical Sciences, including Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry, either in the year preceding a vacancy or in the year in which a vacancy occurs. Annual value, £60. Next appointment will be made in November 1872.

The Baxter Natural Science Scholarship, tenable for two years, is awarded to the most eminent of the Bachelors of Science who have passed their Examinations in the department of Natural Sciences, including Botany, Zoology, Physiology, and Geology, either in the year preceding a vacancy or in the year in which a vacancy occurs. Annual value, £60. Next appointment will be made in November 1872.

Graduation in Medicine.

STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH RELATIVE TO GRADUATION IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Three Medical Degrees are conferred by the University of Edinburgh, viz., Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), Master in Surgery (C.M.), and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.). The Degree of Master in Surgery is not conferred on any person who does not also at the same time obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine.

I. The preliminary branches of extra-professional education are English, Latin, Arithmetic, the Elements of Mathematics, and the Elements of Mechanics; and the proficiency of Students in these branches is ascertained by examination, prior to the commencement of their medical study.

II. No candidate is admitted to a professional examination who has not passed a satisfactory examination on at least two of the following subjects (in addition to the subjects mentioned above):-Greek, French, German, Higher Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Logic, Moral Philosophy; and the examination on these latter subjects also takes place before the candidate has entered on his Medical Curriculum.

The examinations under Sections I. and II. are conducted by Examiners in Arts, together with some of the Medical Examiners.

III. A Degree in Arts (not being an Honorary Degree) in any one of the Universities of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or in any Colonial or Foreign University, specially recognised for this purpose by the University Court, exempts from all preliminary examination; and an examination in Arts by any corporate body, whose examination has been recognised as qualifying for entrance on medical study by resolution of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, provided the said examination by the said corporate body shall be also approved by the University Court, shall exempt from preliminary examination in Arts, on all subjects comprised in the said examination of the said corporate body. (See pp. 139-141.)

IV. No one is admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine or Master in Surgery who has not been engaged in Medical and Surgical study for four years-the Medical Session of each year, or Annus Medicus, being constituted by at least two courses of not less than one hundred lectures each, or by one such course,