Geography; good Handwriting. (Also, any one other subject a Candidate may wish to be examined in.) (Age not under 18. Clerkship in Treasury.) One classical or modern Language, at the option of the Candidate ; Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; Précis or Abstract of Official Papers; good Handwriting; writing English correctly from Dictation; Geography; History of England; three Books of Euclid. (Age not under 18. Clerkship in Home Office.) Translation into English from Latin and French; Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; good Handwriting; writing English correctly from Dictation, with Composition; Geography; History of England. (Age not under 17. Clerkship in Whitehall.) Translation into English from French, and from Latin or another modern Language; Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; good Handwriting; writing English correctly from Dictation, with Composition; Précis; Geography; History of England. (Age not under 17. Clerkship in Somerset House.) One classical or modern Language, or History of England, or any elementary branch of Mathematics, instead of a Language, at the option of the Candidate; Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; good Handwriting; writing English correctly from Dictation, with Composition; Geography; Précis; Book-keeping.. NEW UNIVERSITY "MIDDLE-CLASS EXAMINATIONS." Now publishing, in Parts, in crown 8vo. price 2s. 6d. each, A TEST-BOOK FOR STUDENTS; COMPRISING SETS OF EXAMINATION PAPERS UPON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY, AND MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THE UNIVERSITIES OR FOR APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY AND CIVIL SERVICE, AND ARRANGED FOR GENERAL USE IN SCHOOLS. BY THE REV. THOMAS STANTIAL, M.A. MAGDALEN HALL, OXFORD, HEAD MASTER OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BRIDGWATER. PART I.-HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY. PART IV. PHYSICAL SCIENCE. [Shortly. CONTENTS OF PART I. SECTION I. SCRIPTURE.-1. The Books, their Authors and contents. 2. The Holy Land. 3. Prophecy and its fulfilment. 4. Christ. 5. The Apostles. SECTION II. ANCIENT HISTORY.-1. Geography of the Ancients. 2. Mythology. 3. Early Grecian History. 4. The Persian Invasions. 5. The Peloponnesian War. 6. The Theban Supremacy. 7. Alexander, and his Conquest of Persia. 8. Early Roman History. 9. The Punic Wars. 10. The Civil Wars. 11. The Emperors. SECTION III. MEDIEVAL HISTORY.-1. The Eastern, or Byzantine Empire. 2. The Western Empire and the Barbarians. 3. Formation of the European States. 4. Mahomet and his Successors. 5. The Crusades. SECTION IV. MODERN HISTORY.-1. Early English History. 2. English attempts to conquer Scotland, France, &c. 3. The English Reformation. 4. The First English Revolution. 5. The Second English Revolution. 6. The American Revolt. 7. The English Wars of the French Revolution. 8. The Reformation. 9. Wars of the Spanish Succession. 10. The French Revolution and Bonaparte. 11. 1830-1856. 12. British India. 13. British Colonies and Dependencies. 14. The Thirty Years' War. SECTION V. GEOGRAPHY.-1. Physical Geography. 2. Ditto. The Ocean and Ocean Currents. 3. The Globe. 4. Land and Water. 5. Europe. External Outlines. 6. Internal Conformation. 7. Political. 8. Great Britain and Ireland. External Outlines. 9. Internal Conformation. 10. Political. 11. Asia. External Outlines. 12. Internal Conformation. 13. Political. 14. Africa. 15. America. External Outlines. 16. Internal Conformation. 17. Political. APPENDIX. SECTION I. LANGUAGE.-1. Sounds and their Expressions. Vowels. 2. Consonants. 3. Origin and Development of Language. 4. Ethnographic Affinities of the Ancient Greeks. 5. Ethnographic Affinities of the Ancient Italians. 6. Connexion between Latin and French. SECTION II. ENGLISH.-1. The Races. 2. The Composition of the English Language. 3. Formation of English. 4. Orthography and Orthoepy. 5. Prefixes and Affixes. 6. Eng- lish Grammar. I. 7. English Grammar. II. 8. English Grammar-Syntax. III. 9. Eng- lish Grammar. - Composition of Sentences. IV. 10. English Prosody and Metre. 11. English Literature.-Poets. First Period. Circa 1400 to the Civil War, 1649. 12. English Literature. Poets. From the Civil War, 1649, to the French Revolution, 1789. 13. English Literature.-Poets. From the French Revolution, 1789, to the Present Time. 14. English Literature.-Prose Writers. 15. English Literature.-Prose Writers. The SECTION III. GREEK.-1. Greek Accidence. - Elementary. 2. Greek Accidence.- More Advanced. 3. Translations from Greek. 4. Derivations from Greek Verbs. 5. Construction and Syntax. 6. Versification. 7. The Greek Poets. 8. The Greek Drama. 9. The Greek Prose Writers. SECTION IV. LATIN.-1. Latin Accidence. -Elementary. 2. Latin Accidence.-More Advanced. 3. Etymology. 4. Syntax. 5. Construing.-Latin into English. 6. Translation. -English into Latin. 7. Prosody. 8. Variations in Construction. 9. The Roman Poets. SECTION V. FRENCH.-1. Pronunciation. 2. French Grammar. - The Articles. 3. French Grammar. - Substantives and Adjectives. 4. French Grammar.- Verbs, &c. 5. Idioms from English. I. 6. Idioms from English. II. 7. Idioms from French. I. 8. Idioms from French. II. 9. Colloquial Expressions. I. 10. Colloquial Expressions. II. 11. The French Poets. 12. The French Prose Writers. APPENDIX. CONTENTS OF PART III. SECTION I. ARITHMETIC.-1. Numbers. I. 2. Numbers. II. 3. Fractions, Vulgar and SECTION II. ALGEBRA.-1. Expressions and Signs. 2. Examples of Expressions, &c. 3. Measures and Roots. 4. Examples of Measures, &c. 5. Simple Equations. 6. Examples of Simple Equations. 7. Quadratic Equations. 8. Examples of Quadratics. 9. Logarithms. SECTION III. GEOMETRY.-1. Definitions, &c. 2. Euclid. Book I. 3. Euclid. Book II. SECTION IV. TRIGONOMETRY.-1. Single Arcs. 2. Sum and Difference of Arcs, &c. 3. SECTION VI. MECHANICS.-1. Statics. 2. The Mechanical Powers. 3. Dynamics. 4. Examples in Statics. 5. Examples in Dynamics. ANSWERS TO ARITHMETIC.-Algebra, Miscellaneous Examples, Trigonometry, Mechanics. ATHENEUM. THIS is a series of Examination papers on different subjects. While the mania lasts for testing competency by amount of cramming, such Test-books will be useful. The one before us is full of common questions, and is free from the rigmarole which Examiners put into their papers to show how deep they are themselves. CRITIC. THE papers are well set, and not too difficult. LITERARY CHURCHMAN. No pupils can be expected to do well in examination who have not previously been well drilled in paper work. Mr. Stantial's exertions go far to satisfy this demand. But the proof of utility in such performances is in their working. There is, however, sufficient primâ facie evidence of their suitability to induce us to recommend those who are preparing pupils for examination to give these papers a trial. THE BOOKSELLER. MR. STANTIAL has produced, at the cost of much labour, a very useful work. DORSET COUNTY CHRONICLE. WE would test our cannon, our chain cables, our anchors, before admitting them to the service. The farmer even now tests his ploughs by the dynamometer before accepting them as of perfect construction. Why not, then, test that which is, or ought to be, stronger than iron strength-the intelligence which is concerned in working out the destinies of men and nations. .. Mr. Stantial's work is beautifully arranged-Scripture taking the precedence; Ancient History, with its Geography, succeeding; then Modern History; and lastly, Geography-not in its mere ordinary, but in its more scientific aspect, physical features, oceanic currents, internal as well external conformations, and politics. PLYMOUTH JOURNAL. THE questions are most judiciously selected, and the work is rendered more valuable from the circumstance of the papers being arranged in a form suitable for school use, as it will thus serve as a continually-recurring test of progress. We doubt not that the importance of such a book will be at once appreciated by both students and tutors. WESTERN TIMES. WE should think that Schoolmasters of the middle class will give this work a welcome, after the experience of the last examination at Exeter. BATH CHRONICLE. THE Author of this book has, undoubtedly, conferred a great boon on all who are endeavouring to pass the necessary examinations for Government appointments, and we have no hesitation in saying, that the book will be received with much pleasure by those for whose assistance it is intended. BRIDGWATER MERCURY. AMONGST the long array of books issued to meet the requirements of examinations, and to help the competitor to come off creditably through his ordeal, we have seen none more efficient than the first of a Series by the Rev. Thomas Stantial, M.A. |