C. E. (King's Lynn).-Catherine Parr was married to Henry VIII. in 1543, being at that time the widow of Lord Latimer. She survived the king, who died in 1547, and the same year she married Sir Thomas Seymour, lord admiral, but died in the following year.

SIBTHORPE.-It is perfectly correct to say "a university," "a useful book," "a usual ceremony." A want of knowledge of the real composition of u has occasioned a great diversity and uncertainty in prefixing the indefinite article an before it. U in these words is not a pure vowel, like u in umpire, umbrella, which take an before them. Therefore, an must be used before all words beginning with a vowel, except long u.

M. F. (Eton).-As a primary step, we recommend you to read Collier's English History.

QUERY.-Oleggio is a town of North Italy, ten miles north of Novara.

P. R. N.-Agostino Justiniani was Bishop of Nebbio in Corsica. He was author of a "Psalter in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Chaldee, with Latin Notes," &c., being the first of the kind that ever appeared in print.

LABYRINTH.-After the July Examination there will not be another until the last week in October next.

G. W. (Chester).-David Lloyd, a biographical writer of the 17th century, wrote "Memoirs of Persons who suffered for their Loyalty," also a "History of Plots and Conspiracies."

M. P.-The result is known about three weeks after the examination.

P. K. S. (Ryde). The point has been discussed before elsewhere, and we do not think you ought to complain of the difficulty of the questions, seeing that in other preliminary tests candidates are required to be examined in algebra, Euclid, &c.

H. (Marlborough).-Answer to question 5 in the History paper will supply you with the information you require.

EUPATOR.-Pyrrhich is two short syllables, as règě; Tribrach is three short syllables, as régělě; Anapest is two short followed by one long, as těněrōs.

B. L. (Bayswater).-We translate the passage as follows: "In this point we have the greatest superiority over beasts that we have the power of expressing our feelings by speech."

S. R. E. (Manchester).-See No. IV. of this Magazine.

F. M.-(1.) Molière's real name was Poquelin, and he took the name of Molière in regard for his parents when he became an actor. (2.) "Le Malade Imaginaire," "L'Avare."

AUREOLOS.-Lobau is an island of Lower Austria. in the Danube, 5 m. S.E. Vienna; Löbau, a town of Saxony; Lobau, a town in W. Prussia (i. e. Germany).

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CHAPTER I.

SPECIAL EXAMINATION NOTICES FOR MICHAELMAS TERM, 1872.

Preliminary Examination for Solicitors.*

PURSUANT to the Judges' orders, the next Preliminary Examination in General Knowledge will take place on Wednesday the 30th, and Thursday the 31st of October, 1872. In addition to the ordinary subjects (including an elementary knowledge of Latin), the Special Examiners have selected the following books in which candidates will be examined:

In LATIN.

In GREEK

. Sallust, Jugurtha; or, Ovid, Fasti, Book I.
. Euripides, Hecuba.

In MODERN GREEK Βεντοτῆς Ἱστορία τῆς ̓Αμερικῆς βιβλίον ζ'.

In FRENCH

In SPANISH

In ITALIAN

Xavier de Maistre, Voyage autour de ma Chambre; or, Corneille, Horace.

. Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther; or, Schiller, Maria Stuart.

Cervantes, Don Quixote, cap. xv. to xxx. both inclusive; or, Moratin, El Sí de las Niñas.

Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi, cap. 1. to VIII. both inclusive; or, Tasso's Gerusalemine, 4, 5 and 6 cantos; and Volpe's Eton Italian Grammar.

Each candidate will be examined in one language only, according to his selection. Candidates will have the choice of either of the abovementioned works.

The Examination will be held at the Incorporated Law Society's Hall, Chancery Lane, London, and at some of the following towns:

Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Oxford.

Plymouth.
Salisbury.

Shrewsbury.

Swansea.

Worcester.

York.

In answer to numerous inquiries we beg to state that the fee for Examination, which is only payable on a candidate passing, is £1 if he be examined in London and £2 if in the country.

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Candidates are required by the Judges' orders to give one calendar month's notice to the Society, before the day appointed for Examination, of the language in which they propose to be examined, the place at which they wish to be examined, and their age and place of education.

Christian and

Surname, and at

the Address at

FORM OF NOTICE.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.

Notice is hereby given, that
intends on the

which letters himself for Examination at

and

of aged who was educated days of next to present previous to entering into Articles of Language.

will reach the Clerkship, and that he proposes to be Examined in the

Applicant must

be inserted in the notice.

Dated the

day of

187

[Signature of Candidate.]

Intermediate Examination, under 23 & 24 Vict. c. 127, s. 9.

The elementary works, in addition to book-keeping (mercantile), selected for the Intermediate Examination of persons under Articles of Clerkship executed after the 1st of January, 1861, for the year 1872, are—

Chitty on Contracts, chapters 1 and 3, with the exception, in chapter 3, of section 1, relating to Contracts respecting Real Property. 8th or 9th edition.

Williams on the Principles of the Law of Real Property. 8th or 9th edition.

J. W. Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence. 9th or 10th edition.

MERCANTILE BOOK-KEEPING.-The Examiners deal with this subject generally, and do not in their questions confine themselves to any particular system.

Candidates are required by the Judges' orders to give to the Incorporated Law Society one calendar month's notice before the commencement of the Term in which they desire to be examined. Candidates are also required to leave their Articles of Clerkship and Assignments (if any), duly stamped and registered, seven clear days before the commencement of such Term, together with answers to the questions as to due service and conduct up to that time.

Candidates may be examined either in the term in which one half of their term of service will expire, or in one of the two terms next before, or one of the two terms next after one half of the term of service under their articles.

The Examinations are held in the Hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery Lane, London, in Hilary, Easter, Trinity and Michaelmas Terms.

FORM OF NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that A. B., of who is now under Articles of Clerkship to C. D., of [or, who has served under Articles of Clerkship to C. D., and is now serving under an Assignment of such Articles of Clerkship to E. F., or, as the case may be], intends to apply in Term next for Intermediate Examination.

Dated the

day of

Final Examination.

Candidates are usually examined in

Common and Statute Law, and Practice of the Courts.

Conveyancing.

Equity, and Practice of the Courts.

Bankruptcy, and Practice of the Courts.

Criminal Law, and Proceedings before Magistrates.

Candidates are required to give notice of their intention to present themselves for examination in the term previous to that in which they wish to be examined.

Preliminary Examination of the Royal College of Surgeons.

The next Preliminary Examination for the diplomas of MEMBER and FELLOW of this College will be held on or about Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the 17th, 18th and 19th of December, 1872.* Candidates desirous of presenting themselves for this Examination must signify their intention of so doing to the secretary (at the College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields) on or before the 28th of November inst.

The Compulsory subjects are the same as in the legal "Preliminary," except that no candidate will be passed who does not show a competent knowledge of the first four rules, simple and compound, of vulgar fractions and of decimals; and the mathematics include Euclid, Books I. and II. or the subjects thereof, and algebra to simple equations inclusive. Candidates will also be required to translate a passage from the second book of Cæsar's Commentaries, "De Bello Gallico."

Papers will also be set on the following six subjects; and each candidate will be required to offer himself for Examination on one subject at least, at his option; but no candidate will be allowed to offer himself for Examination on more than four subjects:

1. Translation of a passage from the first Book of the Anabasis of
Xenophon.

2. Translation of a passage from X. B. Saintine's "Picciola."
3. Translation of a passage from Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell."

Besides these translations into English, the candidate will be required to answer questions on the grammar of each subject, whether compulsory or optional.

4. Mechanics. The questions will be chiefly of an elementary character.

5. Chemistry. The questions will be on the elementary facts of chemistry.

6. Botany and Zoology. The questions will be on the classification of plants and animals.

The quality of the handwriting and the spelling will be taken into

account.

A candidate in order to qualify himself for the Fellowship is required, in addition to the ordinary subjects, to pass in Greek, French or German, and in one, at his option, of the remaining subjects in Part II.

* The exact dates have not yet been fixed.