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literature as represented (mainly) by the following writers in verse and prose between the reign of Edward III. and the accession of Queen Victoria :— Verse: Chaucer, Langland, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Gray, Collins, Johnson, Goldsmith, Crabbe, Cowper, Campbell, Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats. Prose: Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, Milton, Cowley, Bunyan, Dryden, Swift, Defoe, Addison, Johnson, Burke, Scott, Macaulay (essays and biographies).

A minute knowledge of the works of these authors will not be looked for in this part of the examination, which will, however, test how far the candidates have studied the chief productions of the greatest English writers in themselves, and are acquainted with the leading characteristics of their thought and style, and with the place which each of them occupies in the history of English literature. Candidates will also be expected to show that they have studied in these authors the history of the English language in respect of its vocabulary, syntax, and prosody.

The other part of the examination will relate to one of the periods named below, which will follow each other year by year in the order indicated.

1. (1902.) A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800 (Pope to Cowper).
2. (1903.) A.D. 1800 to A.D. 1832 (nineteenth-century writers to the death of Scott).
3. (1904.) A.D. 1360 to A.D. 1600 (Chaucer to Spenser).
4. (1905.) A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1700 (Shakespeare to Dryden).

The examination in this part will require from candidates a more minute acquaintance with the history of the English language and literature, as illustrated in the chief works produced in each period, and will be based to a considerable extent, but by no means exclusively, on certain books specified each year by the Commissioners.* The names placed under the dates are intended to suggest the general character of the literary development of the period, and, consequently, the natural limits of the examination. All the works of Shakespeare, for example, will be regarded as falling within the period 1600 to 1700; all the works of Swift within the period 1700 to 1800; all the works of Scott and Wordsworth, and all the works of Macaulay, within the period 1800 to 1832.

French Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. Critical questions on the French language and literature. Conversation.

German Language and Literature.—Translation and composition. Critical questions on the German language and literature. Conversation.

Latin Language and Literature.—Translation from Latin into English, composition in prose and verse, or (as an alternative for verse-composition) a Latin essay or letter. Critical questions on the Latin language (including questions on philology) and literature.

Greek Language and Literature. — Translation from Greek into English, composition in prose and verse, or (as an alternative for verse-composition) a Greek dialogue or oration. Critical questions on the Greek language (including questions on philology) and literature.

Sanskrit Language and Literature.—Translation from Sanskrit into English, and from English into Sanskrit. History of Sanskrit literature (including knowledge of such Indian history as bears upon the subject); Sanskrit grammar; Vedic philology.

Arabic Language and Literature. — Translations as in Sanskrit. History of Arabic literature (including knowledge of such Arabic history as bears upon the subject); Arabic grammar; Arabic prosody.

English History.—General questions on English history from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1848; questions on the Constitutional History of England from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1848.

General Modern History.—Candidates may, at their choice, be examined in any one of the following periods: 1. From the accession of Charlemagne to the Third Crusade (A.D. 800 to A.D. 1193). 2. From the Third Crusade to the Diet of Worms (A.D. 1193 to A.D. 1521). 3. From the Diet of Worms to the death of Louis XIV. (A.D. 1521 to A.D. 1715). 4. From the accession of Louis XV. to the French Revolution of 1848 (A.D. 1715 to A.D. 1848). Periods 3 and 4 will include Indian history.

Greek History. — Questions on the general history of Greece to the death of Alexander; questions on the constitutional history of Greece during the same period.

Roman History. — Questions on the general history of Rome to the death of Vespasian; questions on the constitutional history of Rome during the same period.

In Greek and Roman history candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of the original authorities.

Mathematics. — Pure mathematics: Algebra, geometry (Euclid and geometrical conic sections), plane trigonometry, plane analytical geometry (less advanced portions), differential calculus (elementary), integral calculus (elementary). Applied mathematics: Statics, dynamics of a particle, hydrostatics, geometrical optics. Candidates may use the methods of the infinitesimal calculus, but the questions will be such as can be solved without the aid of these methods.

Advanced Mathematics. — Pure mathematics: Higher algebra, including theory of equations, plane and spherical trigonometry, differential calculus, integral calculus, differential equations, analytical geometry, plane and solid. Applied mathematics: Statics, including attractions, dynamics of a particle, rigid dynamics, hydrodynamics, the mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism.

Political Economy and Economic History.—Candidates will be expected to possess a knowledge of economic theory as treated in the larger text-books; also, a knowledge of the existing economic conditions, and of statistical methods as applied to economic inquiries, together with a general knowledge of the history of industry, land-tenure, and economic legislation in the United Kingdom.

Logic and Mental Philosophy (Ancient and Modern).—Logic will include both deductive and inductive logic. Mental philosophy will include psychology and metaphysics.

Political Science.—The examination will not be confined to analytical jurisprudence, early institutions, and theory of legislation, but may embrace comparative politics, the history of political theories, &c. Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of original authorities.

Civil Service Commission, June, 1901.

NOTE.

If open competitive examinations for the following services —viz., Eastern cadetships in the colonial service; clerkships (Class I.) in the Home Civil Service—should be held in 1902 concurrently with the open competitive examination for the Civil Service of India, candidates, duly eligible in respect of age, will be admitted to compete for any two or all three of these services, subject to the following conditions:—

(1.) That they fill up and return to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, an application on each of the prescribed forms within the time limited by the respective regulations.* (NOTE.—A separate form of application is required for each of the three services.)

(2.) That it is distinctly understood that every successful candidate who may have been admitted to compete for either the India or the colonial service, as well as for the Home service, will be called upon to declare, immediately after the announcement of the result of the competitions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candidates for the India or colonial service or on the list of candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service, and that the name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of candidates for clerkships in the Home Civil Service.

(3.) That it is distinctly understood that every successful candidate who may have been admitted to compete for both the India and colonial services will be called upon to declare, after the announcement of the result of the competitions, whether he prefers his name to remain on the list of candidates for the Civil Service of India or on the list of candidates for Eastern cadetships in the colonial service, and that the name of any candidate who fails to declare his choice when called upon to do so will be removed from the list of candidates for Eastern cadetships.

(4.) That all declarations of choice are irrevocable.

Candidates admitted to compete for all three or any two of these classes of appointments will be required to pay a consolidated fee of £6.

Civil Service Commission, 30th July, 1901.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

OPEN COMPETITION OF 1902.—FORM TO BE FILLED UP BY CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINATION.

The order for admission to the examination will not be issued unless this form, filled up by the candidate himself, is received by the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission on or before the 1st July, 1902.

(Date.)

SIR,—I beg to inform you that I wish to be a candidate at the examination for the Civil Service of India which is appointed to commence in London on the 1st of August, 1902.

I hereby declare that I was born on the day of , 18 , and that therefore I had attained the age of twenty-one years and had not attained the age of twenty-three years on the 1st January, 1902; I also declare that I have no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting me, or likely to unfit me, for the Civil Service of

*The books for 1902 are:—Pope: Dunciad. Prior: Poems. Crabbe: Village; Parish Register; Tales of the Hall. Cowper: Poems (excluding the Task and Translations). Hume: Essays—Moral, Political, and Literary. Burke: Speeches (except on Warren Hastings). The Spectator.

• Candidates who may desire to enter the competitions for the Home and colonial services should apply, about Easter next, to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, for the prescribed forms of application.