Oct. 21.]

ORGANIZATION, and, generally, the political and economical development of the more important existing peoples.

23. Greek History.--Questions (a) on the general and (b) on the constitutional history of Greece to the death of Alexander. Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of the original authorities. They must also be prepared to answer questions on historical geography, and to draw sketch-maps.

24. Roman History.--Questions (a) on the general and (b) on the constitutional history of Rome to the death of Trajan. Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of the original authorities. They must also be prepared to answer questions on historical geography, and to draw sketch-maps.

25. 26. English History.--The subject will include (a) the political history of Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies; (b) the constitutional history of the United Kingdom. Candidates should be acquainted with the following authorities:

Period I, to 1485. Stubbs, Select Charters (Clarendon Press).

Period II, 1485 to 1848. Prothero, Statutes and Constitutional Documents (Clarendon Press). Gardiner, Documents of the Puritan Revolution (Clarendon Press).

In each period the number of marks assigned to the question or questions dealing with the text of the prescribed books will be about one-sixth of that assigned to the whole period. Candidates must be prepared to answer questions on historical geography, and to draw sketch-maps.

27. General Modern History.--Candidates may, at their choice, be examined in any one of the following periods. Periods III, IV, and V will include Indian history.

Candidates are warned that high marks will not be awarded in this subject unless the text of the prescribed books has been carefully studied by them. Candidates must be prepared to answer questions on historical geography, and to draw sketch-maps.

I. From the accession of Charlemagne to the Third Crusade (A.D. 800 to A.D. 1193).

II. From the Third Crusade to the Diet of Worms (A.D. 1193 to A.D. 1521).

III. From the Diet of Worms to the death of Louis XIV (A.D. 1521 to A.D. 1715).

IV. From the accession of Louis XV to the French Revolution of 1848 (A.D. 1715 to A.D. 1848).

V. From the Peace of Paris to the Treaty of Berlin (A.D. 1763 to A.D. 1878).

Candidates should be acquainted with the following authorities:

PERIOD I, 800--1193.

Einhard: Vita Caroli Magni, from 800 A.D. Ed.: (1) Pertz; (2) Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum. Lambert of Hersfeld. Ed.: Pertz.

Suger: Vita Ludovici VI. Ed.: (1) Migne; (2) Société de l'Histoire de France, 1868.

Otto of Freising: De gestis Frederici I. Ed.: Pertz. (The continuator is not included.)

PERIOD II, 1193--1521.

Joinville: St. Louis. Ed.: (1) Petiot; (2) Michaud et Poujoulat; (3) Buchon; (4) Société de l'Histoire de France, 1868.

Philippe de Comines: Mémoires. Ed.: (1) Petiot; (2) Michaud et Poujoulat; (3) Buchon; (4) de Mandrot, Picard, Paris, 1901--3.

Machiavelli: The Prince. English translation by Thompson: Published by the Clarendon Press.

PERIOD III, 1521--1715.

Sully: Mémoires, up to the Treaty of Vervins. Ed.: (1) Petiot; (2) Michaud et Poujoulat.

Torcy: Mémoires. Ed.: (1) Petiot; (2) Michaud et Poujoulat.

PERIOD IV, 1715--1848.

Frederick II. Histoire de mon Temps, and La Guerre de Sept Ans. Ed.: (1) Boutaric; (2) Œuvres de Frédéric II, published by Decker, Berlin, 1846.

Malmesbury (First Earl of). Diaries and Correspondence. London, Bentley, 1844. Vol. II, Mission to the Hague, pp. 66--443. Vol. III, Mission to Lisle, pp. 369--599.

Metternich. Aus Metternich's nachgelassenen Papieren. Autorisirte Original-Ausgabe. Vienna, 1880. Or in English translation--Memoirs of Prince Metternich. Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1880--82. To be studied up to the year 1815.

PERIOD V, 1763--1878.

Malmesbury: As for Period IV. Metternich: As for Period IV. Bianchi: La Politique du Comte Camille de Cavour, 1852--1861 (Turin, 1885). Bismarck: Gedanken und Erinnerungen von Bismarck (edited by H. Kohl, Stuttgart, 1898). Or in English translation--Bismarck, the Man and

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the Statesman: Reflections and Reminiscences, &c. Translated under supervision of A. J. Butler (Smith and Elder, London, 1898). To be studied up to the year 1878.

28. Logic and Psychology.--The history of the subject will be included.

29. Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy.--The history of the subject will be included.

30. Political Economy and Economic History.--Candidates will be expected to possess a knowledge of economic theory as treated in the larger textbooks, 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. Candidates should pay attention to the study of statistical methods.

31. 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.

32. English Law.--Under the head of “English law” are included the following subjects, viz.: (1) Law of contract, (2) law of evidence, (3) law of the Constitution, (4) criminal law, (5) law of real property; and of these five subjects candidates are at liberty to offer any four, but not more than four.

The following applies only to Candidates for Clerkships in the Establishment of the Foreign Office, for Attachéships in the Diplomatic Service, and for Student Interpreterships in China, Japan, and Siam:—

Spanish Language and Literature.--Translation and composition. Critical questions on the Spanish language and literature. Oral examination.

Paper 1 will consist of translation from and into the language. In Paper 2 (Critical Questions) candidates will be invited to answer in the foreign language some of the questions, and marks will be allotted for accuracy, facility, and elegance in the composition of these answers. Passages for translation may be set, and questions asked, demanding a knowledge of the language in its early stages; but it will not be obligatory upon candidates to master in detail the old forms in use before 1500.

French, German, Italian, Spanish.--Those candidates who do not take the papers of critical questions in French, German, Italian, and Spanish respectively will be tested in original composition by means of a separate paper. The original composition of those candidates who take the paper of critical questions will be tested by their answers in the foreign language to some of the questions, and such candidates will not take the separate composition paper.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

AN open competitive examination for admission to the Civil Service of India will be held in London, under the subjoined regulations, commencing on the 1st August, 1910.

The number of persons to be selected at this examination will be announced hereafter.

No person will be admitted to compete from whom the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, has not received on or before the 1st July, 1910, an application on the prescribed form, a copy of which is sent herewith. No question as to the delay or loss in the post of any such application form can be entertained. Candidates who delay their applications until the last days will do so at their own risk.

Acknowledgments of such application forms are sent, and any candidate who has filled up and returned the printed application form but has not received an acknowledgment of it within four complete days should at once write to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, London W. Failure to comply with this provision will deprive the candidate of any claim to consideration.

The order for admission to the examination will be posted on the 20th July, 1910, to the address given on the form of application. It will contain instructions as to the time and place at which candidates will be required to attend and as to the manner in which the fee (£6) is to be paid.

Civil Service Commission, August, 1909.

Regulations.

• • The following regulations, made by the Secretary of State for India in Council, are liable to alteration from year to year.

1. An examination for admission to the Civil Service of India, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London in August of each year. The date of the examination and the number of appointments to be made for each province