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 lY. A COMPLETE LIST OF BOOKS. 
 
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 cultum hujus facultatis optime evitari posse illud Scepticismi 
 site Infidelitatis periculuin, cui Scientiarum supradictarum 
 studiosi semper fuere obnoxii — id quod Kantii, Laplacii, Gib- 
 bonii exempla abunde testantur ; quumque perutile sit, in his 
 perturbatis Academioe temporibus, in iis studiis prsecipue im- 
 morari, quae Juvenum animos quam longissira^ a controversiis 
 inter Ortliodoxos et Dissentientes mox orituris distineant ; et 
 quum liberalibus hnjusce sseculi et loci sententiis eonsentaneum 
 sit, ejusmodi litteras in hac Universitate omni modo fovere 
 atque jpxcolere, quae non Viris tantum, sicut antea, sed Fceminis 
 quoque, principia, quse vocant, Bloomeriana professis, viam 
 honoris inter nos capessendi aperiant ; et quum denique melius 
 sit, eos libros legendos ultro proponere, quos Juventus nihilo- 
 minus lectura esset, etiam si ab iisdem legendis omnino pro- 
 hiberetur ; 
 
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 Honores capessendos, caeteraque ejusmodi pertinent, quam 
 proxime ad normam existentium et supradictarum Scbolarum 
 dirigantur atque instituantur ; utque Schedula Librorum, qui 
 prsecipue commendandi sint iis, qui nomina sua ad subeundum 
 examen proflteri velint, palam proponatur, et quam citissime 
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 NOTICE. 
 
 We, the undersigned. Examiners in the New School of 
 ^^ Litterce Fictitice'''* in the University of Oxford, hereby 
 give notice that in compliance with TIT. M. SEC. I. 
 there is this day issued a "Schedula Librorum/^ or List 
 of the Authors to be prepared, to which the attention of those 
 intending to graduate in this School is directed : and to which 
 a specimen Set of Examination Papers has been appended for 
 the convenience of Students. 
 
 The Names and Lists of Books for the forthcoming Examin- 
 ations *vill be received by us at our respective residences — 
 that is to say, at High Street, Broad Street, or St. Aldate's, 
 on the Twenty-ninth day of February, 1855. None will be 
 admitted before or after that date. 
 
 (Signed) E. T. SPIERS. 
 
 T. HARRIS. 
 J. PLOWMAN. 
 
 SCHEDULA LIBRORUM IN SOHOL. LITT. FICT. 
 PR^CIPUE LEGENDORUM, 
 
 AUCTORITATE EXAMINATORUM EVULGATA. 
 
 Viva Voce. — All Students alike will be expected to pass a 
 misa wee examination in The Pilgrim''s Peogress, and Adams's 
 Allegories (Distant Hills, &c.). Members of Non-conformist 
 Halls, however, on producing a certificate of the tenderness 
 of their consciences from their Theological adviser, will be 
 permitted to substitute for the latter any tales of equal 
 length of Mrs. Hannah More. 
 
 B 2
 
 (A)-PASSMEN'S BOOKS. 
 
 I, Goldsmith. Vicar of Wakefield. 
 II. Walter Scott. Any one of the Earlier Novels of average 
 length. [N.B. The Bride of Lammermoor 
 and Black Dwarf will be considered equiva- 
 lent to one Book.] 
 
 III. Dickens. Pickwick Papers. 
 
 IV. Any two Novels of Fenimore Cooper or Capt. Marryat. — 
 
 [N.B. Some acquaintance with the first prin- 
 ciples of Navigation will be expected. Art : 
 ^'' Namgation^^ Ency: Brit: is recommended 
 as suitable for this purpose.] 
 
 or, Any two Novels of Charles Lever ; including a general 
 acquaintance with the " Army List, 1854.*" 
 
 Composition. Passages will be proposed (1) from the above 
 books, to be rendered into the style of some 
 eminent English Classic ; (2) from such 
 Classic, to be rendered into the style of 
 some part or parts of the Authors tendered 
 for Examination. 
 
 (B)-CLASSMEN*S BOOKS. 
 
 I. AUTHORS REQUIRED OF ALL : 
 
 (1) Goldsmith. Vicar of Wakefield — together with the 
 
 Narrative Parts of the Citizen of the World. 
 
 (2) Walter Scott. Minimum. Tales of My Landlord, 
 
 with Glossary, &c. Candidates for the 
 Highest Honours may offer in addition any 
 or all of the remainder ; the later ones, how- 
 ever, are not recommended. 
 (.3) Dickens. Minimum. Four of the longer Novels, of 
 which Pickwick to be one. Chuzzlewit, 
 Copperfield, and Nickleby are specially re- 
 commended. Candidates for the Highest 
 Honours may offer in addition any or all of 
 the remaining Novels of this author.
 
 N.B. Great weight will be attached to this author in 
 the Examination. 
 Chapters I. — IV. of Humphrey'^s Clock will be 
 considered to form part of Pickwick for 
 those who offer the Minimum. 
 (4) Thackeray. Any three Novels, of which Vanity Fair to 
 be one. 
 
 II. CLASSICAL DIVISION : 
 
 (1) Gil Blas. ) t^ ,. , ^ 
 
 .^. -^ ^ J- English Translations may be used, 
 
 (2) Don Quixote. J ^ ^ 
 
 *(8) Sterne. Tristram Shandy, and Sentimental Journey. 
 *(4) Fielding. Tom Jones, Amelia, Joseph Andrews. 
 *(5) Smollett. Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle. 
 (6) Richardson. Clarissa Harlowe, Grandison, with Pamela, 
 Part I. 
 
 in. MODERN DIVISION : 
 
 (1) Austen. Minimum^ Three Novels (Persuasion and 
 
 Northanger Abbey to reckon as one) ; for 
 the Highest Honours^ all will be expected. 
 
 (2) Edgeworth. Any two of the longer Novels : "Patronage" 
 
 and " Helen" are recommended. 
 
 (3) D'*Arblay. Evelina, Cecilia. 
 
 (4) CuRRER Bell. Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette. 
 
 (5) Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom. — [The Student will be 
 
 expected to illustrate this work by reference 
 to Sam Slick in points connected with (1) 
 Niggers, (2) Yankee Dialects, &c.] 
 
 (6) Bulwer. Minimum f Three (to include My Novel). All, 
 
 if oj0fered, considered equivalent to two Books. 
 
 (7) Anonymous. Mary Barton, Ruth. 
 
 (8) Anonymous. Heir of RedclyiFe, Heartsease. 
 
 * Expurgated Editions only to be used.
 
 PASSMEN. 
 
 I.— GOLDSMITH {VICAR OF WAKEFIELD), 
 
 1. Give a brief life — 
 
 (1) Of Doctor Primrose, 
 
 (2) Of the Vicar of Wakefield ; 
 
 And prove that they were not, as commonly supposed, 
 one and the same person. 
 
 2. Who was Moses, and who gave him that name ? 
 
 3. Describe the dress of Moses when he went to the Fair, 
 and estimate its cost. 
 
 4. Trace the history of Wakefield from the reign of King 
 John to that of Henry VII. ; and distinguish 
 
 (1) Civil administration. 
 
 (2) Ecclesiastical government. 
 
 (3) Foreign affairs. 
 
 5. Give an analysis of the Vicar's sermon in the Jail, and 
 determine whether it was preached extempore, or from a MS. 
 
 6. What is ** A Monogamist " I Trace the progress of 
 Monogamist principles from the death of Mohammed to the 
 birth of the Vicar of Wakefield. 
 
 7. " Anarchon kai ateleutaion to pan." 
 
 In what language is this sentence supposed to be written ? 
 Give the interpretation proposed by Major Rawlinson, 
 D.C.L. 
 
 8. Mention any instances in which little Billy seems to have 
 manifested a wisdom beyond his years. 
 
 9. What was the price of a goose at the Fair which was 
 attended by Master Moses Primrose ?
 
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 10. Compare the character of the Vicar of Wakefield with 
 that of the Vicar of Bray. For what are they severally 
 remarkable ? 
 
 11. State briefly the genealogy of Ball and the foal respec- 
 tively. Has the breed of horses been improved in England 
 since the time of Goldsmith 2 
 
 12. Enumerate the occasions on whjch Mr. Burchell was 
 known to utter the word " fudge " ; and state in each case 
 whether the use of the offensive term was justifiable. 
 
 13. Who was the distinguished nobleman referred to by 
 Lady Blarney ? Trace his political career from the Congress 
 of Vienna to the passing of the Reform Bill. 
 
 14. How far is it probable that the ballad of "Edwin and 
 Angelina" is founded upon an episode in the pre-historical life 
 of Dr. and Mrs. Primrose ? 
 
 15. " The artist wh painted the family picture." 
 Examine the prevailing opinion that this individual waa Sir 
 Joshua Reynolds in disguise. 
 
 16. Draw a map of Europe, showing the exact position of 
 the public in which Dr. Primrose discovered his lost Olivia. 
 
 II.— SCOTT (GUY MANNERING), 
 
 1. Give a brief life of your author, distinguishing the fol- 
 lowing periods : — 
 
 (1) From Richard I.— Edward IV. 
 
 (2) Elizabeth—Charles II. 
 
 (3) __ William III.—George III. 
 
 2. Guy Mannering is stated by Scott to have been a mem- 
 ber of the University of Oxford. When did he take his 
 degree; and what grounds exist for supposing that his ex- 
 cursion into Scotland was of the nature of a rustication 9 
 
 Refer specially to Guy Mannering's own confession that he 
 had ** climbed Skiddaw, and shot grouse on Scawfell.'*
 
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 S. What Greek Lexicon did Dominie Sampson use ? De- 
 scribe his career at the University of Glasgow ; and explain 
 the circumstances which prevented his taking an ad eundem 
 at Oxford. 
 
 4. What proof is derivable from the early history of Mr. 
 Guy Mannering that the science of Astrology was energeti- 
 cally cultivated at Oxford, and as energetically repudiated 
 at Glas^efow? 
 
 5. Give instances from Guy Mannering of the true sports- 
 manlike spirit which characterizes the author ; and shew by 
 the general tone of such instances how far an appreciation of 
 the beauties of nature is a necessary element in the sportsman'^s 
 character. 
 
 6. Describe a Scotch laird \ and compare the domestic and 
 other experiences of the Laird of Ellangowan with those of the 
 " Laird o*'Cockpen.^' 
 
 7. Give some account of Mr. Dandie Dinmont''s dog-kennel ; 
 stating any reasons that may suggest themselves for the limited 
 number of names by which his terriers were distinguished: 
 and examine the method of training adopted by Mr. Dinmont 
 by " entering'^ his dogs " first wi' rottens— then wi' stots and 
 weasels, and then wi' the tods and brocs." 
 
 8. Explain the connection between Meg Merrilies and the 
 fortunes of Henry Bertram, Esq. ; give some account of that 
 lady's habits ; and state especially how far the use of tobacco, 
 as a stimulus, may have been necessitated in her case by the 
 painful experiences of her life. 
 
 9. How far may Miss Julia Mannering's letters be regarded 
 as fair specimens of " young lady" correspondence ? Estimate 
 (approximately) the number of stamps which each of these 
 missives would require, the labour of the postman employed 
 in their conveyance, and the general effect which they were 
 calculated to produce on the nervous system of Mr. Eowland 
 Hill. Illustrate by any such original correspondence in your 
 own possession.
 
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 10. Describe the funeral of Mrs. Margaret Bertram, and the 
 subsequent search after the will. 
 
 Give a brief analysis of the Trust-deed eventually discovered 
 and distinguish the effects of its recital upon the several parties 
 present. 
 
 11. Discuss the importance of the East Indies, 
 
 (1) To the British Empire. 
 
 (2) To the development of the plot in Guy Mannering : 
 and state how far the production of an aged party with an 
 electro-plated liver, and an orientally discoloured visage may 
 be regarded as the '* deus ex machina" of novelists in general, 
 and of Sir W. Scott in particular. 
 
 12. Who was Ram Jolli Bundleman ? 
 
 13. ''I will reform your education upward from the true 
 knowledge of English grammar, even to that of the Hebrew 
 or Chaldaic tongues." Dom, Sampson, 
 
 Examine this ascending scale of education, supplying the 
 intermediate steps ; and determine how far the whole series 
 may be summed in the Dominie's favourite exclamation " PRO- 
 DIGIOUS." 
 
 14. *' Poz hagel blitzen and donner."*' 
 
 Give specimens of the peculiar idiom patronized by Mr. 
 Dirk Hatteraick ; and discuss 
 
 (1) The cosmopolitan indifference, 
 
 (2) The accomodating politeness of that gentleman, as ex- 
 hibited in the following dialogue : — 
 
 ** * Aye — carry him to Flushing' said the Captain, * or to 
 
 America V 
 ' Aye, aye, my friend,' 
 ' Or to Jericho r 
 
 ' Pshaw, wherever you have a mind** 
 * Aye — or pitch him overboard ?** " 
 
 15. Explain — 
 
 " Whaap" ** wessel," '^ decking time's aye canty time," 
 '* a hantle bogles,'' " wag his pow in a pulpit," " pair o'cleeks."
 
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 III.— PICKWICK. 
 
 1. Give some account of the game of cricket as played in 
 the West Indies : and describe an imaginary match between 
 any number of blacks (including Quanko Samba) and an eleven, 
 including Lillywhite. 
 
 2. Collect passages which bear upon the theory of " Wid- 
 ders," as enunciated from time to time by Mr. Weller, senior. 
 
 3. ** Laudibus arguitur vini vinosus." 
 
 What similar inference as to your author's appreciation of 
 good cheer might be drawn from the various descriptions of 
 festal entertainments which occur in the Pickwick Papers ? 
 
 4. Shew how far the fundamental principles of the British 
 Constitution are exhibited in the account of the Eatanswill 
 election : and apply specially 
 
 (1) To the freedom of the press, as manifested by the local 
 papers ; 
 
 (2) To the freedom of opinion, as expressed in the language 
 of the electors. 
 
 5. Can you assign any probable grounds for the popular 
 representation of Mr. Pickwick under the figure of an " Aged 
 Bam?" 
 
 6. Give a succinct account of the trial, Bardell v. Pick- 
 wick ; and estimate the influence exercised upon the minds of 
 the jurors by — 
 
 (1) The eloquence of Sergeant Buzfuz. 
 
 (2) The confusion of Mr. Winkle. 
 
 (3) The grammatical dogmatism of Mr. Weller, senior. 
 
 (4) The arrangement of Master Bardell's buttons. 
 
 7. Describe (1) the practical, (2) the sentimental method of 
 love-making; and state their comparative efficacy as mani- 
 fested in the cases of Mr. Alfred Jingle and Mr. Tracy Tupman 
 respectively. 
 
 8. Contrast the private and public life of Mr. Weller, sen. ;
 
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 and prove that his team comprised at least oae ''^ grey mare^'' 
 which was '' the hetter horse.'" 
 
 9. Can the fragments of poetry in the Pickwick papers be 
 reduced to any system of classification ? If so — assign to 
 their respective classes 
 
 (1) The Ivy Green. 
 
 (2) The lines "To a frog," by Mrs. Leo Hunter. 
 
 (3) The Goblin's song. 
 
 (4) The Romance of Dick Turpin. 
 
 (5) The conclusion of Mr. Samuel Weller's love-letter. 
 
 1 0. " We won't go home till morning," &c. 
 
 How far is Dickens authorized in styling this composition 
 " the national air"" ? State the case fully as at issue between 
 this air and that of '' God save the Queen'^ ; and give the 
 two first bars of both in full score. 
 
 11. Show the beneficial effects of brandy-and- water phy- 
 sically, ethically, and socially ; and illustrate by reference to 
 the experience of Mr. Pickwick. 
 
 State in round numbers how many glasses of this liquid Mr. 
 Pickwick is recorded as having consumed. 
 
 12. Show the versatility of Sam Weller's genius as mani- 
 fested — 
 
 (1) In the "leg of mutton swarry.'* 
 
 (2) In the kitchen of Mr. Nupkins. 
 
 (3) In abetting the loves of Mr. Nathaniel Winkle and 
 Miss Arabella Allen. 
 
 (4) In his intercourse with his mother-in-law. 
 
 13. What data have we for supposing that the politics of 
 Mr. 1^, Jingle were those of a Free-trader ? 
 
 14. Compare the faculties of Medicine and Law as treated 
 of by your author ; and state how far they severally affected 
 the fortunes of Mr. Pickwick. 
 
 15. Define " alley tor," " alleybi,'' "commoney," "killibeate;' 
 " tap," " have-his-carcase," " a rig," " a go," " reduced coun- 
 sels," *' mizzle," " twopenny rope,'^ " small fire-arms," " flum- 
 moxed."
 
 14 
 
 And explain — 
 
 (1) *' Fruits is in, cats is out/' 
 
 (2) " Dash my vescoat." 
 
 (3) " A regular soft-headed, ink-red'lous turnip."" 
 
 (4) " TheyVe a twigging of you, Sir." 
 
 (5) ** YouVe a amicably-disposed young man. Sir, I don''t 
 
 think." 
 
 IV.— CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER : and 
 COOPER'S PILOT. 
 
 1. Account for Mr. Lorrequer'*s theatrical celebrity, and 
 shew how far his success was influenced by the senior lieute- 
 nant in the character of Desdemona. 
 
 2. Who was Martin Hanegan, and who was his aunt ? 
 Examine the peculiar method adopted by the latter as an 
 arhitra hibendi, 
 
 3. Examine the phenomena of sea-sickness presented by the 
 case of Mrs. Mulrooney ; and determine how far the Steward 
 of the " Alert " may be regarded as an impartially selected 
 specimen of his profession. 
 
 4. Give some accoxmt of Mr. Lorrequer''s experience as a 
 medical adviser ; and investigate the mode of treatment em- 
 ployed by that gentleman in the cure of a ^^ sUatotamous 
 aneurism.'''' 
 
 5. Discuss upon scientific principles the game of Rouge et 
 Noir as played by Mr. O'Leary ; and animadvert upon the 
 additional chance of success afforded in his case by the posses- 
 sion of a black-thorn stick. 
 
 6. Determine the authorship of the opera of the Huguenots ; 
 and shew that the claims of Mr. Harry Lorrequer as opposed 
 to those of Herr Meyerbeer have been unfairly neglected. 
 
 7. Give the dates of the commissions obtained by Mr. Lor- 
 requer, and by the more distinguished members of " Our 
 Mess" respectively. Illustrate from the Army List.
 
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 8. Who was the Pilot, and what were his wages per diem ? 
 State briefly the main points of difference between the Aristo- 
 telian and the Cooperian Pilot, as also between the Pilots of 
 the Thames and those of the Mersey. 
 
 9. Give Col. Howard's theory of the British Constitution, 
 especially in connection with the subject of Slavery ; and esti- 
 mate the degree in which it was affected by the " dark locks," 
 and " arch mischief/"* of Miss Katherine Plowden. 
 
 10. Give a brief life of Tom Coffin, and investigate the de- 
 gree of his relationship to Tom Bowling and Tom Tackle. 
 
 11. Was Mr. Boltrope justified in anticipating " the wear 
 and tear of running-gear in shortening sail,"' in order that the 
 women need not be *' ^sterricky in squalls ""' ? Account (if pos- 
 sible) for the feminine propensity alluded to, and explain what 
 is meant by a ship being " cluttered with she-cattle." 
 
 12. "He drinks nothing but the elements — which is water 
 stiffened with air''' Examine this Cosmological Theory. 
 
 13. Describe briefly the Latitudinarian views promulgated 
 by Mr. Boltrope : and apply specially to the two following in- 
 stances : — 
 
 (1) The changing of shirts. 
 
 (2) The carrying of tobacco in the wrong cheek. 
 Determine with regard to the latter point which is the wrong 
 
 cheek ; and with regard to the former, whether the Master's 
 real opinion was in favour of adjournment sine die, 
 
 14. " If you have not the arm of a patriot, you at least 
 possess a most loyal imagination." Were these words really 
 addressed to Miss Plowden by Lieutenant Griffith ; and if so, 
 in what terms would that gentleman have addressed the 
 American Congress? 
 
 15. Do the characters of Messrs. Griffith and Barnstable 
 throw any light upon the constitution of that important corps 
 the Horse-Marines ? 
 
 16. Describe the final interview between Tom Coffin and 
 Dillon ; and give the last '' dying speech and confession " of 
 the latter.
 
 16 
 
 17. Explain, ** Undertow," " Footing up a Reckoning," '' A 
 neap tide in his temper," '^ swallow-tailed bunting," **a pull at 
 the halyards," " the lifts and braces of faith,'^ " casting off the 
 fasts of life," "moored in the lee side of a house ;" and give 
 some account of the Susan and Dorothy, — stating 
 
 (1) Whether she was clincher or carver built. 
 
 (2) Her tonnage {burthen, and register.) 
 
 (3) What accommodation she possessed for emigrants. 
 
 COMPOSITION. 
 
 1. Translate into the style oi Addison: 
 
 " Conquests ! Thousands. Don Bolaro Fizzgig. Grandee 
 — only daughter — Donna Christina — splendid creature — 
 loved me to distraction — jealous father — high-souled 
 daughter — handsome Englishman — Donna Christina in 
 despair — prussic acid — stomach pump in my portmanteau 
 — operation performed — old Bolaro in exstacies — consent 
 to our union — ^join hands and floods of tears — romantic 
 story — very." 
 
 2. Translate into the style of Dr, Johnson : 
 
 " Poetry's unnat'ral ; no man ever talked in poetry 
 'cept a beadle on boxin** day, or Warren's blacking or 
 Rowland's oilj> or some o' them low fellows ; never you 
 let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy." 
 
 *' Wot I like in that 'ere style of writin' is that there 
 ain't no callin' names in it, — no Wenuses, nor nothin' o' 
 that kind ; wot's the good o' callin' a young 'ooman a 
 Wenus or a angel, Sammy ? You might jist as well call 
 her a griflSn, or a unicorn, or a king's arms at once, which 
 is wery veil known to be a collection o' fabulous animals." 
 
 3. Translate into the style of Mr. Sam Weller : 
 
 " It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the 
 Queen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles ; and 
 surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed 
 to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above
 
 17 
 
 the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere 
 she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning 
 star, full of life, and splendour, and joy. Oh ! what a 
 revolution ! and what a heart must I have, to contem- 
 plate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little 
 did I dream, that when she added titles of veneration to 
 those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she 
 should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against 
 disgrace concealed in that bosom ; little did I dream that 
 I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her 
 in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour 
 and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must 
 have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that 
 threatened her with insult."
 
 CLASSMEN. 
 
 I.—HISTORY. 
 
 1. Analyze the character^ and briefly trace the career of 
 Mr. Gamp, as depicted in the notices of him by his widow ; 
 and enumerate the causes of the early extinction of their 
 family. 
 
 2. ^' Thus have I loved as no man loved 
 '' That hadn't wooden legs." 
 
 Where do these words occur ? — Collect all the passages in 
 the works of Dickens bearing on wooden legs ; and shew that 
 a common vein of feeling perv^ades them all. 
 
 3. Give some account of (1) the Court and Constitution of 
 Pumpernickel, (2) of Bath in Mr. Pickwick's time, (3) of the 
 Administration of Vauxhall in the time of Evelina and 
 Cecilia, with any subsequent modifications therein : and ex- 
 plain the terms "Ranelagh" — a "ridotto"' — a "drum'' — as 
 understood in the fashionable world of Madame D'Arblay's 
 time. 
 
 4. Estimate, from the facts preserved respecting the domes- 
 tic chaplains of Squire Western and the Marquis of Steyne, 
 the extent of Ecclesiastical Power in their respective epochs ; 
 and shew how far the character of the Good Parson in 
 Chaucer is reflected in (1) Parson Adams, (2) Parson Trul- 
 liber, (3) the clergymen of Miss Austen's novels. 
 
 5. Mark the progress of Society towards Philanthropy by 
 comparing the tone (1) of the Novels of the present day with 
 those of Fielding's time : (2) of the earlier and later works of 
 Dickens. 
 
 6. Trace the course of the feud between Madame Duval 
 and the Captain ; distinguish the various shades of vulgarity
 
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 in the different members of the Branghton family ; and state 
 any rational remarks of Miss Larolles that occur to you. 
 
 7. What hopes of the perfectibility of the Negro Race may 
 be founded (1) on the moral pocket hankerchers mentioned 
 by Mr. Weller, (2) on Mrs. Jellyby's piano-forte-leg-factory 
 and coffee-plantation, (3) on Mr. Slick's demonstration of their 
 susceptibility of a high polish ? Can Uncle Tom's high moral 
 condition be fairly traced to any of these influences ? 
 
 8. Give an outline of the constitution of the Island of Bara- 
 taria, as designed by the Governor Sancho Pan9a ; and shew- 
 that it satisfied all the conditions of a perfect Colonial system. 
 
 9. Point out the principal coincidences between the narra- 
 tives of Gil Bias' initiation into Madrid life by the valets of 
 the noblemen, and Mr. Sam Weller's introduction to Bath at 
 the " Leg of Mutton Svvarry ;" and shew any shades of varia- 
 tion from the received flunkey type in Messrs. Morgan and 
 Lightfoot, Scipio and Strap. 
 
 10. Compare the political careers and characters of Lord 
 Oldborough and Audley Egerton ; and give a succhict account 
 of the Lansmere Election, specifying the events of each day, 
 and the secret motives of the politicians concerned. 
 
 1 1. Give in chronological order an account of Uncle Jack's 
 (Tibbets) various speculations, and their success. 
 
 12. Compare Parson Dale and Mr. Pickwick as whist- 
 players, and give some account of the partners and antago- 
 nists of each. 
 
 13. " In the suspension of authority which terror produces 
 in a family, the lady's maid usually usurps considerable power." 
 On what occasion is this principle enunciated ? and how far is 
 such a generalization authorized by historical parallels ? 
 
 14. Give some account of the prominent literary characters 
 of My Novel and Pendennis : with a brief analysis of the table 
 talk of Mr. Bungay's dinner-party. 
 
 ] 5. Compare the various modes of match-making pursued, 
 and the degrees of success attained, by (1) Lady Davenant ; 
 
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 20 
 
 (2) Mrs. Falconer ; (3) Rowland Lester ; (4) Mrs. Skewton ; 
 (5) Mrs. Primrose , (6) Emma Woodhouse. 
 
 16. What peculiar conditions of English Society may be 
 supposed to have produced the " gentleman highwayman f"* 
 
 Trace the history of this Institution from the time of Smol- 
 lett to that of Bulwer ; and determine how far the latter has 
 adequately realized its character. 
 
 17. Specify the occasions and main circumstances of the 
 several imprisonments of Captain Booth, and compare his 
 prison experiences with those of Mr. Pickwick, Mr. Micawber, 
 the Primrose family, Rawdon Crawley, and Captain Shan don. 
 
 18. Shew the bearing on the Physical History of Man of 
 the details respecting Giants and Dwarfs recorded in the Curi- 
 osity Shop : and how far they assist the rational explanation 
 proposed by some historical critics of the more marvellous in- 
 cidents of " Jack the Giant-Killer," and the apologue in the 
 Vicar of Wakefield. 
 
 19. Compare the pretensions of (1) Scotf's Antiquary, (2) 
 Dr. Primrose, (3) Dr. Strong, (4) Mr. Shandy, Sen., (5) Mr. 
 Caxton, Sen.,— respectively to the character of the man of 
 learning: and shew especially how far the latter^ and the 
 several interlocutors of his dialogues, may have been sug- 
 gested by the parallel sketches of Sterne. 
 
 20. " Migrations from the blue bed to the brown.**** Trace 
 the migrations (1) of the Human Family, (2) of the Family 
 of the Vicar of Wakefield. 
 
 II.— PHILOSOPHY, AND HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, &c. 
 
 1. "/ don^t know Nothink.'^ How far does this famous 
 apophthegm present a true parallel to the professions of uni- 
 versal ignorance made by Socrates 1 And how far may the 
 conduct of the Athenians in expelling Diagoras be pleaded as 
 a precedent for the perpetual injunctions to " move on " ad- 
 dressed to the boy Jo by the English Civil Power ? 
 
 2. How far is the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge
 
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 Banctioned and developed in Mr. Shandy's Theory of the 
 educational value of the Auxiliary verbs ? And how far can 
 the latter, in its proposed attainment of intellectual results ly 
 mechanical process, fairly claim the credit of having originated 
 (1) Babbage's Calculating Machine, (2) the Latin- Verse-Mill 
 or Eureka ? Shew how the scholastic principles of Logical 
 Division, and doctrine of modality of propositions admit of 
 illustrations from Mr. Shandy's exposition of this subject. 
 
 S. Can the system of Positive Philosophy enunciated by 
 Mr. Arthur Pendennis, (vol. ii. c. xxiii.) be regarded as ex- 
 pressing without qualification the author's own views ? Give 
 some account of Mr, Warrington's objections thereto : and 
 shew whether Currer Bell properly belongs to the Positive 
 School of Fiction. 
 
 4. Is Mr. Sam Weller's Philosophy adequately described as 
 an eocpansion of the system of Mr. Weller sen. ? Shew how 
 far its more characteristic features may be due to the modify- 
 ing influence (1) of early education, (2) of intercourse with 
 Mr. Pickwick ; and estimate the claims of Mark Tapley to 
 be regarded as the founder of an independent system of Philo- 
 sophy. 
 
 5. Give some account of the controversy on the Law of 
 Nature between Square and Thwackum, with a notice of the 
 circumstances in which it originated ; trace the respective 
 influences of these philosophers in forming the character of 
 their pupil : and shew from the Vicar of Wakefield the wide- 
 spread popularity of their systems. 
 
 6. Compare 'HheLeg of Mutton swarry" with the Banquet 
 of Plato ; and shew that the characters of Mr. John Smauker, 
 and the gentleman in blue with leaden buttons are borrowed 
 from those of Eryximachus and Phsedrus respectively. 
 
 7. Give Berkeley's Theory of Vision, and shew its applica- 
 bility— 
 
 (1) To the interview between Tom Smart and the arm-chair. 
 
 (2) *' The illumination of short-sixes " got up for the special 
 
 entertainment of Mr. Pecksniff. 
 
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 (3) The " unparalleled appearance '' which arrested the 
 attention of the elderly scientific gentleman, and was 
 by him referred to the agency of electricity. 
 
 8. Compare the Mrs. Harris of Sairy Gamp with the daemon 
 of Socrates; and shew that the incredulity of Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Prig with regard to the former had its prototype in that of 
 the Athenian judges. 
 
 9. " Is there a screw loose in the celestial bodies ? that's 
 Philosophy. Is there a screw loose in the terrestrial bodies ? 
 that's Philosophy."'' Can this be regarded as an exhaustive 
 division of the sphere of Philosophy ? Compare Aristotle's 
 illustrations of moral science derived from the Humbler Arts 
 with those adopted by Mr. Squeers. 
 
 10. How far does the self-reliance and pride of Virtue ex- 
 hibited in the model heroes of Miss Edgeworth realize the 
 Ideal perfection of Ancient Stoicism ? Apply the moral de- 
 ducible from the characters of Theodora Martindale, and 
 Philip and Laura Edmonstone, to exhibit the defects of her 
 system, 
 
 11. Compare the Platonism of Bulwer with the so-called 
 Cynicism of Thackeray ; and shew in which of the works of 
 the former the Idealistic tendency is exaggerated into Mysti- 
 cism ; and how far the Sceptical method of the latter conducts 
 to real and palpable results. 
 
 12. Distinguish between the faculties and sensibilities which 
 are required — 
 
 ( 1 ) In the Ethical as distinct from the Social Novelist. 
 
 (2) In the Novelist who describes Contemporary society as 
 
 distinct from the Novelist who realizes the past. 
 
 13. Examine the following twofold Division of the ordinary 
 characters of Fiction : — 
 
 (1) Ideals — framed to embody a single principle (results of 
 
 contemplation). 
 
 (2) Studies — transcribing the complex realities of actual life 
 
 (results of observation). 
 And apply the Division in classifying the following creations
 
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 of your authors: — Squire Western — Mr. Dombey— Sancho — 
 Mr. Bradshaw — Eugene Aram — Harriet Smith (in Emma) — 
 Betsey Trotwood — Corporal Trim — Mr. Briggs (Cecilia) — Sir 
 0. Grandison — Glaucus — Mr. Osborne, sen. — Guy Morville — 
 M. Paul — Hortense Moore — St. Clair — Uncle Tom — Caleb 
 Balderstone. 
 
 14. Trace the principles of the Pythagorean hrotherhood 
 as revived in the associated workmen of " Mary Barton," and 
 the "Brick Lane Branch '\ and shew particulars of identity 
 (1) in the disuse of animal food among the former, (2) in the 
 voluntary renunciation of strong drinh by the latter. 
 
 III.--ETHICS, &c. 
 
 1. State succinctly the leading principles of the Ethical 
 systems of Dickens and Thackeray respectively. Point out 
 the main defects or shortcomings of each, and shew how far 
 the one may be regarded as the natural corrective or comple- 
 ment of the other. . 
 
 2. Compare as to general ethical tone the Spanish proverbs 
 of Sancho, and the Italian ones of Riccabocca ; giving charac- 
 teristic examples of each. 
 
 3. " W. Scott's morality is not in purple patches, ostenta- 
 tiously obtrusive, but woven in through the very texture of 
 the stuff." [Beauclerc, Miss Edgeworth's " Helen.''] 
 
 Explain this assertion, and give detailed instances of its 
 truth. 
 
 4. How far do (1) Mr. Delvile, sen., (2) Mr. Dombey, em- 
 body the magnanimous character of Aristotle's Ethics? and 
 can we recognize in either the former or the latter more than 
 an ideal and practically unattained standard of the virtue they 
 embody I ■ 
 
 5. Examine the allegation of Eclecticism made against 
 the moral systems held respectively by Captain Cuttle and 
 Dick Swiveller; shewing how far it is invalidated a^ regards 
 the former by the indirect evidence of his practically consistent
 
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 conduct ; as to the latter^ by the predominance of Epicu- 
 reanism in the social principles of his Philosophy. 
 
 6. "Sich is our religious feelius, and \\q finds'" em answer y — 
 Under what circumstances was this said 1 give some account 
 
 of the context; and shew whether or no the sentiment be in 
 accordance with the doctrines of Aristotle and Butler as to the 
 proper degree of weight due to motives of Interest in Morals. 
 Trace the influence of Bunyan in modifying Mrs. Gamp's views 
 on Human Life : and shew from the directions as to supper 
 issued by her, the substantial identity of her belief and that 
 of Aristotle as to the need of the appliances o^ External Goods 
 to make up the Sum of Happiness. 
 
 7. What moral features appear inseparable from the Ideal 
 Hero of Currer Bell, as arrived at by Abstraction from the 
 three prominent male characters in Jane Eyre, Shirley, and 
 Villette? 
 
 8. *' Thackeray — the Micaiah of Modern Society." Explain 
 and illustrate these words, with an analysis of the passage 
 where they occur. Shew how the parallel bears upon the 
 objections commonly urged against this writer as a moralist. 
 
 9. Illustrate the doctrine of Distributive Justice propounded 
 by the Aitful Dodger by a geometrical diagram after the 
 manner of Aristotle. 
 
 10. Compare Plato and Goldsmith as to the mutual relations 
 of the Rational and Irrational Elements of Human Nature ; 
 and shew especially how the allegory in the Phsedrus is An- 
 glicized in the attempted Journey of the Vicar's family to 
 church. 
 
 11. May not the example of Gil Bias and Peregrine Pickle 
 be held to have practically refuted the doctrine of the Uni- 
 tersality of Conscience^ asserted by Butler and others \ 
 
 12. Estimate the value of the ConcreteBtandardsoiYiX^c^^WQQ 
 afforded respectively by Madame Beck and Rebecca Sharp. 
 To which would you on the whole assign the palm of Moral 
 and Intellectual Superiority ?
 
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 13. Compare 
 
 (a) **Rum creeters is women."' [Dirty-faced man.] 
 {/3) ** A perfectly honest woman, a woman who never 
 flatters, who never manages, who never cajoles, who 
 
 never conceals, what a monster 
 
 would such a female he !" (Newcomes, No. 15.) 
 (7) The position assigned by the Pythagoreans to to 
 6rj\v in their co-ordinate series of goods. 
 And shew how far existing Ethical systems can be considered 
 complete, without a separate analysis of the Feminine Con- 
 science, or its substitutes, 
 
 14. Shew how far ^^tlie Contemplative Life''' of Aristotle is 
 reconcileable with the amenities of civilized existence ; and 
 determine the weight of Evidence on this point afforded by 
 the opposite characters of '* Good Mrs, Brown,*" and the Saga 
 of Vesuvius. 
 
 15. Natures a holy thing ^ 
 " Natures a rummun." 
 
 Which of these propositions expresses th^ Aristotelian 
 view? 
 
 Prove that the Legal 2iudL Natural 3 nsiicQ of this Philosopher 
 became identical in the proceedings connected with the cases 
 " Peebles v. Plainstanes/' and " Jarndyce v. Jarndyce." 
 
 16. Discuss Aristotle's Theory of Pleasure ; and determine 
 how far it was consciously or unconsciously adopted by Rode- 
 rick Random and Pelham. What degree of success was at- 
 tained by each in his attempt to combine the Platonic and the 
 Epicurean ideas of Pleasure ? 
 
 IV.—LOGIC, &c. 
 
 1. Develope the following arguments, and shew the formal 
 value of each when reduced to the Syllogistic form : 
 
 (a) One might know you was a man s inwention, by your 
 disregardlessness of our feelins, you brute-^
 
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 (fi) The Doctors consider it doubtful whether he will 
 ever recover the use of his legs which prevents his 
 holding a pen. . . We were kimpelled to have him 
 carried to the kitchen where he now lays. You will 
 judge from this he has been brought very low. . . 
 We went to Stratford in a post-chaise — it must have 
 been a post-chaise for I recollect the driver had a green 
 shade over his left eye. . . 
 
 (7) He is now out of work and penniless ; thinks it must 
 be the porter, or the loss of his right hand ; thinks if 
 he had drank nothing but water, his fellow workman 
 would very likely never have stuck a rusty needle into 
 his hand, and so caused his accident. . . His second- 
 hand wooden legs used to split and rot frequently : is 
 persuaded their constitution was undermined by gin 
 and water. Buys new legs now and drinks nothing but 
 weak tea : attributes the wooden legs lasting twice as 
 long solely to his temperate habits. 
 
 (8) Every body was anxious to be in her family, for she 
 moves in the first circles. Wax candles in the School- 
 room ! you may imagine how desirable. 
 
 (e) The French love good eating : they are all gourmands 
 — if their god is their belly, their cooks must be gentle- 
 men ; and forasmuch as the periwig maketh the man 
 and the periwig-maker maketh the periwig ; ergo, say 
 the barbers, we shall rank higher still. 
 
 (5) The baker uses flour for the belly, and the barber for 
 the head : and as the head is a more noble member 
 than the belly, so is the barber nobler than the baker : 
 for what's the belly without the head ? 
 
 (77) The stars in their several spheres are content ; at 
 least I suppose so : then why not you, my wormy rela- 
 tives ? 
 
 {6) " Wotever you're going to give me, you'd better give 
 me all at once, becos I shan't be here when you come 
 back, and the other boy won''t deserve nothin, I know. 
 
 2. '^All Taps is Wanity." Shew whether the Opposition
 
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 with which Mr. Weller sen. would meet this proposition would 
 be in the contradictory, or contrary form. 
 
 S. Shew how Simple Conversion is exemplified by the Ladies 
 of the Brick Lane Branch, and Mrs. Weller : and examine the 
 assertion of Aldrich 
 
 convertitur EVA per ACCL 
 
 Does this Conversion appear from Mrs. Stowe's account to 
 have been accidentall or may we suppose a confused reference 
 herein to Uncle Tom's *' catching religion at a Camp Meet- 
 ingr 
 
 4. Is there any real difference between a PredicahU and a 
 Predicament ? Illustrate your answers by an examination of 
 the various Predicaments of Don Quixote and Sancho, shewing 
 how far they may be referred to the Predi cable o^ Accident. 
 
 5. " What am I to do ? I can't get on him." [N. Winkle.] 
 Examine this dilemma. 
 
 6. " Who are you, Fellow f— " Cold Punch." Shew whe- 
 ther in this answer Mr. Pickwick manifested a due apprecia- 
 tion of the distinctions of " Interrogationes^' as " factse per 
 Quidi Quale, and Quale Quid!" 
 
 7. Distinguish Simple Incomplex and Complex Apprehen- 
 sion ; the former as exhibited in Mr. Toots ; the latter in Mr. 
 Dick : shewing the relation of these faculties respectively to 
 imagination (^avracrta), and illustrating your answer from Mr. 
 Skimpole's mental constitution. 
 
 8. " Propositio non debet esse (1) solceca vel (2) mutila!'' 
 Exemplify offences against the first caution by quotation from 
 the Naval characters of Smollett (especially Trunnion and 
 Morgan) : against the second, from the after-supper speech of 
 D. Copperfield, and from Corporal Bunting, passim. 
 
 9. Shew the use of Nominal Definition in the naming the 
 minor characters of fiction : with a few select instances. 
 
 10. " Opponi dicuntur duse, quae quantitate vel 
 
 qualitate Vocis vel utraque pugnant." 
 
 The following translation has been proposed for this difficult
 
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 '*T\vo women are said to be opposed, when they are 
 
 fighting either with words of more quantity than 
 
 quality^ or with both hands.'''' 
 
 Examine this ; ilkistrating the first species of opposition 
 
 referred to, by the dispute of Mrs. Gamp and Mrs. Prig ; the 
 
 second by the combat between Mrs. Honor and Miss Western's 
 
 maid. 
 
 11. What is a Singular Proposition ? Define, and illustrate 
 by that made to Mr. Weller Sen., by the Election Committee 
 respecting his coach-load of " Woters." 
 
 12. Illustrate the peculiar force of arguments in the Mood 
 FERIO, when employed as the organon of their special 
 science by the " Chicken" and the " Rottingdean Fibber." 
 
 v.— RHETORIC, POETICS, &c. 
 
 1. Illustrate respectively from the speeches of (1) Captain 
 Bunsby, (2) Serjeant Buzfuz, (3) the All Muggleton Cricketers, 
 the propriety and universality of the main laws and common- 
 places laid down by Aristotle for Deliberative, Judicial, and 
 Epideictic Oratory. 
 
 2. ^' I don't like him because I doifCt^ Construct Special 
 Canons for Female Rhetoric^ with particular reference to the 
 above type of Enthymeme. What advantage in point of 
 irrefragability does it present over every other? Are (1) the 
 absence of a Middle Term, (2) the Identity of Premiss and 
 Conclusion, essential or accidental characteristics of Feminine 
 Syllogism ? 
 
 3. Trace minutely through its several stages the elaborate 
 argument of Mrs. John Dashwood against her husband's in- 
 tended pecuniary aid to his mother and sisters. 
 
 4. Define the limits of the legitimate use of the Moral 
 Maxim by the Novelist ; and shew whether Miss Edgeworth 
 justly shares with Euripides and Joseph Surface the blame of 
 exaggerated sententiousness.
 
 29 
 
 5. Shew by a minute examination of both how far Sydney 
 Smith's analysis of Wit and Humour is in accordance with 
 Fielding'*s definitions and distinctions of the Comic and Bur- 
 lesque in the Preface to Joseph Andrews. Is the account of 
 *' the Ridiculous" given by the latter an adequate one ? 
 
 6. *' With your guzzling and your muzzling^ Shew hc^ 
 far the Rhetoric of Mrs. M^ Stinger is here or elsewhere 
 strengthened by compliance with Ar!stotle\s Rules for Ampli- 
 fication. Does her frequent resort to the Argumentum a Pos- 
 teriori to enforce her teaching confirm the hypothesis of her 
 being a follower of the Stagyrite l 
 
 7. Are the Similitudes employed by Mr. Samuel Weller 
 drawn mainly from Art or Nature ? and are they in their 
 application mainly Theoretical or Practical ? Shew by exam- 
 ples their force, beauty, and appropriateness. 
 
 8. '^ (f)LkoG-o(^(OTepov Tj nOIH^IS l(TTopLa<; Kal aTrovBaio- 
 Tepov" Shew from Nominal and Ileal Definitions of the 
 terms employed that this principle legitimately comprehends 
 Fiction in Novels as well as Poetry in the restricted sense. 
 
 9. Enumerate instances from your books where the Pathos 
 of a passage either arises from or is heightened by the agency 
 of any of the brute creation^ and analyze the source of the 
 emotion in these cases. 
 
 10. Compare with a view to ascertain the relative excellence 
 of their authors as pathetic writers the death-scenes of (1> 
 Clarissa Harlowe, (2) Ruth, (S) Paul Dombey, (4) Guy Mor- 
 ville, (5) Eva St. Clair, (6) Le Fevre. 
 
 11. '* There is but one step from Pathos to Bathos.'*'^ 
 [Psendo-Napoleon.] Illustrate this axiom from some of the 
 graver parts of Dickens. Can the reverse process be illustrated 
 from Don Quixote ? 
 
 12. Examine the claims of Ruth to rank with the Bride of 
 Lammermoor as a specimen of the Tragic School of Fiction ; 
 and compare the authoress with Mrs. Stowe (l) as to the 
 degree of comic power possessed by her ; (2) in degree of judg-
 
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 ment shewn in subordinating it to the moral purpose of her 
 works. 
 
 15. Give an analysis of Mr. Augustus Tomlinson's Treatise 
 on Style^ noting the principal parallelisms with Aristotle or 
 Blair. 
 
 14. '' The Great Secret of Eloquence is, to be in earnest^'' 
 Apply this principle in forming a comparative estimate of the 
 oratory of Rienzi and the Hon. Horatio Slumkey. 
 
 15. Suggest heads for a Treatise on the Rhetoric of Gonver- 
 sation ; and shew how far the main principles of taste and the 
 more important rules to be observed in the Dialogue of the 
 Novelist may be deduced or confirmed from the practice of 
 Miss Austen and the Authoress of the Heir of Redclyffe ; 
 illustrating the main faults to be avoided from any of your 
 other books. 
 
 16. Compare the Oratory of Mr. Pecksniff with that of Mr. 
 Micawber ; estimating the value respectively of the Persuasive- 
 force of Moral Character (rjOcKr] iria-Ti^) in the former, and the 
 
 perfect Mastery of Stage-effect (v7r6fcpLaL<;) in the latter. 
 
 17. Illustrate the laws of Metaphor from the following : — 
 
 " What are we but coaches ? some of us are slow coaches : 
 some of us are fast coaches : our passions are the horses ; 
 and rampant animals too ! and Virtue is the drag : we start 
 from the Mother^s Arms, and we run to the Dust Shovel.*" 
 
 And cite parallels from the metaphorical account of Mrs. 
 Weller's decease. 
 
 VI.— CRITICISM, &c. 
 
 1. Assign the following expressions to their respective 
 authors, correcting the text where necessary, and with some 
 notice of the context : 
 
 (a) " A vaggin load o"* monkeys with their tails burnt off.*' 
 
 (/8) '' Aye, aye, blacky, growl away, blacky, makes no odds." 
 
 {7) " Suppose we all have a little gruel.**
 
 31 
 
 {B) " The foolish fat scullion herself, who was scouring a 
 
 fish-kettle." 
 (e.) " Draw a moist pen slick thro' everything and begin 
 
 afresh." 
 (f) " She''s a dodging about among the prime bits with a 
 
 fork, and eatin' of 'em." 
 (rj) " There's no What-you-may-call but Thingummy, and 
 
 What's-his-names's his prophet." 
 (6) " When an estate comes to be entailed, there's no know- 
 ing how it will go." 
 (i) *' A porpuss-faced swab." 
 (k) " They're nae that common herrings neither, but real 
 
 melters." 
 (\) '* By the living Jingo." 
 (fjb) '^ I am tempted to think that to be despised by her 
 
 sex is a very great compliment to a woman." 
 (v) '' Fashion, like Venus' girdle, can beautify any girl, 
 
 let her be ever so ugly." 
 (tt) '' There is no word in the language expresses so little 
 
 endearment as the word ' dear.' '"' 
 (/)) '* A great, black, bull-nigger." 
 (a) " My Jem was as steady as — as Lucifer, and he were 
 
 an angel, you know.'^ 
 (t) '* Delicate health is a blessing to some people — excuses 
 
 them from doing anything for anybody." 
 
 2. " How could I possibly, my dear E., join your manly 
 vigorous sketches on to a little bit of ivori/ two inches wide, on 
 which I work with a brush so fine as to produce little effect 
 after much labour ?" [Miss Austen, to a friend charging her 
 with plagiarism.] 
 
 Comment on the above metaphorical description of this 
 authoress's style, and illustrate by the characters of Catherine 
 Morland or Fanny Price ; and characterize the style of Scott 
 by an extension of the metaphor from pictorial art. 
 
 S. Point out the artistic merits of the characters of Love-
 
 32 
 
 lace, and Lady G. (in " Grandison"), and examine the judg- 
 ment pronounced on Richardson in the " Lectures on English 
 Humourists." 
 
 4. Give a comparative estimate of the characters of Diana 
 Vernon and Shirley Keeldar (1) objectively considered, (2) as 
 creations of the Novelist. 
 
 5. Point out any general affinities 
 
 (a) between the Humour of Madame D'Arblay and Dickens : 
 examining for this purpose the characters of Mr. Briggs 
 or Delvile Sen., Mr. Skimpole or Mrs. Jellyby ; — 
 (yS) between the Wit of Miss Austen and the authoress of 
 the '' Heir of RedclyiFe'" : examining the characters of 
 Mr. Woodhouse, Lydia Bennet, Mr. Edmonstone, and 
 Mr. Moss, Jun. ; 
 or others which occur to you in preference. 
 
 6. Compare in point of (?^5^^?^c^?^^5S of delineation and truth- 
 fulness to nature the characters of George Osborne and Arthur 
 Martindale ; and mark features in each that specially identify 
 them as the production of their respective authors ; and apply 
 the same treatment to those of Blifil, and Uriah Heep. 
 
 7. How far does the strategic science of Uncle Toby 
 appear to illustrate the operations before Sebastopol \ Lidicate 
 briefly the artistic merits of his character, with those of La 
 Fleur and Tristram's father. 
 
 8. Prove Currer Bell a Female writer by the internal evi- 
 dence of her works ; and exemplify the strong individuality of 
 her characters. How far do her peculiar merits seem to have 
 been enhanced by a comparatively narrow sphere of observa- 
 tion, and consequently enlarged development of the faculty 
 and habit of analysis ? 
 
 9. Note the characteristic difference as works of art between 
 (1) Majors Pendennis and Bagstock : (2) Mrs. Allen and 
 Mrs. Nickleby. 
 
 10. Apply the Wolfian principles of Criticism to establish 
 the spuriousness of the last chapter of Chuzzlewit, and the first 
 four of Humphrey's Clock.
 
 33 
 
 11. Can anything be traced in the writings of Thackeray 
 analagous to the '' Epic Common-place" of Homer ? 
 
 12. Shew by critical investigation that the monolithic 
 inscription brought to light by the Pickwick Club is pro- 
 bably to be referred to the Era of Christian Druidism lately 
 invented by Mr. Herbert ; and refute the popular interpreta- 
 tion connecting it with Mr. William Stumps, 
 
 13. " Tittlebat" Examine the speculations of Grotefend, 
 Aufrecht, and Muller, respecting this mysterious word ; and 
 shew whether the alleged collateral forms " stickleback," 
 *' prickleback/' rest on adequate authority; and if so, whether 
 they are to be regarded as prior in time and nearer to the 
 radical form. 
 
 14. Shew from a critical examination of the efforts of Modern 
 Commentators to correct the following passage, whether 
 Bentley was hasty in declaring it " locum desperatum nee sano 
 critico attingendum, et pro arbitrio lectoris aut devorandum 
 integrum aut evomendum""* : 
 
 " Deer Creeter. — As you are the animable hopjack of my 
 contemplayshins, your aydear is infernally skimming before my 
 keymerycal fan see, when Murfy sends his puppies to the heys 
 of slipping mortals ; and when Febus shines from his merry 
 dying throne ; whereupon I shall canseeif old time has lost his 
 pinners, as also cubit his harrows, until thou enjoy sweet pro- 
 pose in the loafseek harms of thy very faithfool to commend, 
 
 Clayrender.'^ 
 
 VII.— ORIGINAL COMPOSITION. 
 A. — English Verse: 
 
 1. An Anacreontic Ode, supposed to be suggested to Mr, 
 Tupman by the joint charms of Miss Betsey Trotwood and a 
 bottle of old crusted port. 
 
 2. An Elegy or Epitaph, on Little Nell, in the style of 
 Pope.
 
 34 
 
 B. — English Prose: 
 
 1. A Dialogue between Mrs. Gamp, Mr. Chillip, and Bob 
 Sawyer, to settle the terms on which Mr. Gamp's remains 
 should be made over to the two latter (Students walking 
 " Barklemy's" Hospital) for the benefit of science. 
 
 2. A Letter, from Sam Weller to Mary the Housemaid, 
 written under the influence of jealousy of the supposed rivalry 
 of the Fat Boy. 
 
 C. — Essay. 
 
 Does the History of Prose Fiction up to the present time 
 afford any grounds for conceiving its course to be subject to a 
 Law of recurrence in a Cycle ? 
 
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