PREFACE. 



Tins "Book of 'Mathematical Problems " consists, mainly, 

 of questions either proposed by myself at various Uni\' 

 ami College Examinations during the past fourteen years, or 

 communicated to my friends for that purpose. It contains 

 also a certain number, (between three, and four humln <! , 

 which, a* I have been in the habit of devoting considerable 

 time to the manufacture of problems, have accumulated on 

 my hands in that period. In each sul-j. < -t 1 have followed 

 the order of the Text-books in general use in the I'mv 

 of Cambridge; and I have endeavoured also, to some extent, 

 to arrange the questions in order of difVu u' 



I had not sufficient boldness to seek to impose on any 

 of my friends the task of verifying my results, and ha\ 



fore to trust to my own resources. I have however done 

 my best, by solving anew every question frm the proof 



S to ensure that few .serious errors shall be discov 

 I shall be much obliged to any one who will give me 



mation as to the*' lain. 



I have, in some cases, where I thought I had anything 

 !u to communicate, prefixed to certain classes of 

 problems fragmentary notes on the mathematical subjects 



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