THE ' 



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IT. BUBJUNCTIVK MOOD. 



IvSMBt 



Siny . Sia or venga am-ato, 7 may b 



8ii or siavenna am-ato. [(ov*d. - 



Bin or veng* am-ato. 

 PI*. Siamo or veuiaiuo am-ati. 



Biute or veniato m. Plu. 



Siano or vAiiRnuo am-ati. 



Pr/t. 

 Stuff. Sia stato am-ato, etc., 7 may 



hatu l*m lotxd. > ,. 



Clu. Siamo atuti am-ati, etc. 



Siiiy. Fossi or venissi am-ato, I 



FOM! or veuiMi am-ato. 

 FoMi or venisse am-ato. 



Fustt or veniato am-ati. 

 Foesero or reniMoro aumti. 



/'I ij i r.'f. t. 



FOM! eUto am-ato, etc., I 

 miyht HAM b*n lotwd. 



I. REMARKS ON TH INFINITIVE MOOD. 



1. Tho Italian language has no pretcnt and future participles 

 in tin- passive voice. Such words aa ve-ne-rdn-do, venerable, to 

 be revered ; re-ve-r6n-dt>, roverond, venerable, and similar ones, 

 which, in imitation of the Latin language, might be called future 

 participles of the passive voice, must be considered a* adjec- 

 tives. The learner must have observed that there is also no 

 future participle in the active voice. Only a few words which 

 might bo thought to bo such are, as it were, remains of the 

 Latin language, and must bo considered as adjectives pointing 

 to something to come; as fu-tu-rn, fntnre ; ven-tu-ro, future, 

 next, to come ; rc-di-tu-ro, that is to return. 



THE UNIVERSITIES. XV. 



LONDON.-IV. 



WE now continue our series of papers on the principal Univer- 

 sities of Great Britain and Ireland by a supplementary paper 

 on the University of London, respecting 



THE B.A. AND M.A. EXAMINATIONS. 



The second examination required to be passed by candidates 

 for the degree of Bachelor of Arts is held annually, commencing 

 on tho fourth Monday in October. Candidates who are not 

 graduates in science must have passed the first examination for 

 the B.A. degree at least one academical year previously, and 

 must transmit to the Registrar, one calendar month before the 

 commencement of his examination, a satisfactory certificate of 

 good conduct, which should be signed by two gentlemen of 

 position. 



Tho fee for this examination is .5, which must be paid on 

 the candidate's signing the register, at a time of which ho will 

 be informed by the Registrar. If, after payment of his fee, a 

 candidate withdraws his name, or fails to present himself at 

 the examination, or fails to pass it, the fee will not be returned 

 to him ; but he will bo allowed to enter for any subsequent 

 B.A. examination upon payment, at every such entry, of an 

 additional fee of 2 10s., provided that ho gives notice to the 

 Registrar at least one calendar month before the commence- 

 ment of the examination. 



Tho examination is conducted by means of printed papers, 

 the examiners seldom exercising the right which is reserved 

 to them of putting vivd wce'questions. 



Candidates are examined in the following branches of 

 knowledge; Branches 1, 2, and 3 being compulsory, but an 

 option being allowed between Branch 4 and Branch 5 : 



1. Latin, with Roman History (two papers). 



2. Greek, with Grecian History (two papers). 



3. One of the following languages : English, French, Ger- 

 man, Italian, Arabic, Sanskrit (two papers in each). 



4. Either Pure Mathematics, or Mixed Mathematics (two 

 papers in each). 



5. Mental and Moral Science (two papers). 



The Latin branch includes two subjects one in prose, the 

 other in verse selected two years previously by the Senate 

 from the works of the following authors : Cicero : One of tho 

 " Orations," or one book from any of the Philosophical or Rhe- 

 torical Works, or one book from the " Letters." Livy : One 

 book. Tacitus: One book of either the "Annals" or tho 

 " Histories." Virgil : The " Eclogues " and two books of the 

 *' Georgics," or the " Georgics," or four books of the " J2neid." 

 Horace: The "Odes" and " Epodes," with one book of the 



"Satires "or "Epistles." Terence . OM pkj. JOJOBA! : Te 

 e) of the " Satires." 



Tho papers in Latin also contain passages of the aaeieet 

 authors to be translated into KuluL. U*Ur with |imfn 

 of Engluh to bo translated into Latin; and qaostiooo in 

 grammar, geography, and In tho outline of BOOMB History to 

 tho death tf Domitiao, with special questions in a period of 

 political and literary hUtory announced two years before. 



The examination in Greek comprises qaosiioao in grammar. 

 and passages for translation into English from books sot pre- 

 viotuly named ; geography ; outline* of Omsk History to the 

 death of Alexander, with a special knowledge of some limited 

 period of political and literary history announced two yean 

 before ; and two subjects one in pros*, tho otter in verse 

 selected two years previously by tho Senate from the 

 works of the following author* : Herodotus : One book. 

 Thncydidos : One book. Xenopnon : Two books from any of 

 his larger works, or the " Oeoonomios," or the " Hioro M and the 

 " AgOHilans." Demosthenes : One of tho longer or three of UM> 

 shorter Public Orations ; or two of the Private Orations. Iso- 

 cratoa : One oration. Lysias : Two orations. Plato : Tho 

 "Apology" of Socrates, and "Crito;" or one of the longer 

 and two of the shorter Dialogue*. Homer: Six books; with 

 one or two plays from obylos, Sophocles, Euripides, and 



Ar. -::!. :ii,--. 



The English Language and Literature branch comprises the 

 history, structure, and development of the English language . 

 the elements of Anglo-Saxon grammar ; and other special sub- 

 jects to be defined from time to time, of which the following 

 the subjects for 1888 may be taken as an example .History 

 of English Literature during the fifteenth century. Skeat : 

 Specimens of English Literature from 1394 to 1579, speci- 

 mens I. to X. Khakespeare : "Henry VI.," 3 parts. Sweet; 

 Extracts from Alfred's " Orosins," pp. 1 to 53, with tho gram- 

 mar part of the Anglo-Saxon Primer. 



The examination in the French, German, and Italian Lan- 

 guages includes translation into English, re-translation, and 

 grammar. 



The examination in the Arabic or tho Sanskrit Language in- 

 cludes translation from Arabic or Sanskrit into English, with 

 questions in grammar. 



The Pure Mathematics branch comprises tho subjects pro* 

 scribed for tho Intermediate Pass Examination, with the addition 

 of the following : Algebra : Theory of indices, radicals, aad 

 surds ; theory of imaginary quantities ; binomial thsotesa 

 and its applications ; theory of logarithms and exponentials. 

 Trigonometry : De Moivre's theorem, and its applications ; 

 ordinary formulas connecting the sides and angles of spherical 

 triangles; solution of the several oases of spherical triangle*, 

 including the determination of their areas. Geometry : Theory 

 of harmonic section and its applications; central and focal 

 properties of conies, by pure and by co-ordinate geometry; 

 theory of poles and polars with respect to conies. 



The Mixed Mathematics branch comprises papers in Dynamics 

 and Astronomy. The paper in Dynamics includes the following 

 subjects : Composition, resolution, and equilibrium of forces 

 acting at a point ; composition, resolution, and equilibrium of 

 forces acting in a plane; composition, resolution, and equili- 

 brium of forces acting in parallel lines; centres of gravity of 

 rigid bodies; the mechanical powers; nature, intensity, and 

 transmission of pressure in liquids ; pressure of liquids in equi- 

 librium under the action of gravity ; equilibrium of solid* 

 floating or immersed in gravitating liquids ; specific gravities 

 of substances, solid and liquid ; measures of velocity, accelora- 

 tion, and force ; acceleration of masses under the action of 

 forces ; the laws of rectilinear motion ; rectilinear motion of 

 particles under the action of gravity ; composition and resolu- 

 tion of velocities and accelerations; free motion of projectiles 

 under the action of gravity ; circular motion of parti ales, 

 harmonic vibrations, and centrifugal force ; vibrations of simple 

 pendulums in small circular arcs ; theory of dynamical work, 

 y of position, and energy of motion. 



The paper in Astronomy includes : Points, linos, pianos, and 

 of the celestial sphere; phenomena depending on tho 

 earth's rotation round its axis; phenomena depending OB the 

 earth's revolution round the sun; phenomena dsyosidiiif OB 

 change of place on the surface of the earth ; dsUiiiiinstioti of 

 time and place on the surface of the earth ; determination of 



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