story (from the legislation of Solon to the death of Philip);
and in the following books:--
Homer, _Iliad_, i.-vi.; and Herodotus, vi.
Virgil, _Aeneid_, i.-vi.; Cicero, _in Catilinam_, _pro Milone_,
_Archia_, and _Lege Manilia_.
Special consideration will be given to Latin Verses and Greek
Composition.
_Mathematical:_--One Exhibition of L30, and one of L25, for proficiency
in Elementary Mathematics, viz.:--
Algebra (except the Theory of Equations); first six books of Euclid;
Elements of Plane Trigonometry.
HIGHER UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS.
_Regulations._
1. The following Exhibitions, tenable for one year, are open to all who
present satisfactory testimonials of conduct.
2. Former successful competitors may again compete for them.
3. But the Candidates cannot be above twenty-six years of age, or of
more than five years' standing in any University.
CLOYNE EXHIBITIONS.
_Founded by the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Cloyne._
_Cloyne Exhibition in Mental Science_, L20:--Friday and Saturday, 13th
and 14th October, viz.:--
Proficiency in Logic and the Elements of Mental Philosophy.
_Cloyne Classical Exhibitions:_--_One of_ L30, _and one of_ L20:--Monday
and Tuesday, 16th and 17th October.
The subjects of Examination will be:--
Greek and Latin Grammar; Greek and Latin Composition, both prose and
verse; Elements of Ancient Geography; History of the Peloponnesian War,
from 431 to 404 B.C.; Roman History, from the outbreak of the Social
War to the Death of Cicero; and the following books:--
Thucydides, i. ii.;
Aeschylus, _Agamemnon_;
Cicero, _de Oratore_, i. ii.;
Virgil, _Aeneid_, ix. xii.;
_Cloyne Exhibition in Irish History, Literature, etc._, L20:--Wednesday,
18th October:--
Irish History, from the English Invasion to the Plantation of Ulster;
Elements of the Irish Language; Materials of Irish Literature.
LIMERICK EXHIBITIONS.
_Founded by the Laity of the City and County of Limerick._
_Limerick Mathematical Exhibition_, L30:--Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, 19th, 20th, and 21st October.
For proficiency in the full University course of Pure Mathematics and
Mathematical Physics (vide _Calendar_, pages 42, 43).
_Two Limerick Modern Literature Exhibitions_, L20 _each_, viz.:--
(_a_) Wednesday, 25th October--English Language and Literature; and
English History from the Accession of James I., 1603, to the Death of
George II., 1760.
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