W. J. CHETWODE CRAWLEY, LL.D. Now Ready.] THE [Price 3s. 6d. LATIN HANDBOOK: PASSAGES SET AT EXAMINATIONS FOR INDIA AND HOME CIVIL SERVICES, WOOLWICH, SANDHURST, ETC. Including a PRAXIS of EXAMINATION PAPERS, specially arranged for Army Candidates. By W. K. DALGLEISH, B.A. London: LONGMANS, GREEN, & Co., Paternoster-Row. THIS HANDBOOK has the following special features: I. The specimen Examination Papers show the form and extent of the Examination in Latin for each of the Open Competitions. II. Unpublished Examination Papers, obtained from private sources, have been largely laid under contribution. III. All passages set for many years back at the more important Competitions have been included. IV. The passages have been selected by the Examiners themselves. V. The collection is varied and extensive beyond precedent. VI. The Indexes form a guide to the Examinations, showing the frequency with which particular authors have been set, and the character of the passages chosen for each grade of the Open Competitions. VII. The Praxis, drawn up in the first instance for Woolwich and Sandhurst Candidates, is the outcome of much experience, and is equally useful for all Open Competitions, of which the new Army Entrance Examination is the type. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 'The fullest and most serviceable book of its kind which we remember to have seen; and it may be made no less useful as a copious Latin Praxis than as a Handbook to familiarise Candidates with the character of the examination at which they intend to compete.'-Educational Times. 'We heartily recommend the book as one of the most useful we have fallen in with.'The Schoolmaster. 'This Handbook is well adapted for the requirements of Candidates for the great Open Competitions. . The work has been compiled with care, and great judgment has been shown.'-Naval and Military Gazette. 'This Handbook will, in our opinion, prove of immense service to those Teachers whose task it is to prepare Candidates in Latin for any of the great Open Competitions.' -The Practical Teacher. 'Precisely the book long wanted for Candidates for the high prizes to be won in the great Open Competitive Examinations held by H. M. Civil Service Commissioners. The work supplies a great want alike to Tutors and Students for the Competitive Exami nations; and we trust it will soon be followed by a companion volume on Greek Language and Literature.'-The School Board Chronicle. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, FOR ADMISSION TO EVERY DEPARTMENT OF Her Majesty's Service. New Edition, revised and enlarged. W. J. CHETWODE CRAWLEY, LL.D., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., F.R.G.S.I., ETC.; AUTHOR OF A MANUAL OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY.' LONDON: LONGMANS & CO. DUBLIN: E. PONSONBY. w THE current issue of this HANDBOOK, corrected up to date, supplies the most RECENT AND TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION- - Subjects, Marks, Limits of Age, Salaries, and Prospects, supplemented by general hints, and suchlike-shown by experience to be useful to Parents and Candidates in making a selection on which the Student's whole career depends. Not only have the most recent Regulations been given, and impending alterations indicated, but entire Programmes of Examinations have been inserted for the first time in a work of this kind. Indeed, great part of the information has never been brought together in any similar Handbook. The new courses for Army Entrance Examinations will be found fully detailed. A special feature is the full information regarding the Charges to be paid on behalf of successful Candidates during the technical training now exacted for so many important Departments. OPINIONS of the accredited Professional and Literary Organs. Athenæum.-Accurate and intelligible' corrected for the present year, and containing much new information in a convenient form.' Broad Arrow.-' Invaluable for intending candidates.' Naval & Military Gazette.-'An indispensable work of reference.' United Service Gazette.-'A most valuable Vade-mecum to Government appointments, and one to be recommended.' Civil Service Gazette. Really the most comprehensive and useful Guide Book.' School and University Magazine.—' By far the most complete work of the kind we have ever seen.' Educational Times.-This Handbook can be recommended as an excellent Vade-mecum.' Academy. This work has been carefully and accurately compiled. It contains all the information necessary for competitors in any of the Government Examinations.' Now Ready: THE FRENCH HANDBOOK, to be followed by other Handbooks. W. J. CHETWODE CRAWLEY, LL.D. THE FRENCH HANDBOOK: DESIGNED FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS OF THE HIGHER CLASS, (INDIA CIVIL SERVICE, STUDENT INTERPRETERSHIPS, ETC.), AND SPECIALLY FOR THE NEW Army Entrance Examinations. BY LÉONY GUILGAULT, PROFESSOR OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1885. Ae.36 ΤΟ W. J. CHETWODE CRAWLEY, LL.D F. R. G. S., F.G.S., F.R.G.S.I., Director of the Queen's Service Academy, Dublin. CHER MONSIEUR, A la veille où les nouveaux Règlements pour les concours d'admission aux Écoles Militaires vont être mis en vigueur, permettez-moi de vous dédier ce petit travail. Je n'ai eu qu'une ambition en le composant, celle d'être utile à la jeunesse et de mettre à profit une longue expérience dans l'enseignement. Il n'est pas facile d'être neuf en pareil sujet, cependant on peut encore rencontrer sur les pas des devanciers qu'on a pris pour guides, un plan nouveau et des additions importantes qui s'ajoutent aux leurs. Tout en désirant aplanir les voies qui mènent à une épreuve que les candidats prépareront désormais avec plus de succès, j'ai voulu,. dans la deuxième partie de cet ouvrage, remplir une lacune. Les passages en français publiés jusqu'à ce jour ne sont que des traits historiques ou contes moraux où l'idée principale est d'inculquer dans les esprits des principes de moralité mais où les candidats chercheraient en vain les difficultés qui se trouvent dans les Textes d'Examen. De ce côté donc, un terrain neut et libre m'était ouvert. Puis-je m'applaudir d'avoir été plus heureux dans mon choix ? C'est à mes élèves, dont j'ai eu en vue l'instruction, à décider. Du reste, les succès remportés jusqu'à ce jour sont un sûr garant qu'à l'avenir ils soutiendront avec honneur l'épreuve de plus en plus difficile de l'Examen. L. GUILGAULT. HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, MOREHAMPION-ROAD. |