Second Year Latin Class. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 A.M.-12 M. Subjects of study: Horace Odes, Books I, *II, *III, (Stephenson's, Macmillan & Co., London). Livy: Book I, (Stephenson's, Macmillan & Co., London).-Composition: Principia Latina, Part V. Third and Fourth Years Latin Class. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12 M.-1 P.M. Subjects of study in alternate years: For 1887-8.-Tacitus: Agricola (Church & Brodribb's, Macmillan & Co., London.) Plautus: Captivi (Harrington's, Harpers, N. Y.) Juvenal Satires III, X, XIII, (Weale's Series.)--Composition: Bennett's Second Latin Writer (pub. by Rivingtons, London.) : For 1888-9.-Horace : Selected Satires. Tacitus: Annals, Bk. I, (Smith's or Anthon's.)-Composition: Bennett's Second Latin Writer (pub. by Rivingtons, London.) First Year Greek Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 A. M.; Fridays, 12 M.-1 P. M. (Conducted by the Tutor.) Subjects of study: Lucian Vera Historia, (Jerram's, Clarendon Press, Oxford.) *Xenophon: Cyropædia, Book I (Gorham's, Whittaker, London.) Composition: Elementary Greek Prose Composition, (by Fletcher & Nicholson, pub. by W. Bailie, Kingston, Ont.,) (introductory rules; *written exercises.)-Grammar: Accidence, (Goodwin's.) Second Year Greek Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 A.M.-12 M. Subjects of study: Homer: Odyssey, Book IX, (Major's, Macmillan & Co., London.) Xenophon: Hellenica, Book II. (Hailstone's, Macmillan & Co., London.) *Demosthenes: Olynthiacs, (Oxford ed. with notes.)— Composition: Initia Græca, Part III. Latter half (introductory rules; *written exercises.) * Students seeking a First or Second Class at the Sessional Examinations are examined in this additional subject. Such students are also required to shew special accuracy in grainmar. An "unseen passage will be set for translation to students seeking a First Class in these years. The Tutor will also be in the Library two or three times a week, from 3 to 5 p. m., when he may be consulted by students with reference to their studies. Third and Fourth Years Greek Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12 M.-1 P. M. Subjects of study in alternate years: : For 1887-8. -Plato: Apologia Socratis. Aeschylus Prometheus Vinctus.-Composition: Sidgwick's Introduction to Greek Prose Composition (introductory rules; *written exercises).-Philology: Miller's Science of Language, vol. I, chaps. 1-7. For 1888-9.--Demosthenes: Philippics I, III. Euripedes ; Medea. -Composition: Sidgwick's Introduction to Greek Prose Composition (introductory rules; *written exercises). -Philology: Peile's Primer of Comparative Philology. Advanced Class. Twice or three times a week. In this class the Latin and Greek Subjects prescribed for Honours in the department of Classics are read, and Latin Prose Composition is regularly practised. Guizet: Guillaume le Conquérant (Hachette & Co.). Molière: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, (Macmillan & Co.). Exercises in Grammar and Composition. Text Books: Brachet's Public School Elementary French Grammar. Other Text Books required will be announced at the opening of the Session. Second French Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2-3 P. M. Subjects of study: : Molière L'Avare. Racine: Athalie, (Macmillan & Co.). Translation from English writers. Exercises in Syntax. Molière's Misanthrope is prescribed for private reading to candidates for a First Class position at the Sessional Examinations. Text Books: Brachet's Public School French Grammar. Other Text Books required will be announced at the opening of the Session. † An “unseen” passage will be set for translation to students seeking a First Class in these years. * Students seeking a First or Second Class at the Sessional Examinations are examined in this additional subject. Such students are also required to shew special accuracy in Grammar. Third French Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 A.M. Subjects of study: Molière Les femmes savantes, (Macmillan & Co.) Corneille : Horace, (Clarendon Press). Translations from English writers. Original Essays. Lectures on French Literature. Moliére's Tartuffe is prescribed for private reading to candidates for a First Class position at the Sessional Examinations. Text Books: Brachet's Public School French Grammar. First German Class. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 3-4 P. M. Subjects of study: Adler's Reader, parts III, IV and V,; Schiller: Wilhelm Tell, Act I. Exercises in Grammar and Composition. Text Book: Otto's German Grammar. Other Text Books required will be announced at the opening of the Session. Second German Class. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 2-3 P. M. Subjects of study: For 1887-8.--Goethe: Hermann und Dorothea. Schiller: Maria Stuart. Translations from English writers. Lectures on German Literature. For 1888-9. Schiller: Maria Stuart. Goethe: Egmont. Translations from English writers. Lectures on German Literature. Schiller's Geschichte des dreissigjährigen Kriegs, Part I., Book I., is prescribed for private reading to candidates for a First Class position at the Sessional Examinations of 1888. Text Book: As in First Class. Third German Class. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-10 A. M. Subjects of study: For 1887-8.-Lessing: Nathan der Weise. Goethe: Egmont. Frose composition. Lectures on German Literature. For 1888-9.-Schiller: Jungfrau von Orleans, (Macmillan & Co.) Lessing Minna von Barnhelm. Prose composition. : German Literature. Lectures on Schiller's Wallenstein's Tod is prescribed for private reading to candidates for a First Class position at the Sessional Examinations of 1888. Composition, embracing Exercises in the formation of sentences, General Principles of Composition, Characteristics of Style, etc.Students are required to write weekly exercises (for the most part on subjects connected with the course on English Literature), which are returned with corrections, after being criticised by professor and students. As an illustration of the principles laid down in the course on Composition, and as an introduction to the study of literature, the following works will be read critically : Dryden Mac Flecknoe, St. Cecilia's Day, Alexander's Feast, *Stanzas on Oliver Cromwell, *Astræa Redux, *Annus Mirabilis, *Absalom and Achitophel. Addison: Select Essays. Pope: Rape of the Lock. Johnson: London, Vanity of Human Wishes, Life of Dryden, *Lives of Pope, Addison, and Gray. Gray: Elegy. Goldsmith: Traveller, Deserted Village, *Select Essays. Books recommended: Nichol's Composition Primer (Macmillan); Hudson's Selections from Addison and Goldsmith, (Ginn & Heath, Boston): Clarendon Press Edition of Dryden; Hale's Longer English Poems (Macmillan)—which contains all the poetry read in the class. Second Year Class. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 12—1 P. M. Critical reading of select works of Shakespeare and Milton, with lectures thereon: Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, *As You Like It, Henry IV., Pts. I. and II., Henry V., *Macbeth, *Winter's Tale. Milton: Comus, Paradise Lost, Bks. I.-IV. Books recommended: Rolfe's Edition of the separate plays of Shakespeare. Dowden's Shakespere Primer, Clarendon Press Edition of Milton, Vol. I. Advanced Class. Mondays and Wednesdays, 3—4 P. M. Early English: Development of the Language illustrated by the study of Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader (exclusive of the poetical extracts), Sweet's First Middle English Primer, Sweet's Second Middle English Primer, Chaucer's Prologue, Knight's Tale and Nonne Prestes Tale (Clarendon Press), and Lounsbury's History of the English Language. * Candidates for First Class will be examined in these additional works, which will not be read in class. Fridays, 3-4 P.M. Poetry of the 19th Century: Lectures on the works of Robert Browning with readings. Books recommended: Selections from Browning, First Series (Macmillan, N. Y.,. $1,60, or Lovell's Library, 25 cents), and Second Series (Macmillan, N. Y., $1.50.) IV. HISTORY AND POLÍTICAL ECONOMY. (George Munro Professorship.) Professor. .REV. PRESIDENT FORREST.. Third Year History Class. Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 A.M.-12 M., and Fridays, 10—11 A.M. Subjects of study: Mediæval History and Modern History to 1555. The class work will be conducted by means of lectures and examinations on prescribed reading. Text Book: Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Student's Edition) Books recommended: Hallam's Middle Ages; Bryce's Holy Roman Empire; Irving's Mahomet and his Successors; Guizot's History of Civilization; Michaud's History of the Crusades; Robertson's Charles V.; Stubb's Constitutional History of England. Fourth Year History Class. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 A. M.—12 M. Subjects of study: Modern History from 1555. The class work will be conducted by means of lectures and examinations on prescribed reading. In the lectures books of reference will be named and select portions specified for reading. Text Books: Green's England; Guizot's France (Masson's Abridgement); Menzel's. Germany. The work of the class will be conducted by means of lectures and examinations on reading prescribed from Clarendon, Gardiner, Green, Hallam, Ranke and other authorities. This class is intended especially for Candidates for Honours in English Literature and History. |