9. The connexion of puer and waîs is shown by certain forms found in inscriptions? What is the root? Mention any other derivatives from it.

10. What remains are there in Greek of the initial consonant of the pronoun stem sa?

11. There are two distinct pronominal roots which appear as ds in Greek? Account for fotos.

12. Curtius says that Greek roots ending in a vowel ought not to be connected with Sanskrit roots ending in h. Why?

13. What is the root of cautus? The modification of meaning is shown by the Germanic derivatives from the same root?

COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR.

DR. ATKINSON.

1. (a). Supposing that 'Trepßopelos means "Ultramontane," how might this be used to exemplify the growth of a parasite ?

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(b). Show that "priest” and “banshee," where ban woman, traced to their origin, illustrate the same phenomenon as in (a).

2. (a). Exhibit the different stages assumed by Curtius in his explanation of the affix in ἔχιδνα.

(6). Is åλooúdvn [how do you divide the word ?] a parallel case? 3. Is the double n in Oscan "upsannam" of the same origin as that in Κόριννα ?

4. In Italian there are two sets of zz, one pronounced ts, the other dz, e. gr. (a) giustezza, Fr. justesse, Lat. justitia, and (8) mezzo, Lat. medius. Show that Greek has kept free from the graphic confusion, while pursuing the same phonetic course.

5. What objections are there to connecting "croak” with кpá§-elv? 6. What is the exact relation between pessulus and palus?

7. Write a section on the loss of original s (initial and medial) in Latin.

8. Show that Iambics are etymologically bound to be satirical. 9. Has ẞpis any connexion with the root i, "to go"?

10. Decline the Sanskrit noun "marut," given by Mr. Ferrar as an example of an unchangeable stem.

11. In Old Irish "com-boing" means "confringit": what is its Greek congener?

12. In Russian, "bereg" means "bank" [ripa]: does this bear any relation to ῥηγμίν ?

13. In Polish, "kruk" means "raven": these two words are etymologically connected?

14. In Bohemian, "hnida" means "nit": the former exhibits the origin of the word? Explain the Latin and Greek forms.

15. Give examples of the equation of Greek Kт to Sanskrit ksh. Which is the older form?

16. The vulgar pronunciation of wasp as wops illustrates what has really taken place in this word, in German and Lithuanian? Has v any connexion with it? How do you account for σph?

17. (a). The sphere of the a-sounds is kept free from intermixture with the vowels i and u: give some account of the classes of exceptions to this general law.

(b). Curtius quotes Bréal's ingenious explanation of 'Iiwv as the "Wheelman"?

(c). Show the root-connexion between σkiά and castrum.

18. There are several words in Greek in which & has the appearance of being a mere inserted letter?

19. The termination via (pft. ptcp. fem.) bears testimony to the change of t into s in pre-Greek times?

20. Write etymological notes on ὄφρα, ἔτι, δήν, δή, and ἐπεί.

POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIZE EXAMINATION.

PROFESSOR SHAW.

1. Prove that the increase of capital and the extension of industry cannot lead to a general over-production of commodities.

2. Trace the effects, according to Adam Smith, of the rise of commerce in towns upon the improvement of the country.

3. State the leading principles of what is known as the Mercantile System, and the various devices resorted to for giving effect to those principles.

4. Discuss the policy and effects of the Navigation Laws. On what grounds did Adam Smith defend the Act of Navigation ?

5. What, according to Mill, have been the two leading forms of a commercial crisis in recent times? Illustrate your answer by reference to the panics of 1825 and of 1847.

6. What are the leading enactments of the Bank Charter Act of 1844? State the ends at which the authors of the Act aimed, and discuss the adequacy of its enactments to secure those ends.

7. Trace the leading economic effects of the discovery of the silvermines in America in the sixteenth century.

8. Show the effects upon prices and the course of trade of the discovery of the Californian and Australian gold-mines in the present century.

9. Show the effects of the recent large additions to the stock of silver (a) on countries with a silver currency, (b) on countries with a double monetary standard.

10. State, prove, and illustrate Ricardo's theory as to the necessary conditions of International Trade.

1. State the chief circumstances which determine the average rate of profit at a given time and place.

2. Examine the opinion of Locke that the increased supply of the precious metals tends to lower the rate of interest.

3. Criticize the theory which accounts for a general rise of prices by the extension of trade and the increased demand for commodities.

4. Suppose it is necessary to raise an additional revenue: compare, on purely economic grounds, the following expedients :—

(a). A higher rate of income-tax.

(b). A tax upon agricultural rents.
(c). A tax upon matches.

5. Explain the principle of Pitt's Sinking-fund of 1786, and show its fallacy.

6. Trace some of the probable effects of the adoption of Union rating for the relief of the poor, in lieu of the present system of divisional rating.

7. State your opinion, and the grounds on which you hold it, as to the power of Trades' Unions to effect a general rise in the rate of wages.

EXAMINATION FOR PRIZES IN HEBREW.

SENIOR AND MIDDLE CLASSES.

DR. LONGFIELD.

1. Collect the evidence furnished by Scripture as to the time of the displacement of the Hebrew language by the Aramaic.

2. What evidence does the New Testament afford as to the character of the Aramaic spoken in Palestine in the time of the Saviour?

3. State the argument for the genuineness of the Book of Daniel, founded on the character of the Aramaic, in which a portion of it is written.

4. What literature exists in the Samaritan language? Give some account of the famous controversy as to the authority of the Samaritan recension of the Hebrew Pentateuch.

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5. In what passage in Scripture does the proper name Occur? How is it expressed in this place and elsewhere by the LXX. ? What different opinions have been held as to the origin of the word?

6. In what passages in the Old Testament does the verb

occur,

from which Massorah is derived? When, and by whom was the Massorah first collected and arranged, and from what sources was it obtained by the compiler ?

7. Elias Levita thus summarises his view as to the origin of the Keri:

והכלל כי אנשי כנסת הגדולה עשו הקרי שבתורה על פי הקבלה ממש רעה, ושבנביאים וכתובים על פי הקבלה מנביאים וחכמי הדורות. ושבספרי הגולה. על פי המחברים עצמם, ולא

בעבור הספקות כאשר חשבו רבים :

Translate and explain his words.

8. Why cannot the Keris generally be regarded as varia lectiones?

9. What is the Hebrew term corresponding to @pvos ? _Refer to any allusions in the Old Testament to professional mourners. Whence has it been inferred that the Hebrews had a collection of Elegies or Lamentations which has not been preserved ?

Io. Where in the Old Testament, besides the Book of Psalms, is the acrostic principle of construction found? What views have been held as to the object and meaning of this principle?

II. What edition of the Hebrew Bible may be regarded as exhibiting the textus receptus of the Old Testament ? What is the meaning of the letters " by which, in some editions, certain various readings are

indicated ?

12. Elias Levita thus explains the use of the abbreviation

אס ף

אסף ראשי תיבות אתנח וסוף פסוק ולא כתבו זה רק על מלה שהיא קמוצה בעבור זקף או רביע או טעם אחר מפסיק, ואין דומה לה רק באתנח וסוף פסוק :

Translate this.

MIDDLE CLASS.

PSALMS.

MR. P00LE.

1. Point out the characteristics of Hebrew Poetry which render it more translateable than Classical Poetry?

2. Explain how various readings might arise in copying the Hebrew MSS., from a twofold confusion of the forms of the letters.

3. Show that the occurrence of the word

to the date of a Psalm ?

is not conclusive as

4. An example of a Liturgical Psalm Service occurs in the Old Testament? Describe its character; and illustrate its construction from the Book of Psalms?

5.

כלו תפלות דוד בן ישי

What conclusions does Delitzsch draw from these words, occurring at the end of the Seventy-Second Psalm ?

6.

למנצח לבני קרח על עלמות שיר

Ps. xlvi.

a. To what historic occurrence does Delitzsch refer this and the two following Psalms; and what circumstances does he notice which favour his views ?

b. Give the LXX. inscription of this Psalm, and state how it is derived from the Hebrew text.

b. Write notes on the suffixes of the verbs in verse 3, and illustrate the word from the Pentateuch.

c. Different interpretations are given by Delitzsch and Rosenmüller to the word; state these. Which view is favoured by the LXX. ?