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IX.

APPENDIX B.

TEXT-BOOKS FOR THE EXAMINATIONS OF 1907

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 1907.

I.-English.

II.-History and Geography.

III.-Mathematics.

IV. A Classical Language, viz., one of the follow

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Three papers will be set. One paper will be set from the course in Prose and Poetry prescribed below, together with a simple passage or passages of English from a book not prescribed. A second paper will be in English Grammar and Idiom; and a third paper in translation from an Indian vernacular (Urdu, Hindi, Mahratti, Gujrati, Bengali, Parbatia) or other modern language (French, German or Italian) into English; but for such translation there will be substituted English Composition in the case of any candidate whose mothertongue is English.

A Book of Golden Deeds, by the Author of the "Heir of Redclyffe;" omitting the following lessons :

The Cup of Water. The Devotion of the Decii. The Brave Brethren of Judah. Withstanding the Monarch in his Wrath. The Shepherd Girl of Nanterre. Leo the

Slave. Guzman el Bueno. Faithful till Death. What is better than slaying a Dragon. The Constant Prince. The Crown of St. Stephen. George the Triller. Under Ivan the Terrible. Fort St. Elmo. The Voluntary Convict. The Housewives of Lowenburg. Gunpowder Perils. Heroes of the Plague. The Second of September. The Vendeens. The Petitioners for Pardon. The Children of Blentarn Ghyll. The Mad Dog. The Monthyon Prizes. The Fever at Osmotherly. The Chieftainess and the Volcano. The Children in the Wood of the Far South.

English Poems, selected by J. G. Jennings (Macmillan & Co., 1903), Part I (omitting Nos. 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, 24, 35, 37, 39, 44). The notes are not prescribed.

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.

One paper will be set in History and one paper in Geography.

One question in map-drawing will be included in the question-paper in Geography.

English History." A Junior History of England" by M. & C. Oman.

Indian History.-De la Fosse's History of India for High Schools (Macmillan).

Geography.-General Geography for Indian Schools, by W. H. Arden Wood (omitting chapters 1 and 2 of the Introduction, i.e., the first 36 pages are omitted).

MATHEMATICS.

In Mathematics, one paper will be set in Arithmetic and Algebra, and a second paper in Geometry and Mensuration.

The course in Arithmetic shall be the whole of Arithmetic, including Compound Interest, Present Worth, Discount and Stocks.

The course in Algebra includes the four Simple Rules, Fractions, Proportion, Simple Equations, Extraction of Square Root, Greatest Common Measure, and Least Common Multiple.

The course in Geometry includes the first four Books of Euclid, with easy deductions, and at least one-half the questions set shall be such as can be answered from the text book of Euclid.

The course in Mensuration includes so much as presupposes a knowledge of the first four Books of Euclid. The course in Mensuration also includes the Field Book.

CLASSICAL LANGUAGES.

In Classical Languages, one paper will be set in a text book and Grammar; and a second paper in the translation into English of easy passages from a book not prescribed, and in the translation into the ClassicalLanguages from English of easy sentences illustrating grammatical principles.

Sanskrit.

ADITYARAM BHATTACHARYA: Selections in Prose and

Poetry (omitting Vakabadha and Andhamuniputrabadha.)

RAJ KRISHNA BANERJI: Upakramanika or

any other elementary book in English or in Hindi covering the. same ground.

(Sanskrit must be written in the Devanagri character only.)

Arabic.

SHAMS-UL-ULAMA M. SYYAD AMJAD ALI, M.A: Selections in Arabic Prose and Poetry, together with the elements of Arabic Grammar as contained in Mizan Munsha'ib, Sarf Mir and Nahv Mir.

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XENOPHON: Anabasis, Books I, II, III.
SMITH: Initia Graæca, Vol. I.

Latin.

VIRGIL: Eneid, Books IV and V.

CESAR De Bello Gallico, Books IV and V.
SMITH: Principia Latina, Part I.

The Book of Genesis.

Hebrew.

ARNOLD: First Hebrew Book.

French.

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(For Female Candidates.)

LA FONTAINE Select Fables, by L. M. Moriarty (Macmillan).

SOUVESTRE: Un Philosophe sous les Toits.

Hindi.

(For Female Candidates.)

TULSIDASA: Ramayana (Indian Press, Allahabad), pages

208-213; 329–340.

HARISCHANDRA :

Harischandra

Press, Bankipur).

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RAMPRASAD TEWARI: Nitisudha Tarangini (Government

Press, Allahabad), pages 1-97.

Bengali.

(For Female Candidates.)

Pushpamala of SIVANATH SASTRI (Calcutta).
Prabandha Mala of RAJANIKANTA GUPTA (Calcutta).

Urdu.

(For Female Candidates.)

Tahzeeb Unnisa (Ram Narain Lal, Book-seller, Katra,

Allahabad).

SCHOOL FINAL EXAMINATION, 1907.

ENGLISH.

As in the Entrance Examination.

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.

As in the Entrance Examination.

MATHEMATICS.

As in the Entrance Examination.

URDU AND HINDI.

As under Regulation 59 (iv).
No books to be fixed.

RAI DURGA PRASAD:" Majmua Kaghazat Karrawai for transliteration in Urdu.

DRAWING.

Free-hand Drawing.-Light and shade, as in MACMILLAN'S Official Drawing Books Nos. 10, 14, 19.

Geometrical Drawing.-Geometrical Drawing for Arts students, by J. H. Morris, specially edited for Indian students, by William Jesse, M.A., pp. 1 to 107 (omitting pp. 68 to 71).

Free-hand Model Drawing.-Rectilineal and curved forms in outline, and in addition simple every-day objects such as tables, trestles, surahis, etc.

ELEMENTARY PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY.

GREGORY and SIMMONS: Elementary Physics and Chemistry, first stage.

AGRICULTURE WITH SURVEYING.

Chain Surveying.

I. Measurement.-Structure and use of chains (Gunter's and 100-feet chains); Point to be kept in view in

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