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 SYNOPSIS 
 
 OK THE 
 
 SYSTEM OF EDUCATION 
 
 ESTABLISHED 
 
 BY THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE, 
 
 FREDERICTON, 
 
 NEW BRUNSWICK; 
 
 Founded by Royal Charter, under the Government of 
 Sir Howard Douglas, Bart. A. D. 1828. 
 
 JOHN SIMPSON, 
 
 PHINTKR TO THE QUEEN's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 
 
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Patroness — The Qukkn. 
 
 Visitor on Her Majesty's behalf— The Bishop of the Diocese. 
 
 Chancellor — ^The Administrator of the Government. 
 
 
 COUNCIL. 
 
 His Excellency Sir John Harvey, K. C. H. and C. B., Chancellor. 
 
 Ven. Archdeaon Coster, President. 
 Hon. Ward Chipman, Chief .Justice. 
 Hon. William Botsford, Judge of the 
 
 Supreme Court. 
 Hon. W. Black, Senior Member of the 
 
 Legislative Council. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Jacob, Vice-President. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Somerville, Professor. 
 
 Hon. William F. Odell, Provincial 
 
 Secretary. 
 Hon. John S. Saunders, Advocate 
 
 General. 
 
 CONVOCATION. 
 
 The Chancellor; 
 The President ; Vice-President; Doctors and Bachelors in Divinity, Law and 
 
 Medicine; and Masters of Arts. 
 
 Registrar — Hon. G. F. Street, Solicitor General. 
 
 COLLEGE. 
 
 Rev. Edwin Jacob, D. D. Principal ; 
 
 Professor of Classical Literature, History and Moral Philosophy. 
 
 Rev. James Somerville, L. L. D., Professor of Metaphysics, Logic and Divinity. 
 
 David Gray, Esq. A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 
 
 James Robb, Esq. M.D., Lecturer in Chemistry and Natural History. 
 
 COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. 
 
 Mr. (jeorae Roberts, Classical and Mathematical Master 
 Mr. James Ilolbrook, English Master. 
 
 French Teiiolicv — Mons. Charles Tluun.issin. 
 
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THE COLLEGE. 
 
 MATRICULATION. 
 
 Candidates for Matriculation undergo an examination, to asrei-tain 
 their competency for entering on the Collegiate course, r or this 
 purpose an acquaintance with the grammatical structure of the 
 Classical languages is indispensable ; and a respectable proficiency in 
 Arithmetic, with the rudiments of Algebra and Geometry, obviously 
 r equisite. Restrictions are not imposed with respect to the age, 
 place of birth or education, or religious profession, of persons 
 a esiring admission. 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 Students are either accommodated with apartments in the Col- 
 lege, or obtain a dispensation for non-residence, designating the 
 houses in which they are permitted to lodge. The same opportuni- 
 ties of instruction are afforded in the latter case, the person in whose 
 house a Student lives being held responsible for his general conduct. 
 
 OCCUPATION OF TIME. 
 
 The instruction of the Students is so conducted as to engage their 
 whole time during the requisite Terms ; with the exception of such 
 portions as are devoted to religious duties, or considered necessary 
 for meals, exercise or recreation. The Lectures, given every day in 
 the week except Sunday, generally occupy four hours ; sometimes 
 extending to five or six. Other hours of the day are expected to be 
 set apart for preparation for these Lectures, or private studies con- 
 nected with them. When this division «)f the Student's time is duly 
 employed, eight or nine hours of every ordinary day must be assigned 
 to mental improvement. 
 
 ARRANGEMENT OF STUDIES. 
 The course of iustruction is so arranged as to embrace the 
 successive study of the most approved Classical authors ; the several 
 parts of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ; Chemistry and 
 Natural History ; Intellectual Philosophy, Logic, and the Evidences 
 <»f Religion, Natural and Revealed ; Moral Philosophy and Gene- 
 ral History. The French Language is also taught ; and separate 
 Classes are formed by such of the Students as desire instruction in 
 Hebrew and Theology. 
 
CLASSICS. 
 
 The Classical autljors, selected for stiuly in the College, are 
 geiK'rally such as have l)een preferred by the University of Oxford ; 
 they fall under the four denominations of Historians, Orators, Poets 
 and Philosophers. In History, Herodotus, Thucydides and Xeno- 
 phon are taKen as standard Greek writers ; Livy and Tacitus, 
 among the Latin. The finest specimens of Oratory are found in 
 these same Historical writers ; to which the Orations of Demos- 
 thenes and Cicero may he added. The models in Greek Poetry 
 are Homer, Sophocles and Pindar ; in Latin, Virgil, Horace and 
 Juvenal. The treatises of Aristotle on Ethics, Politics, Rhetoric 
 and Poetics ; with those of Cicero de Officiis, Finibns, Natura 
 Deornm et Oratore ; afTord an insight into the principles and me- 
 thods of ancient Philosophy. 
 
 Such of the Students as pursue their Classical studies with perse- 
 vering application*, will have acquired, together with an accurate 
 knowledge of the refined and expressive languages from which 
 ahnost all terms of science and art are derived, a rich fund of infor- 
 mation on subjects of the greatest interest ; a familiar acquaintance 
 with characters most distinguished for intellectual and moral supe- 
 riority ; and a discriminating taste in whatever can tend to improve 
 and eimoble our nature. 
 
 MATHEMATICS. 
 
 The Mathematical course is so arranged, and the instruction so 
 communicated, as not only to conduct the Student to principles 
 extensively applicable to the arts and business of life ; but also to 
 constitute an excellent discipline for the mind, strengthening and 
 regulating the reasoning faculties. The Science isdivided into the 
 two branches of Pure and Mixed Mathematics ; the Pure regard- 
 ing the properties of quantity in the abstract, and comprehending 
 Arithmetic, Algebra, the DifTerential Calculus, the Elements of 
 (Teometry, Trigonometry, and the Geometry of Ciurves ; the Mixed, 
 to which the term Natural Philosophy is commonly appropriated, 
 applying the knowledge thus obtained to material subjects suscep- 
 table of Mathematical investigation. 
 
 In Pure Mathematics, Algebra, or Universal Arithmetic, is 
 taught in the College according to the " Elements" by Dr. Wood 
 of the University of Cambridge ; the Differential and Integral Cal- 
 culus, or Fluxions, according to the " Elementary Treatise" of Mr. 
 Jephson; the Elements of Geometry, Plane and Solid, as contained 
 ill the first six, and the eleventh and twelfth, Books of Euclid; 
 Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical, according to the " Treatise" 
 by Dr. Woodhouse of Cambridge ; and the analytical Geonietry of 
 Curves, iiicludin.!; Conic Sections, on the " System" of Mr. Hamil- 
 ton of the same University. 
 
 During tliis course the Student will have acquired the principles 
 
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 Oil wliichtlie various parts of IVacticul Matljeniatics are founded. 
 His attention will have been directed to the (^onHtruction and nseof 
 Logaritlunic tables ; the Mensnration of snrfaces andsolids, of heights 
 and distances, and the works of artificers : Snrveying, Gauging, 
 Mathematical Geography, Practical Astronomy, i^avigation, Per- 
 spective and Architecture. He will also be accustomed to the use 
 of the instruments employedin Snrveying and Pra(!tical Astronomy, 
 as soon as he shall have mastered the principles on which these arts 
 depend. 
 
 Mixed Mathematics embrace the several divisions of Mechanical 
 Phih)Sophy, or the investigation of the mechanism of the universe ; 
 comprising Htatics, Dynamics, Hydrodynamics, Pneumatics, Optics, 
 and the phaenoniena of Heat, Electricity and Magnetism, witli As- 
 tronomy. Under Statics, which relate to the mutual action of 
 bodies producing equilibmim, are considered the composition and 
 resolution of forces, the centre of gravity, the mechanical powers, 
 the strength of materials, arches and roofs. In Dynamics, or the 
 laws of motion and action of force on solid bodies, are examined the 
 descent of bodies in vertical lines and on inclined planes and curves, 
 the vibration of pendulums, the theory of projectiles, central forces, 
 universal gravitation, machinery, the sources of mechanical power, 
 animal strength; and the agencies of air, water and steam. In 
 Hydrodynamics, comprehending the laws of the pressure and motion 
 of non-elastic fluids, are considered the Hydrostatic press, amount 
 (►f pressure on embankments, water-pipes, &c., specific gravities, 
 the theory of floating bodies, capillary attraction, motion of water in 
 rivers, conduit-pipes and canals, waves ; and engines moved by the 
 impulse, weight, and reaction of water. Under Pneumatics, which 
 regard the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, are 
 considered the phsenomena of the atmosphere ; the barometer, bal- 
 loons and pumps, the force and velocity of winds ; the resistance of 
 air ; and air as the vehicle of sound, heat and moisture. In Optics 
 are investigated the properties of light and vision, and the separation 
 of colours ; and the knowledge thus obtained is api)lied to t!ie con- 
 struction of optical instruments, and the elucidation of natural 
 phaenomena. Heat is examined in its nature, effects, communication 
 and sources ; and its application in the Thermometer and Steam- 
 engine : Electricity, in the laws of electrical attraction, excitation, 
 distribution, and transference ; its effects; the Electricity of the 
 atmosphere, and thunder and lightning : and Magnetism, in the 
 properties of the loadstone, the variation of the compass, artificial 
 magnets, the Mariner's Compass, magnetic instruments, &c. As- 
 tronomy, or the investigation of the pluvnomena of the heavens, is 
 divided into Pure and Physical. Under Pure Astronomy are 
 taught the methods of determining the magnitudes, distances and 
 orbits, of the heavenly bodies; in Physical Astronomy, the causes of 
 their motions are investigated. 
 
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 'Vhe various ilivifciions of Mixed Mathematics form a regular 
 sequel to the Pure; iind will be carefully taught according to the 
 iiio.st approved mfMlern methods. The (College possesses a valuable 
 (H)llectioii of works on these siibjects, an<l expects to complete its 
 experimental apparatus ft»r the illustration of Natural Philosophy. 
 
 CHEMISTRY. 
 
 Chemistryhas for its object, the determination of the constituents 
 of bodies, and the laws re|j;uhiting the combination and separation 
 of the elementary particles of matter. In a course of Lectures 
 on this valuable branch of philosophy the general principles of 
 the science, as developed by the researches of modern Chemists, 
 nr,' unfolded ; including the important subject of Heat in its relations 
 to matter, solid, liquid and aeriform ; Light, Electricity, Galvanism 
 and Magnetism. Under Inorganic Chemistry is given a succinct 
 account of the various simple substances, and their nuitual actions 
 and reactions ; including an examination of the gases, eartl^s 
 and metals ; their uses in the arts ; and the processes by which 
 they are prepared from their natural state, and adapted to the 
 purposes of mankind. Under Organic Chemistry are examined 
 the component principles of vegetables and animals ; with the means 
 by which they act on inanimate matter, and apply it to the support 
 and noiu-ishment of their own economy. 
 
 NATURAL HISTORY. 
 
 Natural History, taken in its most comprehensive sense, includes 
 a description and arrangement of all natural objects. Such of these 
 as are Inorganic, or without life, come under the sections of Me- 
 teorology, Hydrology, Mineralogy and (neology ; tlvose which have 
 life are called Organic, and form the subjec :s of Botany and Zoology. 
 In Meteorology are examined the properties and relations of the 
 atmosphere ; the formation of dew, fog, hoar-frost, clouds, hail, rain, 
 snow, ice, rainbows, haloes, thunder and lightning, the Aiu*ora 
 Borealis, winds, weather and climate. In Hydrology are considered 
 the phaenomena of the waters of the globe ; embracing the ocean, 
 springs, rivers, lakes and waterfalls. In Mineralogy are examined 
 the composition, structure, properties and uses of simple minerals ; 
 which will be classified chiefly according to their chemical compo- 
 sition. In Geology a systematic description is given of the com- 
 pound minerals, or rocks, which form the crust of the globe, with 
 an ac(;ount of the theories regarding their age and origin ; the natiu*e 
 and formation of soils ; the principal methods employed for the dis- 
 covery, extraction and reduction, of ores and other useful minerals. 
 Bot}i ly is divided into Vegetable Anatomy, examining the structure 
 and organization of plants ; Vegetable Physiology, investigating 
 the fimctions of their several parts, their modes of life and reproduc- 
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 Utility, and the methods of proiiiotini^ their growth and iiicreuse ; 
 and Dewrriptive Botany, pretsenting an account of t!.e most approved 
 Hy»teni8 for the classification of plants. Zoology in like manner is 
 divided into Animal Anatomy, exjimiuing the structure of the 
 various kinds of aninmted heings, with the organs and tissues which 
 form their fabric; Animal Physiology, investigatng their functions, 
 instuict, food, geographical distribution, and adaptation to their 
 respective modes of life ; and Descriptive Zoology, giving an 
 account of the most philosophical and convenient systems for the 
 classification of aninmls. 
 
 The College Library is furnished with a <'olleetlt)n of the most 
 valuable works on Ciiemistry and Natural History. The Lectures 
 on Chemistry will be constantly iUustruted by experiments, for 
 which a suitable apparatus is provitled. Tlie Lectures on Minera- 
 logy and Geology will also be accom))aiiied by practical illustrations, 
 from extensive (JoUections in the College Museum : they will be 
 particularly applied to the nuneralsand rix^ks of the noiglibourhood ; 
 and to the climate, circumstances, agricultural and mining capabi- 
 lities of New Brunswick. In Botany the Lectures will be made 
 applicable, as nuich as possible, to the productions of North 
 America in general, and of the Britif^h possessions in particular ; 
 for which purpose care will be taken to lead the Student to a familiar 
 acquaintance with the plants of his own country, and their adaptation 
 to the uses of the arts, to medicine and commerce. Objects of a 
 similar nature will be kept in view in the Zoological Lectures. 
 
 INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY. 
 
 The course of Lectures on Intellectual Philosophy, formerly 
 comprehended under the general denomination of Metaphysics, is 
 introduced with Lord Bacon's division of human knowledge into 
 History, Poetry and Philosophy, with reference to the three faculties 
 of the mind ; memory, imagination and understanding. Prelimi- 
 nary enquiries lead to the precise subject of the Lectures, the 
 Shsenomena of the intellect or mind of man. Consciousness, 
 Cental and Personal Identity, Sensation, Perception, Attention, 
 Association of Ideas, the laws of Simple Suggestion (according to 
 the system of Dr. Brown,) and the influence of Association on the 
 intellectual and moral character, are consecutively investigated, 
 with references to the most eminent ancient and modern writers on 
 the subject. The origin, formation and nature, of General Notions 
 are discussed ; with an examination of the opinions of the Realists, 
 Nominalists and Conceptioimlists. The nature and use of General 
 Terms are also duly investigated. 
 
 . LOGIC. 
 
 Thejungical course commences with a brief history of the scifncf», 
 followed bv an account of the Dialectics of the Stoics, and the 
 
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 elaborate and finished system of Aristotle. .Simple and Complex 
 Appreliimsion, Judgmentand Iveasoning, expressed by correspond- 
 ing Terms, Propositions and Syllogisms, are explained and ex- 
 emplified. The legitimate construction of Syllogisms, Pure or 
 Categorical, and Modal or Hypothetical, is carefully taught ; with 
 an examination of the various forms which the Syllogism is found 
 to assume. The Inductive and Demonstrative methods of reasoning 
 are fully considered ; with the several kinds of Evidence adapted to 
 different descriptions of subjects. Mathematical and Moral, or Proba- 
 ble. Dmring this course, as in that on Intellectual Philosophy, the 
 Student is duly imformed of the valuable matter to be found in the 
 works of the most acute enquirers of ancient and modem date. 
 
 EVIDENCES OF NATURAL AND REVEALED 
 
 RELIGION. 
 In Lectures on this very important subject the Being of God is 
 shown to be proved from universal consent, the frame of nature, 
 and the intellectual powers of man. The Divine Attributes are 
 investigated ; the Unity of the Deity, Omniscience, Omnipotence 
 and Goodness : and the Immortality of the Soul, or a ftiture state, 
 as deducible by the light of natiu-e. The question of Liberty and 
 Necessity is discussed ; reference being msAe on this question, as 
 on other subjects, to the numerous writings of philosophers and 
 theologians. Finally, the Evidences of Revealed Religion, as re- 
 corded in the Sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, are 
 comprehensively and, it may be hoped, convincingly and effectually 
 exhibited. 
 
 MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 
 The great object of the Le(;tures on Moral Philosophy is the 
 establishment of sound and solid principles of conduct. For. this 
 purpose the groundwork of Morality is examined, as founded in 
 the nature and relations of man, and the attributes and government 
 of the Deity. The general sentiments of mankind, and the writings 
 of all philosophers, discover the universality of a moral sense; and 
 show the extent to which the light of reason is capable of conducting 
 the considerate enquirer. From the insufficiency of reason as a 
 practical guide is inferred the necessity of a Divhie Revelation, 
 authoritatively declaring rules of duty. The theories of Moralsmain- 
 tained by different writers, are referred to their respective principles; 
 and the " Moral and Political Philosophy" of Dr. Paley is recom- 
 mended, as being, in substance, founded on principles, actually 
 adopted by every sincere and enlightened Christian. 
 
 GENERAL HlL. TORY. 
 General History collects the most important events which have 
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 time ; tracing the lurmation, establiahiiient and decline, of the 
 nations which have risen to distinction in the world. A course of 
 Lectures on this vast subject commences with an enquiry into the 
 objects and uses of the study of History, the sources whence its 
 materials are derived, the methods employed by historical writers, 
 and the qualities which would constitute the perfection of History. 
 The subordinate sciences of Geography and Chronology are treated 
 as necessary auxiliaries to a just comprehension of historical relations. 
 After these introductory explanations, are discussed the creation and 
 original habitation of mankind ; their progress in knowledge, the 
 invention of arts, and moral depravation ; their gradual dispersion 
 from central Asia, and division into families, tribes and nations, 
 with different languages and customs. The rise of the Assyrian 
 and Babylonian kingdoms, and their combination with ancient 
 Media, Egypt, and other subjugated states, to form the first great 
 Empire, is treated with the attention due to its paramount impor- 
 tance. The successive elevation of the Medo- Persian, Greek and 
 Roman, Empires is considered, not merely as the effect of moral 
 and political causes, but also as fulfilling the designs of Divine 
 Providence attested by prophecy ; and preparing the world, in the 
 first place, for the benefits of civilisation and philosophy, and ultimate- 
 ly for the transf^endant blessings of the Christian religion. The 
 provision made Tor this consummation is traced in the call of Abra- 
 hamjand the preservation of Patriarchal piety among his descendants ; 
 the peculiar laws and polity of the Jews, and their singular dispersion 
 over the globe ; and the concurrence of a variety of remarkable 
 circumstances to the propagation and reception of the Gospel. 
 The history of the last and greatest Monarchy, Christianity trium- 
 phant on the ruins of Rome, is pursued as far as the w^ide field of 
 observation admits ; the amelioration which it has conferred on the 
 morals andstate of mankind is traced in the nations of Christendom ; 
 the nature and causes of its partial corruption and inefficiency are 
 investigated ; and the course of Lectures concludes with an endea- 
 vour to discover and ascertain the means by which i': would be 
 practicable to heal the divisions of this kingdom, and to unite the 
 whole Christian world in a pure faith, piety, and peace. 
 
 COMPOSITION. 
 
 Various subjects for private exercises in writhig, in connexion 
 with the several courses of Lectures, are proposed to the Students ; 
 as also a weekly thesis for a general Essay, to be written in English 
 and Latin alternately. In connexion with these Essays occasional 
 Lectures are given on correctness and elegance of Composition. 
 
 DISCIPLINE. 
 
 The 
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 Students are required to be re ^ular and punctual in atten- 
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 are provided in a public refectory, where one at least of the superior 
 officers of the College is always present. Every exertion is made 
 to maintain good morals and propriety of demeanour. At the end 
 of each Michaelmas, Lent, and Trinity Term, all the Students are 
 publicly examined ; and previously to the admission of any to the 
 first Degree, he undergoes another solemn Examination by officers 
 specially appointed under the obligation of an oath. 
 
 .■:;;'*/:.•••.,, ■ TERMS. '■ '''-''- • - ^^"-^■> 
 
 The Academical year contains four Terms ; commencing on the 
 first Thursday in September, and continuing, with a short vacation 
 at Christmas, and intermissions of a few days at Easter and Whit- 
 simtide, to the end of June. Four of these years are requisite for 
 the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, but actual attendance is not indis- 
 pensable for a period longer than three years. For superior Degrees 
 the Terms and Exercises nearly correspond with those prescribed 
 in the English Universities, and attendance on Lectures is not 
 generally required. 
 
 EXPENCE. 
 The entire annual Expence of Lectur.es and Tuition, exclusive 
 of French, does not exceed NinePoimds currency. That of Board, 
 for Students resident in the College, scarcely amounts to Twenty 
 five Poimds; and this is incurred for the period of actual residence 
 only. The Fees on admission to Degrees are proportionably small. 
 
 REWARDS. 
 
 Scholarships of Twenty and Twenty-five Pounds per annum 
 have been founded by the College-Council, to be given to such 
 Candidates for Matriculation, or Students already ontheMatricula, 
 as discover pre-eminent merit at their Examinations. The first 
 Chancellor of the University was the founder of an annual prize, 
 the Douglas Gold Medal, of the value of Ten Pounds, for the authors 
 of the best Essavs on subjects publicly proposed. In his inaugural 
 Address at the fcnca?nia, 1837, the present Chancellor was pleased 
 to make the following declaration : — 
 
 " In conclusion I will remark, for the encouragement of the 
 Students, that a Certificate from the Heads of this College, of uni- 
 form good conduct on thcwpart of those who have been subject to its 
 rules and discipline, will always be regarded by me as constituting 
 a strong claim to such favour and protection as it may be in my 
 power to extend to them, citho" in my capacity of Chancellor, or 
 as Head of the Government." 
 
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 THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. 
 
 In the Collegiate School boys are carefully instracteil in such 
 branches of learning, as are requisite to qualify them for Ivlatricu- 
 lation at the Cc^llege, or to pursue the ordinary business of life with 
 intelligence and respectability. For this purpose the School is 
 divided into two departments, over each of ^vhich a competent 
 Master presides. A French Teacher also attends for the instruction 
 of such of the Scholars as wish to acquire that language. The boys 
 either continue to live with their parents and friends, or are placed 
 as boarders under the entire charge of the Senior Master, who occu- 
 pies a dwelling house attached to the School. 
 
 In the Classical and Mathematical department are taught 
 grammatically the (.Treek and Latin languages and literature; 
 including Translation, Composition in prose and verse. Mythology, 
 History, Biography and Antiquities: with the elements of Algebra 
 and Geometry. 
 
 In the English and Commercial department are laught English 
 Grammar, History and Biography ; Chronology, Geography with 
 the use of maps and the globes, and the elements of Astronomy ; 
 Scripture-History ; Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, including 
 Mensuration and Book-Keeping. 
 
 The course pursued in the Classical department is assimilated to 
 that of Eton, with the adoption of such modem improvements as 
 experience, with the sanction of competentjudges, shall have recom- 
 inended. The books chiefly employed will be the Eton Latin 
 Grammar, Ainsworth's and Entick's Dictionaries, Eocempla Mi- 
 Qiora, Ellis's Exercises, Bland's Composition and Versification, 
 Adams's Lectiones Selectcp, Eutropius, Phredrus, Cornelius Nepos, 
 Cfesar's Connnentaries, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Virgil's ^neid, 
 Sallust, and Horace's Odes and Satu-es ; Matthiae's or Valpy's 
 Greek Granmiar, Schrevelius's Lexicon, Nelson's Exercises, Dalec- 
 his, Analecta Minora^ Homer's Iliad, Xenophon's Cyropaedia, and 
 the Greek Testament. Euclid's Elements and Young's Algebra 
 will be diligently taught in the Mathematical department. Thomp- 
 son's Arithmetic is preferred ; and in the English department will 
 be also used Goldsmith's Histories of England, Rome and Greece, 
 Pinnock's Geography and other elementary publications. 
 
 The hours spent in the School are six daily throughout the year. 
 
 The annual charge for Tuition, including both departments 
 of the School, is Six Pounds ; in tlie English departme .t, Four 
 Pounds ; — for Board, Thirty Pounds. 
 
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 ADDENDUM. 
 
 In addition to the regular system of Education provided for 
 Students matriculated and keeping Terms in the CoUege, public 
 notice has been given that any person desirous of attending a 
 particular course of Lectures will be admitted on application to the 
 Registrar :— the Fee for each Terminal course to be One Pound. 
 
 It is farther contemplated to institute, as soon as the College shall 
 have been sufficiently furnished with the illustrative apparatus, 
 short courses of Lectures on Natural PhUosophy and other subjects 
 of general interest, of such a character as not to require a previous 
 acquaintance with Mathematics or other abtruser parts of science 
 
 THE END.