Division II. 4. The history and religious thought of Israel from the accession of Uzziah to the close of the Old Testament. 5. The Acts and Epistles in English, including the occasion and destination of the several Epistles. 6. (a) The history of the Celtic Church and of the Anglo-Norman Church in Ireland. (b) The history of the Church in England from the accession of Edward III to the accession of Queen Anne. Division III. 7. The history and contents of the Book of Common Prayer, with special reference to Baptism and the Holy Communion. 8. The history of the Christian Church (excluding the New Testament) to the Council of Chalcedon. 9. One of the following: The Book of Genesis in Hebrew. The Epistle to the Romans in Greek. All questions in Divisions I and II on the text of the Old and New Testaments will have reference to the Revised Version. Candidates will not be examined in particular books, but the following, among others, will be found useful for study:— PAPERS 1 AND 4. Wade, Old Testament History, London, 1901; Foakes Jackson, The Biblical History of the Hebrews, Cambridge, 1909; Chapman, An Introduction to the Pentateuch, Cambridge, 1911; W. R. Smith, The Prophets of Israel, London, 1895; The Old Testament in the Jewish Church, London, 1892; G. A. Smith, The Book of Isaiah, London, 1889; The Book of the Twelve Prophets, London, 1896; Kautzsch, Article Religion of Israel, in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible, extra vol. 2. Sanday, article Jesus Christ, in Hastings' D. B., vol. ii, 3. Swete, The Apostles' Creed; Burn, The Apostles' Creed, 5. Conybeare and Howson, The Life and Epistles of St. Paul; 6. Perry, A History of the English Church, vols. i, ii, London, 7. Procter and Frere, A History of the Book of Common Prayer, London, 1908; Srawley, The Early History of the Liturgy, Cambridge, 1913; Swete, Church Services and Service-books before the Reformation, London, 1896; Dowden, The Workmanship of the Prayer-Book, London, 1899; Further Studies in the Prayer-Book, London, 1908. 8. Foakes Jackson, History of the Christian Church (to 451 A.D.), Cambridge, 1914; Gwatkin, Early Church History (to 313 A.D.), London, 1912; Bright, The Age of the Fathers, London, 1903; Bethune-Baker, An Introduction to the Early History of Christian Doctrine, London, 1903. 9. Genesis: Spurrell, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Book of Romans Sanday and Headlam (Internat. Crit. Comm.), Comparative Study of Religions: W. R. Smith, Lectures on the In addition to the above, articles in the following dictionaries may frequently be consulted with advantage:-For Papers 1, 2, 4, 5Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible; for Papers 7, 9 (Comparative Study of Religions)-Hastings' Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics; for Paper 8-Wace and Piercy's Dictionary of Christian Biography. University Appointments Association. THIs Association was formed in 1902, under the sanction of the Board of Trinity College, with the object of assisting Students and Graduates of the University to obtain appointments and employments at home or abroad, under the Government or otherwise. The Executive Committee of the Association keep a Register of Students and Graduates desiring appointments, with a record of their qualifications. 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And it is somewhat remarkable" (says Dr. Parr) "that at this time [1603], when the said persons were at London about the laying out this money in books, they then met Sir Thomas Bodley there, buying books for his new erected Library at Oxford, so that there began a correspondence between them upon this occasion, helping each other to procure the choicest and best books on several subjects that could be gotten; so that the famous Bodleian Library at Oxford, and that of Dublin, began together." The private collection of Ussher himself, consisting of 10,000 volumes, with many MSS. of great value, was the first donation of moment which the Library received; and for this also literature is indebted to the officers and soldiers of the English army. In 1640, Ussher left Ireland, and the insurgents soon after destroyed all his personal property, with the exception of his books, which were fortunately secured, and soon after conveyed to Chester, and from thence to London. In 1642, Ussher was nominated one of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, but refused to attend, and even preached against their proceedings at Oxford. For this crime his library, or a portion of it, which he had left behind him at Chelsea College, was seized and confiscated by order of the House of Commons, as the property of a delinquent; but John Selden, his particular friend, by the interference of Dr. Featly, obtained permission to purchase them as if for his own use, though really for the purpose of restoring them to their original owner. On the Archbishop's death in 1655, although he had destined his books for Trinity College, the misfortunes of the times compelled him to leave them to his only daughter, Lady Tyrrell, then mother of a numerous family,' and in narrow circumstances. Proposals were soon after made to her for the purchase of the library, by the King of Denmark and Cardinal Mazarin; but Cromwell issued an order prohibiting the Primate's family from selling it without his consent, and he refused to permit it to be brought out of the kingdom. Soon after, the officers and soldiers of the army then in Ireland, wishing to emulate those of Elizabeth, purchased the whole Library for the sum of £2200, together with all the Archbishop's manuscripts, and a choice though not numerous collection of ancient coins, with the design of presenting them to the College. But when the books were brought over to Ireland, Cromwell refused to permit the intentions of the donors to be carried into effect, alleging that it was his intention to found a new College or Hall, in which the collection might more conveniently be preserved separate from all other books. The library, therefore, was deposited in the Castle of Dublin, and being |