PRELIMINARY, INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR SOLICITORS. Mr. J. ERLE BENHAM Lectures daily, at, his Chambers, 20, DEVEREUX COURT, TEMPLE, Om, all, the, subjects, required to, enable, Candidates to. pass the abere Examinations. Fer particulars, &c. or to the care of Messrs. Butterworth, address as allone, 7, Flet Street, Her Majesty's Lave, Publishers The Preliminary Examination Journal AND STUDENT'S LITERARY MAGAZINE. CHAPTER I. SPECIAL EXAMINATION NOTICES FOR 1873. Preliminary Examination for Solicitors. PURSUANT to the Judges' orders, the next Preliminary Examination in General Knowledge will take place on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday the 13th of February, 1873. In addition to the ordinary subjects (including an elementary knowledge of Latin), the Special Examiners have selected the following books in which candidates will be examined : In LATIN. In GREEK Livy, Book I.; or, Virgil, Æneid, Book VI. . Euripides, Medea. In MODERN GREEK Βεντοτῆς Ἱστορία τῆς ̓Αμερικῆς βιβλίον ζ. In FRENCH In GERMAN In SPANISH In ITALIAN Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie; or, . Goethe, Egmont; or, Schiller, Turandot. Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi, cap. I. to VIII. both in- Each candidate will be examined in one language only, according to his selection. Candidates will have the choice of either of the abovementioned works. Candidates are required by the Judges' orders to give one calendar month's notice to the Society (at the Law Institution, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.), before the day appointed for Examination, of the language in which they propose to be examined, the place at which they wish to be examined, and their age and place of education. of aged who was educated days of next to present previous to entering into Articles of will reach the Clerkship, and that he proposes to be Examined in the Language. which letters himself for Examination at Intermediate Examination, under 23 & 24 Vict. c. 127, s. 9. The elementary works, in addition to book-keeping (mercantile), selected for the Intermediate Examination of persons under Articles of Clerkship executed after the 1st of January, 1861, for the year 1872, are— Chitty on Contracts, chapters 1 and 3, with the exception, in chapter 3, of section 1, relating to Contracts respecting Real Property. 8th or 9th edition. Williams on the Principles of the Law of Real Property. 8th or 9th edition. J. W. Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence. 9th or 10th edition. MERCANTILE BOOK-KEEPING.-The Examiners deal with this subject generally, and do not in their questions confine themselves to any particular system. Candidates are required by the Judges' orders to give to the Incorporated Law Society one calendar month's notice before the commencement of the Term in which they desire to be examined. Candidates are also required to leave their Articles of Clerkship and Assignments (if any), duly stamped and registered, seven clear days before the commencement of such Term, together with answers to the questions as to due service and conduct up to that time. Candidates may be examined either in the term in which one half of their term of service will expire, or in one of the two terms next before, or one of the two terms next after one half of the term of service under their articles. The Examinations are held in the Hall of the Incorporated Law Society, Chancery Lane, London, in Hilary, Easter, Trinity and Michaelmas Terms. FORM OF NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that A. B., of who is now under Articles of Clerkship to C. D., of [or, who has served under Articles of Clerkship to C. D., and is now serving under an Assignment of such Articles of Clerkship to E. F., or, as the case may be], intends to apply in Term next for Intermediate Examination. Dated the day of 187 Final Examination. [Signature of Candidate.] Candidates are usually examined in Common and Statute Law, and Practice of the Courts. Conveyancing. Equity, and Practice of the Courts. Bankruptcy, and Practice of the Courts. Criminal Law, and Proceedings before Magistrates. Candidates are required to give notice of their intention to present themselves for examination in the term previous to that in which they wish to be examined. Preliminary Examination of the Royal College of Surgeons. The next Preliminary Examination for the diplomas of MEMBER and FELLOW of this College will be held on or about Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th, 11th and 12th of December, 1872. Candidates desirous of presenting themselves for this Examination must signify their intention of so doing to the secretary (at the College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields) on or before the 28th of November. The Compulsory subjects are the same as in the legal "Preliminary," except that no candidate will be passed who does not show a competent knowledge of the first four rules, simple and compound, of vulgar fractions and of decimals; and the mathematics include Euclid, Books I. and II. or the subjects thereof, and algebra to simple equations inclusive. Candidates will also be required to translate a passage from the second book of Cæsar's Commentaries, "De Bello Gallico." Papers will also be set on the following six subjects; and each candidate will be required to offer himself for Examination on one subject at least, at his option; but no candidate will be allowed to offer himself for Examination on more than four subjects: 1. Translation of a passage from the first Book of the Anabasis of 2. Translation of a passage from X. B. Saintine's "Picciola." Besides these translations into English, the candidate will be required to answer questions on the grammar of each subject, whether compulsory or optional. 4. Mechanics. The questions will be chiefly of an elementary character. 5. Chemistry. The questions will be on the elementary facts of chemistry. 6. Botany and Zoology. The questions will be on the classification of plants and animals. The quality of the handwriting and the spelling will be taken into account. A candidate in order to qualify himself for the Fellowship is required, in addition to the ordinary subjects, to pass in Greek, French or German, and in one, at his option, of the remaining subjects in Part II. Preliminary Examination for the Bar. The Preliminary Examinations for the Bar are usually held every Saturday during each legal term, and once in the week next preceding each legal term. By the Consolidated Regulations of the Four Inns of Court, it is provided that no Examiner shall attend unless two clear days' notice prior to the day appointed for his attendance shall have been given to the secretary of the Board of Examiners, by at least one candidate, of an intention to present himself on that day for Examination. The subjects of Examination are-(a) The English language; (b) The Latin language; and (c) English history. No Latin works are named by the Examiners in which candidates will be examined-hence it is necessary that they should be tolerably well acquainted with the Latin language. Candidates are, however, usually required to translate passages from the works of Sallust, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, &c. CHAPTER II. WHAT LEADS TO SUCCESS IN LIFE. WE have heard some persons remark, "We read of the great men who have preceded, and of those whose reputation is high; we see men in distinguished positions; then how is it we cannot participate in the glories which we are informed are open to the very lowest?" We reply, first of all, you must possess a moderate share of natural ability, and, secondly, you must strive hard in the profession which you select; for be assured that there is nothing like hard work and continual application. It is perfectly true that a man may be able to occupy a comfortable, and indeed an honorable, and even an enviable position by moderate labour, or by dint of fortune, but remember that diligence and ability will invariably be crowned with success. Are there not many legal maxims which show that even the law comes to the aid of the vigilant and not the slothful? There are, probably, hundreds of men who possess as much talent as those who are creating quite a "furore;" but the former have not the inclination to wade their way over the innumerable shoals and sand banks which are in this treacherous path of life! Treacherous-not because Providence has not ordained everything with a merciful hand, but every one is liable to experience many disadvantages in his course. It is a question whether, if a man possess talent, and not the inclination to cultivate it, such talent is of the first order; as a general rule we should say not. It must be distinctly understood that we are addressing ourselves to the question, "What leads to success in life?" and not in an examination. Of the latter we have treated elsewhere. Doubtless some men have no reason to sally forth in the "deceptive path, and we have a striking illustration in the remark made by that eminent and able lawyer, the late Lord Justice Knight Bruce; speaking of his elder brother (who has recently died), he said that he possessed more genuine ability than either he or his other brother. Then may it not be inferred that, but for his being the eldest son of the family, and having a competence, he might have wielded forth his splendid talents with much success? It is most apparent that a man's future career is, in most cases, modelled in early life. Whenever we hear that a rich man's son has attained a high position, we think he has true talent-talent which has oozed out of its own accord, for where a man has every luxury, and every consideration is paid to his requirements, he is not, to use a well-meaning phrase, "put upon his metal," and he will rarely strike out brilliantly; but the poor man's son, seeing that his future happiness and fame depend upon his own powers, will have every reason to exert himself. Then those who have the talent, but not the inclination to excel, lack determination of purpose. We have been amused to hear a person say, "Yes, I should like very much to be a doctor or lawyer if I could be transformed into the vortex of greatness-and I will, therefore, content myself with doing something else." No doubt many a person would like to reap all the benefit without the labour, and so should we. Even in the case of examinations, it would not only be unfair to allow anyone to practise without passing the various ordeals-but without such a check would he be fitted to maintain even a respectable position? |