* (7) Oliver Cromwell called Sept. 14 his lucky day: he died on Sept. 14, but he still called it his lucky day. * (8) Christianity was introduced into England by Julius Cæsar in 55 B.C. * (9) The Black Prince got his name from the great disease. (Qu.: Meaning the Black Death?) * (10) Magna Charter was a very good woman to the poor. Her photograph is on the stained glass windows of the Church of Scotland. These came from the rich mine of History. Geography was not so auriferous. To drop the metaphor, the candidates were less amusing in Geography, because they were less ignorant. They had learned Geography as children, but as a rule they picked up their notions of History from manuals, compiled by writers of a low grade, dealing chiefly in anecdotes and picturesque phrases. But there were bright moments even in revision of Geography. The simple questions, there as in History, were often the most fruitful. One would think that all pupil teachers, all book readers, and newspaper readers had heard of the equinox, and the Midnight Sun. But look at these answers to demands for explanation of the terms. First the Equinox: An imaginary line drawn across the sky. Land lying on or near the equator. The axis on which the earth turns. A wind which blows from April to September, they are called Equinoctial gales. When the sun and moon are on the zenith they are said to be in the equinox. A peculiar animal in South America. The part where the earth and sun pass one another. &c., &c. Then the Midnight Sun: The sun is visible at midnight from the top of Mount Riga where hotels have been built especially for tourists who go to see the midnight sun. (Note: This comes of reading Mark Twain on the Rigi sunrise.) When the sun shines on the northern part of the earth it takes more than one day to get in the shadow of the earth on account of it moving so slowly. The midnight sun is caused by certain gases igniting in the air. These gases are at rest when apart from each other, but at their joining they light up the whole parts thus occupied by them, and thus give light to all the northern parts of Europe. That is so scientific that a modest examiner hesitates to give it O: and the next is still more imposing: Q. “The sun never sets on the British Empire.” Explain this. A. It is quite true. The British Empire being mostly surrounded by ocean is deprived of the sun’s rays as the water has the greater attraction for it. It is also responsible for this on account of its position from the equator. And this again throws a new light on things: Iron is usually mined in the most populated area which seems providential as much labour is attached to its thorough preparation. It must have been a relative of that candidate, who first noted the providential arrangement by which large rivers always run through large towns. Even verbal eccentricity was found wonderfully refreshing at times: