(3) John Knox introduced the revival of learning, the steam roller, and the printing press.
(4) Edward III. said he was the dughter of Arabella.
(Note: Meaning to say “the son of Isabella,” blended with Arabella Stuart.)
* (5) James I. was a great Catholic. He was not at all brave. It is said of him that he padded his clothes for fear he would be knocked.
* (6) The Cabinet consists of the Private Secretaries, the Foreign Secretaries, the Colonial Secretaries, and the Poet Laureate.
* (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: