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    a monk's story. 299

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    LIV.—A MONK'S STORY.— A.r>. 1434.

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    4 Hol I, Edmond Cross , conceive a monk ...

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    Hn The Ewgxish Woman's Jottrnax For July...

    as had "been already described as " sifting " the candidates in the M a sa jor tisfactory Examina examination tions , and every in the candidate " Senior not " under t of 16 papers for , who examina passed in the

    former or Minor Examinations , might be recommended - tion in the latter or final examinations . The Society ' s Union extendedand its Examinations were held , throughout nearly the

    whole different king , laces dom . They Among were the held laces in the where spring they of had this been year at most 81

    presented successfull p y 139 established . candidates was , who Glasgow p carried . off Glasgow 150 certificates , last spring , and ,

    tion p and rizes , presented ri amoun zes amoun tin onl g t to in y £ 48 to £ ; 26 while didat London es , Mr who . , Chester with obtained its then immense 126 stated certificates popula that a , -

    few p nights previousl g y he had . distributed . . . the certificates and , prizes to male and female candidates at the London Mechanics' Institution .

    The Local Board there had been very successful . He was much pleased to see there , candidates coming them up year had after received year certifi , and

    ca addin tes g certificate revious to ears certific at o ate the . r Some laces of at GlasowBradfordand - in different p parts y of London . The p system , of g examinations , , was

    applicable everywhere . The certificates in the Major Examinations were recognised granted everywhere under the seal Those of the in Society the Minor of Arts Examinations , and were

    . form were prepared issued by b the the Local Central Boards Committee on their bearing own authority on its , face but in the a

    y , connexion with the Society of Arts , and of a uniform value everywhere . have

    We understand that a considerable number of women availed themselves of what Mr . Chester calls the " Minor

    Examinations . " The standard for these being lower , they are within reach of persons who might be excluded by insufficient education from the

    higher examinations . The certificates are , of course , of a propormistakes tionately h lower ave heen value made . It ) th may at the not regulations be superfluous which to appear remark on the ( as

    last Minor page Examinations of the Society onl ' s Programme and do not and A l _pj _^ to endix the , refer previous to th and ese appy

    final Examinations of the y Societ , y of Arts .

    A Monk's Story. 299

    a monk ' s story . 299

    Liv.—A Monk's Story.— A.R>. 1434.

    LIV . —A MONK ' S STORY . — A . r > . 1434 . BY CAROLINE OXENDEN .

    4 Hol I, Edmond Cross , Conceive A Monk ...

    4 I , Edmond , a monk of this our well-beloved I-Iouse of lain the

    Holy Cross , conceive it well , before I die , to set down a p narrative of certain sad circumstances of which I was an

    eyewitness , which , wrapt in mystery as they are , may be a warning

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page 299, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/11/