CAMBRIDGE: A&C BLACK, 77 COLOR PLATES/ENGLAND/1907 1ST

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CAMBRIDGE: A&C BLACK, 77 COLOR PLATES/ENGLAND/1907 1ST CAMBRIDGE. BY M. A. R. TUKER. PAINTED BY WILLIAM MATTHISON. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First Edition. Very Scarce.A solid First Edition of this scarce and beautifully-illustrated book showcasing the lovely architecture, gardens and scenery of Cambridge. This book was published in A & C Black's Colour Book 20 Shilling Series, that is it is among the more expensive and deluxe books published by the famous printer. With 77 tissue-guarded colour plates & a folding town plan. Published 104 years ago, it is now out of print and very scarce. Another nice First Edition book is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From the Preface: "Of making many books there is no end.' When I set about writing this book I was ready to believe that the University had not its fair share of th literary output. Cambridge indeed does not appear to suggest, does not lend itself to, the numberless little brochures or hymns of praise which accompany the honoured years of the sister university; in weighty tones and valuable 'collectanea' of MSS., however, it possesses works (such as Cooper's Annals, the Cole and Baker MSS., and Willis and Clark's Architectural History) not possessed by Oxford and unrivalled, perhaps, by any English town."In the middle of last century the invaluable Fuller was the most readily accessible authority, but the last thirty years have seen the publication of the monumental work of Messieurs Willis and Clark, and of the History of the University by Mr. J. Bass Mullinger, while at the same time the slighter literature of the subject has not been neglected."Nevertheless, there is room, I hope, for a short book on the present lines."It is, I believe, the first time that a chapter on the woman's colleges has anywhere appeared, and certainly the first time that such a chapter forms part of an account of the University. I have taken pains to authenticate the description here given, for events which occurred thirty - even twenty - years back are now fading out of remembrance and some of those who took part in them are no longer with us. A first and last chapter on the origin of universities and on the sister universities have been omitted for the purposes of this volume. "The pleasantest part of my task still remains to be performed-to thank all those, both in and out of Cambridge, who have kindly afforded me facilities, have obtained information on innumerable points, or lightened my labours by lending books..."Contents include: Origin of University of Cambridge: Legends-Fen monasteries-School of glomery-Stourbridge fair; Colleges: University & the colleges-Architectural scheme of a college-Pembroke-Trinity Hall-Cambridge in 1355-Chaucer at Cambridge-King's College-Trinity College-Monks in Cambridge; University as a degree-giving body: Kinds of degrees-Subjects of study and examination-Classical tripos-Moral sciences tripos-List of the triposes-method of tuition at Cambridge-Honorary degrees; Collegiate and social life at the university: University and college officers-Hobson's choice-Dons-Privileges of peers-Discipline-Modern studies-Sunday at Cambridge-Church-Aristocratic era-Cambridge politics; University men and national movements: University men and national movements: 40 great Englishmen-Cambridge men-National movements-Religious movements-Lollards, early reformers-English bible and service books-Cambridge martyrs-Evangelical movements-Tractarian movement-Intellectual movements-Royal Society-Cambridge men in the historical plays of Shakespeare; Girton and Newnham: Etheldreda of Ely & Hild of Whitby connect the school of York with the monastery of Ely-English women and education-Graces of 1881-Social life at the women's colleges-Character and choice of work among women-Status of women's colleges at Cambridge & Oxford; Index of Names; General Index. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thick and heavy Octav... read more

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