SAXON TOWER, S. BENEDICT'S CHURCH 29 THE ABBEY HOUSE 35 CHAPEL, BARNWELL PRIORY 39 THE ROUND CHURCH 41 ORIEL WINDOWS FROM HOUSE IN PETTY-CURY _facing page_ 46 CLARE COLLEGE AND BRIDGE 101 PEMBROKE COLLEGE 107 PEMBROKE COLLEGE, ORIELS AND ENTRANCE 109 CAIUS COLLEGE, THE GATE OF HONOUR 117 KING'S PARADE 139 KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL 145 KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL _facing page_ 150 KING'S COLLEGE QUADRANGLE 155 CLOISTER COURT, QUEENS' COLLEGE 163 ORIEL WINDOW, QUEENS' COLLEGE 166 THE BRIDGE AND GABLES, QUEENS' COLLEGE 169 A BIT FROM SIDNEY STREET 172 DIVINITY SCHOOLS AND S. JOHN'S 193 NORMAN WORK IN CHURCH OF JESUS COLLEGE 197 NORMAN WORK IN N. TRANSEPT, JESUS COLLEGE CHAPEL 201 ENTRANCE TO CHAPTER-HOUSE, PRIORY OF S. RHADEGUND 203 JACK IN WOLSEY'S KITCHEN, CHRIST'S COLLEGE 219 THE COURTYARD OF THE WRESTLERS' INN _facing page_ 220 ENTRANCE TO S. JOHN'S COLLEGE 229 S. JOHN'S COLLEGE FROM THE BACKS 233 BRIDGE OF SIGHS, S. JOHN'S COLLEGE 239 TOWER AND GATEWAY, TRINITY COLLEGE _facing page_ 252 THE FOUNTAIN, TRINITY COLLEGE " 258 [Illustration: CAMBRIDGE AND ITS STORY] CHAPTER I LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSITY "Next then the plenteous Ouse came far from land, By many a city and by many a town, And many rivers taking under-hand Into his waters as he passeth down, The Cle, the Were, the Grant, the Sture, the Bowne, Thence doth by Huntingdon and Cambridge flit, My Mother Cambridge, whom as with a crowne He doth adorne, and is adorn'd by it With many a gentle Muse and many a learned wit." --SPENSER'S _Faerie Queene_, iv. xi. 34. Geographical and commercial importance of the city site--Map of the county a palimpsest--Glamour of the Fenland--Cambridge the gateway of East Anglia--The Roman roads--The Roman station--The Castle Hill--Stourbridge Fair--Cambridge a chief centre of English commerce.