I need scarcely add that on such well-worn themes originality is hardly possible, and that I have made use both of my own earlier writings on the subject, and of those of others, my debt to whom I gratefully acknowledge. Most especially am I bound to do so with regard to Messrs. Atkinson and Clark, whose monumental work "Cambridge Described" is a veritable mine of information, and to Professor and Mrs. Hughes for the help which I have found in their "County Geography of Cambridgeshire." EDWARD CONYBEARE. CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Cambridge Greenery. -- The Backs. -- The Lawns. -- Logan's Views. -- Old Common Fields. -- Old Cambridge. -- Origin of Cambridge. -- The Castle. -- Camboritum. -- Granta-ceaster. -- Danes in Cambridge. -- Cambridgeshire formed. -- Battle of Ringmere. -- Norman Conquest. -- The Jewry. -- Religious Houses. -- Rise of University. -- Town and Gown. -- Proctors. -- The Colleges. -- Examinations. -- College Life. -- Cambridge and Oxford 1 CHAPTER II Entrance to Cambridge. -- Railways. -- Roman Catholic Church. -- Street runlets, Hobson, Perne. -- Fitzwilliam Museum. -- =Peterhouse=, Chapel, Deer-park. -- Little St. Mary's Church, Washington Arms. -- Gray's window. -- =Pembroke College=, Large and Small Colleges, "Querela Cantabrigiensis," Ridley's Farewell. -- St. Botolph's Church. -- The King's Ditch. -- =Corpus Christi College=, Cambridge Guilds, St. Benet's Church, Firehooks, Corpus Library, Corpus Ghost. -- =St. Catherine's College.= -- King's Parade. -- Pitt Press. -- Newnham Bridge, Hermits. -- The Backs River, College Bridges, Hithes 20 CHAPTER III =Queens' College=, Erasmus, Cloisters, Carmelites, Chapel. -- Old Mill Street. -- =King's College=, Henry VI, King's and Eton, Henry's "Will." -- King's College Chapel, Wordsworth, Milton, Windows, Rosa Solis, Screens, Stalls, Vaulting, Side-Chapels, View from Roof 47 CHAPTER IV Spiked gates. -- Old Kings. -- =University Library=, Origin, Growth, Codex Bezae. -- =Trinity Hall=, Colours, Library. -- =Clare College=, "Poison Cup," Court, Bridge, Avenue. -- The Backs, Sirdar Bonfire, College Gardens. -- =Trinity College=, Michaelhouse, King's Hall, Henry VIII, Boat-clubs, Avenue, College Livings, Bridge, Library, Byron, Nevile's Court, Cloisters, Echo, "Freshman's Pillar," Prince Edward, Royal Ball, Goodhart, Buttery, College Plate, Grace-cup, Kitchen, Hall, Combination Room, Marquis of Granby, Tutors, Old Court, Fountain, Gate Towers, Clock, Lodge, Chapel, Newton, Organ, Bentley, Windows, Macaulay 78 CHAPTER V