‘But were there one whose fires True genius kindles and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; * * * * * * * Like _Cato_, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if _Atticus_ were he!’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY J. AND C. F. CLAY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAMBRIDGE DESCRIBED & ILLUSTRATED. Being a Short History of the Town and University. By THOMAS DINHAM ATKINSON; with an Introduction by JOHN WILLIS CLARK, M.A., F.S.A., Registrary of the University, late Fellow of Trinity College. With Twenty-Nine Steel Plates, numerous Illustrations and Maps. 8vo. 21_s._ net. _DAILY CHRONICLE._—“He has conferred a favour upon all lovers of literature and its early seats by going at much length and with great care into the questions not only of municipality, but of the University and the colleges.... A good thing well done.” _DAILY NEWS._—“All Cambridge men will be interested in the many quaint and curious descriptions of mediæval manners and customs of the University Town which Mr. Atkinson has collected. To all with archæological interests we strongly recommend the volume.” _ACADEMY._—“His book will be welcomed by all those who desire to get, in the compass of a single volume, a comprehensive view of both Town and University. The illustrations throughout the volume are well drawn and excellently reproduced.” _MORNING POST._—“A volume which is copiously illustrated by excellent plates, drawings, and maps, and to which an admirable general index lends an additional value.” _SPECTATOR._—“We hail this interesting volume, which attempts to do what has heretofore been neglected (save in Cooper’s monumental work),—viz. combine in one survey the general history and description of both the University and town of Cambridge.” _CAMBRIDGE REVIEW._—“This most interesting and beautiful book.... To most of us this compact volume will come not so much as a luxury, but as one of that class of commodities known to economists as being ‘conventionally necessary.’” _LITERATURE._—“Throughout deserves the highest praise.” London: Macmillan and Company, Limited. Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes.