TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE. [Illustration: E. Joyce Shillington Scales 1919. _Entrance Gateway, Jesus College._] TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE BY “INGULPHUS” (ARTHUR GRAY, Master of Jesus College) _With illustrations by_ E. JOYCE SHILLINGTON SCALES “Merry and tragical, tedious and brief: That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.” _A Midsummer Night’s Dream._ CAMBRIDGE: W. HEFFER & SONS LTD. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO. LTD. FIRST PUBLISHED, DECEMBER, 1919. For permission to reprint these tales, which originally appeared in _The Cambridge Review_, _The Gownsman_ and _Chanticlere_ (the Jesus College Magazine), the writer thanks the editors and proprietors of those papers. Contents PAGE I. TO TWO CAMBRIDGE MAGICIANS viii II. THE EVERLASTING CLUB 1 III. THE TREASURE OF JOHN BADCOKE 9 IV. THE TRUE HISTORY OF ANTHONY FFRYAR 19 V. THE NECROMANCER 28 VI. BROTHER JOHN’S BEQUEST 37 VII. THE BURDEN OF DEAD BOOKS 48 VIII. THANKFULL THOMAS 67 IX. THE PALLADIUM 76 X. THE SACRIST OF SAINT RADEGUND 84 List of Illustrations I. ENTRANCE GATEWAY, JESUS COLLEGE _Frontispiece_ II. DOORWAY, COW LANE 5 III. ORIEL WINDOW OF HALL AND ENTRANCE TO “K” STAIRCASE 11 IV. OLD HALL, MASTER’S LODGE 17 V. NORTH-WEST CORNER OF CLOISTERS 20 VI. THE MASTER’S STALL 23 VII. MAIN GATEWAY AND PORTER’S LODGE 31 VIII. ON “A” STAIRCASE 33 IX. FIREPLACE IN MASTER’S LODGE 41 X. A CORNER OF THE LIBRARY 51 XI. CHAPEL DOORWAY IN MASTER’S GARDEN 57 XII. NORMAN GALLERY, NORTH TRANSEPT 71