These amusing experiences and diverting mishaps of an Oxford Freshman need no introduction to a public that has already read and laughed over them many times before. The great feature of the volume is that it contains the whole 188 illustrations originally contributed by the Author. [3 ] THE ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN BY CUTHBERT BEDE WITH 188 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR <VG003.JPG> HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 3 YORK STREET LONDON S.W.1 [4 ] A HERBERT JENKINS' BOOK ~Printed in Great Britain by~ Garden City Press, Letchworth. [5 ] CONTENTS PART I CHAP. PAGE I MR. VERDANT GREEN'S RELATIVES AND ANTECEDENTS ........7 II MR. VERDANT GREEN IS TO BE AN OXFORD FRESHMAN ........14 III MR. VERDANT GREEN LEAVES THE HOME OF HIS ANCESTORS ...21 IV MR. VERDANT GREEN BECOMES AN OXFORD UNDERGRADUATE ....33 V MR. VERDANT GREEN MATRICULATES, AND MAKES A SENSATION ...........................................41 VI MR. VERDANT GREEN DINES, BREAKFASTS, AND GOES TO CHAPEL ...............................................51 VII MR. VERDANT GREEN CALLS ON A GENTLEMAN WHO "IS LICENSED TO SELL" ...................................6l VIII MR. VERDANT GREEN'S MORNING REFLECTIONS ARE NOT SO PLEASANT AS HIS EVENING DIVERSIONS ...............72 IX MR. VERDANT GREEN ATTENDS LECTURES, AND, IN DESPITE OF SERMONS, HAS DEALINGS WITH FILTHY LUCRE ..........83 X MR. VERDANT GREEN REFORMS HIS TAILOR'S BILLS AND RUNS UP OTHERS. HE ALSO APPEARS IN A RAPID ACT OF HORSEMANSHIP, AND FINDS ISIS COOL IN SUMMER ......92 XI MR. VERDANT GREEN'S SPORTS AND PASTIMES .............103 XII MR. VERDANT GREEN TERMINATES HIS EXISTENCE AS AN OXFORD FRESHMAN .....................................114 PART II I MR. VERDANT GREEN RECOMMENCES HIS EXISTENCE AS AN OXFORD UNDERGRADUATE .............................123 II MR. VERDANT GREEN DOES AS HE HAS BEEN DONE BY .......126 III MR. VERDANT GREEN ENDEAVOURS TO KEEP HIS SPIRITS UP BY POURING SPIRITS DOWN ..........................134 IV MR. VERDANT GREEN DISCOVERS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOWN AND GOWN ........................................145 [6 CONTENTS] CHAP. PAGE