” X.--THE COLLEGE PLATE, by the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D., 267 ” XI.--THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND HERBARIUM, by E. Perceval Wright, M.A., M.D., 275 ” XII.--THE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE OFFICERS, 1892, 285 TERCENTENARY ODE, 291 [Illustration: (Decorative section ending)] [Illustration: (Decorative section heading)] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, _Frontispiece._ THE OLDEST MAP OF THE COLLEGE, 7 FAC-SIMILE OF PROVOST ASHE’S PRAYER, 10 THE EARLIEST EXTANT COLLEGE SEAL, 11 THE SOUTH BACK OF THE ELIZABETHAN COLLEGE, 25 FAC-SIMILE OF TITLE-PAGE, ARCHBISHOP MARSH’S “LOGIC,” 37 CHAPEL PLATE (DATED 1632 AND 1638), 44 TITLE-PAGE OF THE CENTENARY SERMON, JANUARY 9, 1693/4, 52 THE OLD CLOCK TOWER, 62 CANDELABRUM, EXAMINATION HALL, 130 DUNSINK OBSERVATORY, 133 SOUTH EQUATORIAL, DUNSINK, 142 MERIDIAN ROOM, DUNSINK, 144 OLD PRINT OF LIBRARY, 1753, 152 INTERIOR OF LIBRARY, 1858, 154 A PAGE FROM THE “BOOK OF KELLS,” 161 SATCHEL OF THE “BOOK OF ARMAGH,” 164 SHRINE OF THE “BOOK OF DIMMA,” 165 BOOK RECESSES IN LIBRARY, 176 INNER STAIRCASE IN LIBRARY, 177 INTERIOR OF LIBRARY, 1860, 178 THE LIBRARY, 1891, 179 LIBRARY STAIRCASE AND ENTRANCE TO READING ROOM, 180 ROYAL ARMS NOW PLACED IN LIBRARY, 181 FRONT OF TRINITY COLLEGE, 1728, 183 GROUND PLAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, FROM ROCQUE’S MAP OF DUBLIN, 1750, 187 _Ampelopsis veitchii_, 190 TRINITY COLLEGE--WEST FRONT, 191 THE PROVOST’S HOUSE, FROM GRAFTON STREET, 195 DRAWING ROOM, PROVOST’S HOUSE, 197 TOP OF STAIRCASE, REGENT’S HALL, 200 PARLIAMENT AND LIBRARY SQUARES, 201 LIBRARY SQUARE, 202