In a previous chapter it was stated that Shelley matriculated at Oxford, and entered University College on 10th April, 1810,--a date given for the first time to Shelleyan students. Hogg had then been a member of the University and the same College for more than two months, having matriculated on 2nd February, 1810,--another date never before given to Shelleyan students. To those who, unaware how much readier the Shelleyan enthusiasts are to abuse writers who differ from them than to gather facts needful for the perfect statement of the poet's story, it may well appear strange that, after the publication of so many books and articles about Shelley, it should have been left for me to ascertain from the archives of University College, Oxford, these two important dates, by whose light the greater part of Mr. Denis Florence MacCarthy's vehement manifesto against Hogg's account of his academic career is seen to be one big tangle of blunderings. Seeing the need for the discovery of these dates, I wrote a letter that within forty-eight hours received this answer: 'TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, '_12th February, 1884_. 'DEAR MR. JEAFFRESON, 'The College Register of University College, Oxford, gives the date of the matriculation of 'PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, 10th April, 1810. 'THOMAS JEFFERSON HOGG, 2nd February, 1810. 'I have this direct from the Master. This testimony, I suppose, will be sufficient; so I return your stamps. I applied to the College first, and not to the Registrar of the University. 'Ever yours truly, 'H. B. DIXON.'