Author: John Willis Clark

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781330495971

Excerpt from A Concise Guide to the Town and University of Cambridge: In Four Walks I have prefixed to these walks an Introduction, in which I have attempted to trace, very briefly, the history of the Town, the University, and the Colleges; and I have appended to them a Chronological Table, divided into the reigns of sovereigns, in which I have included a few leading events of general importance, to serve as landmarks to connect the history of the Town and University with that of the Kingdom. The friends who have helped me in the preparation of this work are too numerous to mention individually; and I must ask them to accept this collective expression of my gratitude. Special thanks are due to: 1. The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, for permission to use the text of their Architectural History of the University and Colleges - a permission of which I have largely availed myself -, and also for the loan of the following woodcuts: North West corner of the exterior of the Old Court of King's College (p.22), Library of Trinity Hall (p.26), Gate of Virtue (p.29), Bookcases in Library of S.John's College (p.59), Old Hall, Corpus Christi College (p.121), Tower of S.Benedict's Church (p.123), River Front of Queens' College (p.131). 2. The Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for the loan of a woodcut from their Proceedings and Communications: Section of the Castle Hill (p.72). 3. Messrs Cassell and Co., for the loan of the following woodcuts: Great S. Mary's Church (p.4), King's College Chapel, S. Porch (p.12), Do. interior (p.IB), S.John's College Chapel (p.51), Bound Church, exterior (p.63), Fitzwilliam Museum (p.108), Pitt Press (p.119). 4. Messrs Macmillan and Co., for the loan of a woodcut from Green's Short History: Bound Church, interior (p.63). 5. Messrs Seeley and Co., for the loan of the following woodcuts from Cambridge: Brief historical and descriptive Notes, by J.W. Clark, M.A. Clare College, Gateway in East Range (p.23), Trinity College, Great Court (p.41), S.John's College, Third Court (p.60), Magdalene College, Pepysian Library (p.68), Christs College Garden (p.86), Jesus College, Entrance-gateway (p.95). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.