An American in Victorian Cambridge : Charles Astor Bristed's 'Five years in an English university' /: Charles Astor Bristed's 'Five years in an English university'. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christopher Stray.
• Authors: Bristed, Charles Astor, 1820-1874
• Editors: Stray, Christopher
• Other Names: Bristed, Charles Astor, 1820-1874
• Contents: ; Illustrations ; ; Photograph of Charles Astor Bristed ; ; Foreword by Patrick Leary ; ; Introduction by Christopher Stray ; ; Bibliography ; ; Original dedication ; ; Original preface ; ; 1. First Impressions of Cambridge [1840]; ; 2. Some Preliminaries, Rather Egotistical but Very Necessary [1835-9]; ; 3. Introduction to College Life; ; 4. The Cantab Language; ; 5. An American Student's First Impressions at Cambridge and on Cambridge; ; 6. Freshman Temptations and Experiences; ; 7. The Boat Race [1841]; ; 8. A Trinity Supper Party [1840]; ; 9. The May Examination [1841]; ; 10. The First Long Vacation [1841]; ; 11. The Second Year [1841-2]; ; 12. Third Year [1842-3]; ; 13. Private Tuition; ; 14. Long Vacation Amusements [1843]; ; 15. A Second Edition of Third Year [1843-4]; ; 16. The Scholarship Examination [1844]; ; 17. The Reading Party [1844]; ; 18. Sawdust Pudding with Ballad Sauce [1844]; ; 19. On the Razor's Edge [1844-5]; ; 20. How I Came To Take a Degree [1845]; ; 21. The Polloi and the Civil Law Classes; ; 22. The Classical Tripos [1845]; ; 23. A visit to Eton. English Public Schools; ; 24. Being Extinguished [1845]; ; 25. Reading for a Trinity Fellowship [1845]; ; 26. The study of Theology at Cambridge; ; 27. Recent Changes at Cambridge; ; 28. The Cambridge System of Education in its Intellectual Results; ; 29. Physical and Social Habits of Cambridge Men. Their Amusements, &c; ; 30. On the State of Morals and Religion in Cambridge; ; 31. The Puseyite Disputes in Cambridge, and the Cambridge Camden Society; ; 32. Inferiority of our Colleges and Universities in Scholarship; ; 33. Supposed Counterbalancing Advantages of American Colleges; ; 34. The Advantages of Classical Studies, Particularly in Reference to the Youth of our Country; ; 35. What Can and Ought We To Do for our Colleges?; ; Charles Astor Bristed 1820-1874: An annotated bibliography ; ; Index ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Exeter : University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 378.42659; American students -- England; Students
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780859898980
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