Charles Astor Bristed, Bristed Charles Astor, Bristed

Five Years in an English University - Volume 1

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Produktbeschreibung

The daily life and experiences of American Charles Astor Bristed (1820 1874) as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9781108014809
• ISBN-10: 1108014801
• Artikelnr.: 32095625

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. First impressions of Cambridge
2. Some particulars, rather egotistical, but very necessary
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
8. A Trinity supper party
9. The May examination
10. The first long vacation
11. The second year
12. Third year
13. Private tuition
14. Long vacation amusements
15. A second edition of third year
16. The scholarship examination
17. The reading party
18. Sawdust pudding with ballad sauce
19. 'En Xurou Akmh'
20. How I came to take a degree
21. The Polloi and the civil law classes
22. The classical tripos
23. A visit to Eton
24. Being extinguished
25. Reading for a Trinity fellowship
26. The study of theology at Cambridge
27. Recent changes at Cambridge.