>>> YOU ARE VIEWING A 200 LINE SAMPLE OF EBOOK# E07242 <<< TITLE: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green AUTHOR: Cuthbert Bede EBOOK: E07242 (O'Briens Book Cellar) EBOOK: E05465 LANGUAGE: ENGLISH THE ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN BY CUTHBERT BEDE [NB this e-text contains corrections to the Herbert Jenkins edition made by reference to the consolidated version held by The British Library which combines the first editions of each of the three parts originally published 1853-7. Greek letters in the original are rendered in Roman script and designated: "{ }". Italics are indicated: "~". The illustrations are designated "". The introductory remarks below appear only in the Herbert Jenkins edition, not in the several originals.] [1 ] THE ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN [2 ] WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT "Let the poker be heated" were the fearful words which greeted Mr. Verdant Green on his initiation into a spoof Lodge of Freemasonry at Oxford. This was one of the many "rags" of which he was the butt during his days at the university. In this humorous classic there is told the story of a very raw youth's introduction to university life, of fights between "town and gown," escapes from proctors, wiles of bed-makers, days on the river, or on and off horseback, and nights when "he kept his spirits up by pouring spirits down." These amusing experiences and diverting mishaps of an Oxford Freshman need no introduction to a public that has already read and laughed over them many times before. The great feature of the volume is that it contains the whole 188 illustrations originally contributed by the Author. [3 ] THE ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN BY CUTHBERT BEDE WITH 188 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 3 YORK STREET LONDON S.W.1 [4 ] A HERBERT JENKINS' BOOK ~Printed in Great Britain by~ Garden City Press, Letchworth. [5 ] CONTENTS PART I CHAP. PAGE I MR. VERDANT GREEN'S RELATIVES AND ANTECEDENTS ........7 II MR. VERDANT GREEN IS TO BE AN OXFORD FRESHMAN ........14 III MR. VERDANT GREEN LEAVES THE HOME OF HIS ANCESTORS ...21 IV MR. VERDANT GREEN BECOMES AN OXFORD UNDERGRADUATE ....33 V MR. VERDANT GREEN MATRICULATES AND MAKES A SENSATION ...........................................41 VI MR. VERDANT GREEN DINES, BREAKFASTS AND GOES TO CHAPEL ...............................................51 VII MR. VERDANT GREEN CALLS ON A GENTLEMAN WHO "IS LICENSED TO SELL" ...................................6l VIII MR. VERDANT GREEN'S MORNING REFLECTIONS ARE NOT SO PLEASANT AS HIS EVENING DIVERSIONS ...............72 IX MR. VERDANT GREEN ATTENDS LECTURES, AND, IN DESPITE OF SERMONS, HAS DEALINGS WITH FILTHY LUCRE ..........83 X MR. VERDANT GREEN REFORMS HIS TAILOR'S BILLS AND RUNS UP OTHERS. HE ALSO APPEARS IN A RAPID ACT OF HORSEMANSHIP, AND FINDS ISIS COOL IN SUMMER ......92 XI MR. VERDANT GREEN'S SPORTS AND PASTIMES .............103 XII MR. VERDANT GREEN TERMINATES HIS EXISTENCE AS AN OXFORD FRESHMAN .....................................114 PART II I MR. VERDANT GREEN RECOMMENCES HIS EXISTENCE AS AN OXFORD UNDERGRADUATE .............................123 II MR. VERDANT GREEN DOES AS HE HAS BEEN DONE BY .......126 III MR. VERDANT GREEN ENDEAVOURS TO KEEP HIS SPIRITS UP BY POURING SPIRITS DOWN ..........................134 IV MR. VERDANT GREEN DISCOVERS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOWN AND GOWN ........................................145 [6 CONTENTS] CHAP. PAGE V MR. VERDANT GREEN IS FAVOURED WITH MR BOUNCER'S OPINIONS REGARDING AN UNDERGRADUATE'S EPISTOLARY COMMUNICATIONS TO HIS MATERNAL RELATIVE ..157 VI MR. VERDANT GREEN FEATHERS HIS OARS WITH SKILL AND DEXTERITY .......................................167 VII MR. VERDANT GREEN PARTAKES OF A DOVE-TART AND A SPREAD-EAGLE .......................................176 VIII MR. VERDANT GREEN SPENDS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR ....................................184 IX MR. VERDANT GREEN MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON ANY BOARDS ...........................................191 X MR. VERDANT GREEN ENJOYS A REAL CIGAR ...............202 XI MR. VERDANT GREEN GETS THROUGH HIS SMALLS ...........209 XII MR. VERDANT GREEN AND HIS FRIENDS ENJOY THE COMMEMORATION .......................................2l8 PART III I MR. VERDANT GREEN TRAVELS NORTH .....................222 II MR. VERDANT GREEN DELIVERS MISS PATTY HONEYWOOD FROM THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA .........................227 III MR. VERDANT GREEN STUDIES YE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF YE NATYVES .......................................238 IV MR. VERDANT GREEN ENDEAVOURS TO SAY SNIP TO SOME ONE'S SNAP .......................................243 V MR. VERDANT GREEN MEETS WITH THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER .............................................251 VI MR. VERDANT GREEN JOINS A NORTHUMBERLAND PIC-NIC .............................................258 VII MR. VERDANT GREEN HAS AN INKLING OF THE FUTURE ......265 VIII MR. VERDANT GREEN CROSSES THE RUBICON ...............271 IX MR. VERDANT GREEN ASKS PAPA .........................280 X MR. VERDANT GREEN IS MADE A MASON ...................288 XI MR. VERDANT GREEN BREAKFASTS WITH MR. BOUNCER AND ENTERS FOR A GRIND .............................297 XII MR. VERDANT GREEN TAKES HIS DEGREE ..................302 XIII MR. VERDANT GREEN IS MARRIED AND DONE FOR ...........309 [7 ] THE ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN CHAPTER I MR. VERDANT GREEN'S RELATIVES AND ANTECEDENTS IF you will refer to the unpublished volume of "Burke's Landed Gentry", and turn to letter G, article "GREEN," you will see that the Verdant Greens are a family of some respectability and of considerable antiquity. We meet with them as early as 1096, flocking to the Crusades among the followers of Peter the Hermit, when one of their name, Greene surnamed the Witless, mortgaged his lands in order to supply his poorer companions with the sinews of war. The family estate, however, appears to have been redeemed and greatly increased by his great-grandson, Hugo de Greene, but was again jeoparded in the year 1456, when Basil Greene, being commissioned by Henry the Sixth <<< END OF SAMPLE... (THE FULL EBOOK HAS 701588 TOTAL CHARACTERS) >>>