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Charles Astor Bristed (1820–1874) was an American scholar and author, and the first American writer to defend American English spelling. Having graduated from Trinity College in 1845 he published this account of his experiences at the university in 1852 to provide accurate, first-hand information for Americans about study in an English university, with the intention of starting a debate over the inclusion of aspects of English higher education in the American system. Volume 1 contains his recollections of his time in Cambridge as an undergraduate, with detailed descriptions of daily life, examinations, lectures and activities outside academia. Written for those with no experience of the university, this volume provides a valuable insight into the daily life of a student at Cambridge in the middle of the nineteenth century while also providing explanations for the aspects of the institution which to the outsider might seem strange.

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Author:   Charles Astor Bristed
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511709975

ISBN 10:   0511709978
Publication Date:   28 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

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.

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