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as it does, upon my scheme the stamp of their approval. I feel, therefore, em-
boldened to hope that it will appeal to all Oxford men, to their relatives and their
friends, indeed to all who are proud — and what Englishman is not ? — of our great
University, so that having illustrated these pages in a manner worthy of their subject,
and having rendered my book in any case a standard work, a charming memory of
Alma Mater for all her Ahunni, I may at least not be the loser, as was my
disastrous experience in the case of my colossal Oxford work. On that undertaking
many years of unremitting and unremunerative toil, to me now physically impossible,
were willingly bestowed and the serious and never-to-be-recouped editorial expenses
cheerfully borne, only to find it apathetically received by all but the few genealogical
enthusiasts while the fact that I had done the University this admitted service as
a volunteer and at my own cost, remains imperfectly recognized. Should my
still hopeful anticipations be realised and my latest efforts be favourably received,
a companion volume on the sister University, for which considerable collections
have already been made, may be looked for by Cambridge men in the coming year.
21, Boundary Road, London, N.W.
JOSEPH FOSTER.
INTERIOR OF THE OLD CONGREGATION-HOUSE, THE CHANCEL OF THE OLD CHURCH OF
ST. MARY the VIRGIN. — From Ingram.
