The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant
Green
by Cuthbert Bede

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Title: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
Author: Cuthbert Bede
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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