s on leaving Eton University--A Whip--Sketches
on the Road--The Joneses of Jesus--Picturesque Appearance
of Oxford from the Distance--The Arrival--Welcome of an
Old Etonian--Visit to Dr. Dingyman--A University Don--
Presentation to the Big Wig--Ceremony of Matriculation 113

CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE.
Architectural Reminiscences--Descriptive Remarks--Simi-
litude between the Characters of Cardinal Wolsey and
Napoleon 129

THE DINNER PARTY.
Bernard Blackmantle's Visit to Tom Echo--Oxford Phrase-
ology--Smuggled Dinners--A College Party described--
Topography of a Man's Room--Portrait of a Bachelor of Arts
--Hints to Freshmen--Customs of the University 132

COLLEGE SERVANTS.
Descriptive Sketch of a College Scout--Biography of Mark
Supple--Singular Invitation to a Spread 146

TAKING POSSESSION OF YOUR ROOMS.
Topography of a vacant College Larium--Anecdotes and
Propensities of Predecessors--A Long Shot--Scout's List of
Necessaries--Condolence of University Friends 151

THE EXCURSION TO BAGLEY WOOD 157

WESTERN ENTRANCE INTO THE METROPOLIS.
A descriptive Sketch.
General Views of the Author relative to Subject and Style
--Time and Place--Perspective Glimpse of the great City--
The Approach--Cockney Salutations--The Toll House--
Western Entrance to Cockney Land--Hyde Park--Sunday
Noon-Sketches of Character, Costume, and Scenery--The
Ride and Drive--Kensington Gardens--Belles and Beaux-
Stars and fallen Stars--Singularities of 1824-Tales of Ton-
On Dits and Anecdotes--Sunday Evening--High Life and
Low Life, the Contrast--Cockney Goths--Notes, Biographical,
Amorous, and Exquisite 164

THE OPERA.
The Man of Fashion--Fop's Alley--Modern Roue and
Frequenters--Characteristic Sketches in High Life--Blue
Stocking Illuminati--Motives and Manners--Meeting with
the Honourable Lillyman Lionise--Dinner at Long's--Visit
to the Opera--Joined by Bob Transit--A Peep into the
Green Room--Secrets behind the Curtain--Noble Amateurs
and Foreign Curiosities--Notes and Anecdotes by Horatio
Heartly 198