Thomas Hughes

Tom Browns School Days. CHAPTER i. " I'm the Poet of White Horse Vale, Sir, With liberal notions under my cap."—Ballad, THE Browns have become illustrious by the pen of Thackeray and the pencil of Doyle, within the memory of the young gentlemen who are now matriculating at the Universities....

PREFACE Tms book contains interesting stories about schools, and somé vivid descriptions of school life. They are taken írom biographies, autobiographies and fiction, and deal with schools from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is hoped that the reader will enjoy the extracts...

PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION I received the following letter from an old friend soon after the last edition of this book was published, and resolved, if ever another edition were called for, to print it. For it is clear from this and other like comments, that something more should have been said...

CONCERNING "TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS" THE AUTHOR AND HIS CRITICS Several persons, for whose judgment I have the highest respect, while saying very kind things about this book, have added, that the great fault of it is " too much preaching " ; but they hope I shall amend in this matter should I...