OSE WHO CAN
THINK.

Reflections of an Author--Weighty Reasons for writing--
Magister Artis Ingeniique Largitor Venter--Choice of Subject
considered--Advice of Index, the Bookseller--Of the Nature
of Prefaces--How to commence a new Work 7

A FEW THOUGHTS ON MYSELF 14

A SHANDEAN SCENE, BETWEEN LADY MARY OLD--
STYLE AND HORATIO HEARTLY 17

SCHOOL--BOY REMINISCENCES. ON EARLY FRIEND--
SHIP 22

CHARACTER OF BERNARD BLACKMANTLE. BY
HORATIO HEARTLY 25

ETON SKETCHES OF CHARACTER 32

THE FIVE PRINCIPAL ORDERS OF ETON--DOCTOR,
DAME, COLLEGER, OPPIDAN, AND CAD. A
Sketch taken opposite the Long Walk 42

ETON DAMES; AN ODE, NEITHER AMATORY, ILL--
NATURED, NOR PATHETIC 43

ELECTION SATURDAY.
A Peep at the Long Chambers--The Banquet--Reflections
on parting--Arrival of the Provost of King's College, Cam--
bridge, and the Pozers--The Captain's Oration--Busy Monday
--The Oppidan's Farewell--Examination and Election of the
Collegers who stand for King's--The aquatic Gala and Fire--
works--Oxonian Visitors--Night--Rambles in Eton--Transfor-
mations of Signs and Names--The Feast at the Christopher,
with a View of the Oppidan's Museum, and Eton Court of
Claims 58

AN ETON ELECTION SCENE 59

HERBERT STOCKHORE, THE MONTEM POET
LAUREATE.

A Sketch from the Life, as he appeared in the Montem
Procession of May, 1823. By Bernard Blackmantle and
Robert Transit 67

LIFE IN ETON; A College Chaunt in praise of private
Tutors 68

RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD ETONIAN 78

ETON MONTEM 96

FAREWELL TO ETON 105

MY VALE 108

THE FRESHMAN.
Reflection