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The FACTORY QUESTION and the TEN HOURS' BILL. By ROBERT HYDE GREG, Esq. 3_s._

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An HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE, and its COLLEGES.

By B. D. WALSH, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College.

Contents:--Introduction--The ”_Must Not_” Argument against a Commission--The ”_Need Not_” Argument--The University prior to the Colleges--The Hostels--Religious Tests not anciently exacted--The Office of Chancellor--The Senate--The College of Tribunes, called the ”Capul,” and their ”Veto”--The Innovations and Usurpations of the Heads of Colleges upon the University, in the various offices of 1. High Steward; 2. Vice Chancellor; 3. The Proctors; 4. The Taxors; 5. Scrutators; 6. The Bedells; 7. The Guardians and Auditors of the Public Chest; 8. The Public Orator; 9. The Registry; 10. The Barnaby Lectures; 11. The M. P.'s University Lectures; System of Compulsory Lectures; Ancient Disputations; Modern Examinations; Degrees; Introduction of Modern Sciences into the Examinations; The Colleges; Their Tutors; Their Lecturers; Fellows; Compulsory Holy Order; Ridiculous Absurdities in Statutes, sworn to by all, &c. &c.

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