Excerpt from Rugby My best thanks are due to the Rev. A. T. Michell, Mr. Morris Davies, Mr. A. J. Lawrence, and other Old Rugbeians for helping me with much information; also to the Old Rugbeian Society for the use of the map on p. 91, and toimessrs. E. H. Speight and G. A. Dean for the use of many photographs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Recollections of Rugby Oh! Mihi prwteritos referat si Jupiter annos, is exclamation, in which, remembering only the assures of a scrummage at football, a run to Lawford at hare-and-hounds, or a duck hunt at Swift's, every old Rugbwan will, I hope, most heartily concur. And, indeed, when we look back upon our school days, and recall to mind the many agreeable incidents that occurred to us while there, we feel disposed to wish ourselves back again once more, and come to the conclusion that leaving school was the greatest mistake we ever committed. In this retrospect our memory retains only the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Rambles Round Rugby IT is not proposed in this work to give an exhaustive account of any particular places or scenes, but rather to intimate and point out the interesting parts which may be most easily reached. The country round Rugby is rich in historical associations which have greatly influenced English history, for within reach the first and the last of Cromwell's battles were fought. The Wars of the Roses were ended here, and, so far as we know, this was one of the most important Roman centres of England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Sermons at Rugby This little group of Rugby Sermons is to be taken and read as being nothing more than a few stray chips from the workshop of a busy schoolmaster, brought together by a kindly publisher, and arranged as he thought best. They represent no body of continuous doc trine. In one case the subject may have been suggested by the season of the Christian year; in another it was the meeting or the parting at the beginning or the end of a term that suggested it; or more frequently some incident in the school life of the moment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Three Friends: A Story of Rugby in the Forties On the whole, those who have most experience of athletics will, I think, gladly acknowledge that, in spite ofa tendency to professionalism (the result of over-exaltation of the subject in papers and magazines), the balance is decidedly on the right side and that the old listless, lounging life of so many at School and College is well replaced by the ambition to mount even into a third House Eleven, or the effect needed to get a place, or a proxz'me accessz't in a second Fifteen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.