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C A M B R I D G E
AND ITS STORY
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C A M B R I D G E
A N D I T S S T O R Y
BY
CHARLES WILLIAM STUBBS, D.D.
DEAN OF ELY
WITH TWENTY-FOUR LITHOGRAPHS
AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HERBERT RAILTON
THE LITHOGRAPHS BEING
TINTED BY
FANNY RAILTON
1903
LONDON
J. M. DENT & CO.
A L D I N E H O U S E, W. C.
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
PREFACE
I SHOULD wish to write one word by way of explanation of the characterof the descriptive historical sketch which forms the text of the presentbook.
Some time ago I undertook to prepare, for “the Mediæval Towns Series” ofmy Publisher, a work on the Story of the Town and University ofCambridge. Arrangements were made with Mr. Herbert Railton for itspictorial illustration. It had been intended in the first instance, thatthe artist’s pen and ink sketches should have been reproduced by theordinary processes used in modern book illustration. But the poeticglamour of such a place as Cambridge and its genius loci did not allowthe enthusiasm of the artist to remain s