Transcribed from the 1881 John Hawthorn edition by DavidPrice,

BORTH LYRICS

BY
EDWARD THRING, M.A.

HEAD MASTEROF UPPINGHAM SCHOOL
LATE FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE,CAMBRIDGE

WITHILLUSTRATIONS BY C. ROSSITER
ENGRAVED BY DALZIELBROTHERS

UPPINGHAM
JOHN HAWTHORN
1881

p.3INTRODUCTION.

Those who took part in that strangecamping out of the School in 1876 and 1877 will be glad to bereminded of their experiences now they are over.  Andperhaps the School at Uppingham, in years to come, may like tohave some hint, however imperfect, of that medley of ruin andsafety, fear and fun, which passed from risk and danger, whichseemed almost impossible to be faced, to a happy ending.

The School-house,
   Uppingham,
      August, 1880.

p.5Dedication.

TO
Mr. T. H. BIRLEY and Mr. W. T.JACOB,
THE TWO SCHOOL TRUSTEES WITHOUT WHOSE HELPTHE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST;

TO
Sir PRYSE PRYSE, Bart.,
AND THE KINDLY WELSH PEOPLE, WHO MADESAFETY POSSIBLE AND SUCCESSFUL;

TO
THE PARENTS,
WHO TRUSTED THE SCHOOL, AND SENT IN FULLNUMBERS ON THE EVENTFUL NIGHT OF
April 4, 1876;

TO
ALL FAITHFUL COLLEAGUES,
WHO DID TRUE WORK THROUGH THOSE DANGEROUSAND ANXIOUS MONTHS,

THISMEMORIAL OF A COMMON CAUSE IS DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.

p. 7List ofIllustrations.