Excerpt from In Praise of Oxford, Vol. 2: An Anthology in Prose and Verse; Life and Manners It only remains to make the acknowledgements most rightly cus tomary in all anthologies. 'the booksellers of London, ' said Dr. Johnson, 'are generous, liberal-minded men, ' and the editors again beg to acknowledge most gratefully the ready kindness with which the publishers have permitted them to draw from books still pro tected by copyright. They therefore tender their thanks to Messrs. Macmillan, Smith Elder, Longmans, Murray, Methuen, Hutchinson, Dent, Duckworth, Blackwood, Grant Richards, Heinemann, Arnold, Fisher Unwin, Chapman and Hall, Allen, Parker and many others. More especially are they bound to render thanks to the Delegates of the Press of their own University, to whom their debt is indeed great. Like kindness has been shown by authors, and particularly would they make mention of Dr. Herbert Warren, Mr. A. D. Godley, Mr. Henry James, Mr. Max Beerbohm, Mr. Robert Ross, Mr. H. G. Wells, Mr. Lang, Mr. A. G. Little, Sir H. Maxwell Lyte, Mr. Barry Pain, Mr. G. L. Calderon, Professor Ashley, Mr. Ashton, k.c., Mr. Hilaire Belloc, Sir A. T. Quiller-couch, Mr. A. M. Broadley, the Dean of Norwich, Archdeacon Hutton, Mr. Oldershaw, Mrs. Margaret L. Woods, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, and Mrs. De Paravicini, for permission to quote from their works. Others there are, both publishers and authors, to whom thanks are due, whose names the editors fear may not be included in these lists. For this, as well as for any neglect on their part, if neglect there has been, to obtain consent or approval, they ask forgiveness. They have also to thank Mr. P. E. Matheson of New College, Mr. Atlay, Mr. W. G. Waters, and Mr. Cyril Bailey of Balliol, for the kindly assistance they have given in regard to certain points. 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.