This day, with a Frontispiece by John Gilbert, and 13 Views of Public 

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SCHOOL-DAYS OF EMINENT 

 MEN: 



CONTAINING 



SKETCHES OF THE PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN ENGLAND, FROM THE 

 RKIGN OF KING ALFRED TO THAT OF QUEEN VICTORIA J 



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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BRITISH AUTHORS, 



POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS; INVENTORS AND DISCOVERERS; 



DIVINES, HEROES, STATESMEN, AND LEGISLATORS. 



By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A. 

 Author of" Curiosities of London," " Things not generally Known," %c. 



Hist of 1£ngrabfngs. 



Frontispiece: William of Wykeham sees Chicheley (afterwards Archbishop 

 of Canterbury) tending his Father's Sheep at Higham-Ferrers. Drawn by 

 John Gilbert. 



Winchester School. 

 Eton Upper School. 

 Saint Paul's School. 

 Christ's Hospital. 

 Merchant Taylor's School. 

 Westminster School. 



Harrow School. 

 Rugby School. 

 Charterhouse School. 

 Stratford: School of Shakspeare. 

 Grantham: School of Newton. 

 Birthplace of Newton. 



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