College. The ogec hood-mold rises upwards, and the stem of its finial terminates under the base of a handsome tabernacle which occupies the centre of the upper stage, with a window on each side of it. Each of the spandrel spaces contains a shield, and a larger shield is to be found in the triangular field between the hood-mold and the arch."

This gate gives access to an outer court, like the curia of a monastery. On the west side it is open, but has ranges of buildings on the three others : on the north side a range built in 1638-41, but ingeniously designed so as to harmonise exceedingly well with the earlier buildings; on the south side the range containing the gate of entrance; and on the east side the kitchen, library, &c., of the principal quadrangle.

Of late years the great increase in the number of students at Jesus College has rendered necessary a corresponding increase of accommodation. There are now four courts, in lieu of the two which formerly sufficed for the inmates. A "New Court" has been formed beyond the "Outer Court," by building a range of chambers nearly parallel to the range completed in 1641. Some modern offices, and a range of chambers built in 1822, form the east side of this court, which, like its neighbour, is open to the west. Subsequently an extensive extensive range of buildings was erected eastward of the chapel, so as to make

Outer Court of Jesus College, looking to the South-west Corner. From a drawing by A. E. Pearce.

the latter building a more prominent feature of the college than it had been heretofore. When we add that besides these structures two houses for married tutors have been built, and are occupied, we shall have completed our enumeration of the changes by which Jesus College has been made to harmonise with modern ideas.

XII.

Social Life at Cambridge.-"'Tis Sixty Years Since."

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N our previous articles we have given a series of historical notices concerning the most important colleges. These have related chiefly to the buildings, though from time to time we have had occasion to mention the social life and studies of the place. We now propose to say something more about this department of University History; for just as the records of a nation are incomplete when they treat only of public affairs, so any account of Cambridge would be imperfect if the writer did not try to describe, some at least of the changes that have taken place, from time to time, in the habits, the tastes, and the pursuits of the academic body. The Universities must always reflect the tastes and opinions of the country, and therefore we find that these changes have been more rapid and more thorough during the last half century than during any previous