The Silent Traveller in Oxford

by Yee, Chiang

• ISBN13: 9781566564939
• ISBN10: 156656493X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

Looking at the city and its historic university with the curiosity and oppenness of a complete stranger. Yee paints a revealing picture of Oxford's particular atmosphere, its rituals and traditions. He mixes with undergraduates and dons, visits pubs and restaurants, witnesses Union debates and punting on the river, all with a gentle astonishment and perceptive eye for detail. First published in 1944, The Silent Traveller in Oxford evokes a wartime city of shortages and blackouts. It also captures an earlier age of university life, when students drank sherry and scaled college walls to escape prowling Bulldogs. Illustrated with the author's own sketches, engravings, and calligraphy, this book is both an atmospheric account of 1940s Oxford and a fascinating "Oriental" view of one of Britain's best-loved cities.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Godfrey Hodgson
The First Bow	1	(2)
``Shall I Climb over the Wall?''	3	(6)
What Do I Know of Shelley?	9	(6)
Mixed Feelings	15	(7)
An Ivory Model	22	(7)
The Three Little Cherry-Trees	29	(3)
``I Do Like Thee, River Cherwell''	32	(12)
The Wine of Heaven	44	(4)
A Bit of Temper	48	(11)
Harmonious Madness	59	(9)
The Wind in the Willows	68	(6)
An Unusual Companion	74	(6)
It is New to Me	80	(5)
Toast to the Morning Mist	85	(5)
Honourable Pussy Cat	90	(9)
Mercury is Quiet	99	(7)
``Childlike Credulous Affection''	106	(9)
Hair Raid	115	(4)
Not a Dream	119	(6)
The Bashful Face	125	(10)
Greetings from Birds	135	(7)
A Brief Session of Painting	142	(5)
Pleasant Noises	147	(10)
The Northern Breeze	157	(8)
Cold, Yet not Cold	165	(8)
Medium of Friendship	173	(19)
``When is a Rock not a Rock?''	192	(5)
Friday the Thirteenth	197	(6)
Not 'arf	203