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Synopsis

Second edition.

Item Description

8vo. 6.75 x 4.25 inches. xv + [i] + 252 pp. Bound in black leather, gilt, with blind stamped borders on boards; spine in compartments with raised bands and gilt titles and with binder's name, Lawrence of Rugby. All edges gilt. A little wear to extremities including edge of spine, but otherwise a fine copy. Presentation copy to Head of School signed by Headmaster of Rugby, 1909 on second free endpaper. Decorated by head and tailpiece vignettes, by initials and by publisher's device on verso of half title. A character study of Jesus Christ's boyhood and ministry, examining the masculine aspects of religion. First published in book form in 1879, this Second Edition, also includes four addresses delivered by the author to schools, including three to Rugby School. This copy, handsomely bound by Lawrence of Rugby, was a presented to the Head of School in 1909 and signed by the headmaster, Herbert Armitage James, who held the office, 1895-1910. Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), author of Tom Brown's Schooldays was born at Uffington, Berkshire and attended Rugby School under its reforming headmaster, Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), from 1834 until he went up to Oxford in 1842. Scarce in original format.