HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE AND ELY.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely. By the Rev. Edward Conybeare. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Conybeare gives about two-fifths of his space to the University and the Colleges. The chapters are full of information and interest, and axe, in short, all that could be wished. Even an Oxford man will be satisfied when it comes to a comparison. The finest things belong to Cambridge. These are the finest College Chapel, Hall, Quad, and Library. But Oxford has "several examples of each feature better than the next best at Cambridge." And the town is"hopelessly outclassed." Cambridge itself disposed of, there is much to be said about the county, which is rich in architecture and other things such as are to be noted in "highways and byways." Ely City and Cathedral occupy the next place after the University town, but nothing of importance, as far as we have observed, has been omitted. One little byway detail the writer of this notice may suggest by way of supplement to the account of the draining operations with which the name of Cornelius Ver- muyden is connected. On the porch of a house in Fen Drayton, said to have been occupied by him, there is a Dutch inscription, " Niet Zonder Arbyt."
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