Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. III., 1701 - 1800. Edited by
W. Rouse Ball and J. A. Venn. (Macmillan and Co. 21s. net.)—There are noticeable facts in this volume apart from any interest attaching to individual entries. First comes the total number. This is about 3,580 for the hundred years. A consider- able deduction, however, should be made for entries not followed by matriculation, the annual average increases being about 28 in the first decade of the century and 35 in the last. In the current year (1911-12) the matriculation number, we observe— and a few may yet be added—is 188. The average age also shows an increase. In the early years about one-third are described as sixteen years of age or less. One entry gives the age as thirteen, another as twelve (both were noblemen and are described as pupils of Dr. Bentley). Later on any entry under seventeen is uncommon, and the juveniles disappear altogether.
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