The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D., Late Head-master of Rugby School and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford

that the attention will not be diverted by any extraneous comments or inferences from the lessons which will be best learned from the mere record itself of his life and teaching.

May 14th, 1844,

University College, Oxford.

The additions contained in this and the previous editions, subsequent to the first, are contained in a Supplement.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAPTER I.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION.

Birth. Education at Warminster and Winchester. - Character and

Pursuits as a Boy.- Associations of his Childhood in after Life.-

LETTER FROM MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE. - Education at Ox-

ford. Corpus Society. Early Friends. - Tucker. - Cornish.-

Dyson. - Keble. - Pursuits. —Attic Society. - Religious Doubts

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Election at Oriel. - Fellows of Oriel. Marriage and Settlement

at Laleham.-Formation of his Religious Character and Belief. -

Early Objects of Ambition. —Love for Laleham. Occupations

and Views as Private Tutor.- Letter from Mr. Price. - General

Pursuits. Lexicon and Edition of Thucydides. -

Articles on

Roman History in Encyclopædia Metropolitana. - First Acquaint-
ance with Niebuhr's History, and with German Literature. - First
Visit to Rome, and Friendship with Chevalier Bunsen. - Forma-
tion of his Views on Social and Theological Subjects. - Inde-
pendent Views. - First Volume of Sermons.- Election to the
Head-mastership of Rugby. — Prediction of Dr. Hawkins.

LETTERS.

1. To J. T. Coleridge, Esq. Choice of a Profession

2. To Rev. G. Cornish. Leaving Oxford

3. To Rev. F. C. Blackstone.

Schoolmaster.

4. To Rev. J. Tucker.

Incapacity for the Profession of a

Oxford Friends.- Religious State

5. To J. T. Coleridge, Esq. Occupations at Laleham

6. To Rev. G. Cornish. Winter at Fledborough

7. To the same. Interest in India. - Pupils. Religious State

8. To the same. Death of his Brother. - Domestic Life and Inter-

ests at Laleham. — Pupils. — Desire of Personal Intercourse

with his Friends

9. To J. T. Coleridge, Esq. On his Style

10. To Rev. J. Tucker. Ecclesiastical History..

ligious World. - Ireland

State of the Re-

- Intercourse with Poor..

Tour

11. To J. T. Coleridge, Esq. Christian Year.-Roman History

12. To Rev. J. Tucker. Pupils.

in Scotland and the Lakes.- West India Slavery

13. To W. W. Hull, Esq. Niebuhr. - Pupils

14. To Rev. J. Tucker. Aristotle's Politics. - Prophecy. - Daniel.

- English Reformation

15. To Rev. G. Cornish. Tour in Italy.- Contrast of Lower Orders

in England and Italy

16. To Rev. J. Tucker. Tour in Italy. - Quarterly Review

Pain at having given Offence by Opinions

Views in offering himself as a Candidate

Election at Rugby

Intentions at Rugby. - Church Reform

17. To Rev. G. Cornish. Prevalence of Intellectual Activity united

with Moral Depravity.. Roman Catholicism

18. To Rev. J. Tucker. Church Reform

19. To Rev. J. Tucker.

on Inspiration

20. To Rev. E. Hawkins. Doubts about Standing for the Head-

mastership of Rugby - Expulsion at Public Schools

25. To Rev. F. C. Blackstone. Hopes for Rugby. — Church and

State. Reform

26. To Augustus Hare, Esq. Rome. - Bunsen. "Guesses at

Truth." Bohemia

27. To Rev. J. Tucker. Protest against supposed Worldliness

28. To J. T. Coleridge, Esq. Intercourse with Friends. — Dyson. -

Love for Laleham

29. To Rev. F. C. Blackstone. Laleham and Rugby.

30. To W. W. Hull, Esq. First Volume of Sermons.- Leaving

State of Opinion on English Public Schools. His Qualifications
for the Situation of Head-master of Rugby. - Difficulties. -
Changes. Fixed Principles of Education. His Relation to the
Public.-To the Trustees. To the Assistant Masters. To the
School. - His Views of Christianizing Public Schools. Pecu-
liarity of Public Schools. - General Mode of Dealing with it.