CHAPTER I.--FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE CAROLINE CHARTER, by the

Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D., 1

” II.--FROM THE CAROLINE REFORM TO THE SETTLEMENT OF WILLIAM III., by the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D., 29

” III.--THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY UP TO 1758, by the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D., 47

” IV.--FROM 1758 TO THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY, by the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D., 73

” V.--DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, by the Rev. J. W. Stubbs, D.D., 91

” VI.--THE OBSERVATORY, DUNSINK, by Sir Robert Ball, LL.D., Astronomer-Royal, 131

” VII.--THE LIBRARY, by the Rev. T. K. Abbott, B.D., Litt.D., Librarian, 147

” VIII.--THE EARLY BUILDINGS, by Ulick R. Burke, M.A., 183

” IX.--DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES, by William MacNeile Dixon, LL.B., 235

” X.--THE COLLEGE PLATE, by the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy, D.D., 267

” XI.--THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND HERBARIUM, by E. Perceval Wright, M.A., M.D., 275

” XII.--THE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE OFFICERS, 1892, 285

TERCENTENARY ODE, 291

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, _Frontispiece._

THE OLDEST MAP OF THE COLLEGE, 7

FAC-SIMILE OF PROVOST ASHE’S PRAYER, 10

THE EARLIEST EXTANT COLLEGE SEAL, 11

THE SOUTH BACK OF THE ELIZABETHAN COLLEGE, 25

FAC-SIMILE OF TITLE-PAGE, ARCHBISHOP MARSH’S “LOGIC,” 37

CHAPEL PLATE (DATED 1632 AND 1638), 44

TITLE-PAGE OF THE CENTENARY SERMON, JANUARY 9, 1693/4, 52

THE OLD CLOCK TOWER, 62

CANDELABRUM, EXAMINATION HALL, 130

DUNSINK OBSERVATORY, 133

SOUTH EQUATORIAL, DUNSINK, 142

MERIDIAN ROOM, DUNSINK, 144

OLD PRINT OF LIBRARY, 1753, 152

INTERIOR OF LIBRARY, 1858, 154

A PAGE FROM THE “BOOK OF KELLS,” 161

SATCHEL OF THE “BOOK OF ARMAGH,” 164

SHRINE OF THE “BOOK OF DIMMA,” 165

BOOK RECESSES IN LIBRARY, 176

INNER STAIRCASE IN LIBRARY, 177

INTERIOR OF LIBRARY, 1860, 178

THE LIBRARY, 1891, 179

LIBRARY STAIRCASE AND ENTRANCE TO READING ROOM, 180

ROYAL ARMS NOW PLACED IN LIBRARY, 181

FRONT OF TRINITY COLLEGE, 1728, 183

GROUND PLAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, FROM ROCQUE’S MAP OF DUBLIN, 1750, 187

_Ampelopsis veitchii_, 190

TRINITY COLLEGE--WEST FRONT, 191

THE PROVOST’S HOUSE, FROM GRAFTON STREET, 195

DRAWING ROOM, PROVOST’S HOUSE, 197

TOP OF STAIRCASE, REGENT’S HALL, 200

PARLIAMENT AND LIBRARY SQUARES, 201

LIBRARY SQUARE, 202

THE CHAPEL, 204

BALDWIN’S MONUMENT, 211

THE BELL TOWER, FROM THE PROVOST’S GARDEN, 215

THE DINING HALL, VIEWED FROM LIBRARY SQUARE, 218

INTERIOR OF DINING HALL, 219

THE ENGINEERING SCHOOL, FROM COLLEGE PARK, 220

ENTRANCE TO ENGINEERING SCHOOL, 222

HALL AND STAIRCASE, ENGINEERING SCHOOL, 223

CARVINGS AT BASE OF STAIRCASE, 224

THE PRINTING OFFICE, FROM NEW SQUARE, 225

VIEW IN THE COLLEGE PARK--LIBRARY--ENGINEERING SCHOOL, 228

THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, 229

THE MUSEUM (TENNIS COURT), 230

THE DISSECTING ROOM, 231

THE PRINTING OFFICE, 233

PULPIT IN DINING HALL, 234

PORTRAIT OF ARCHBISHOP USSHER, 238

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM KING, D.D., 241

BUST OF DR. DELANY, 243

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, 244

BUST OF DEAN SWIFT, 244

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS SOUTHERNE, 245

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM CONGREVE, 247

PORTRAIT OF BISHOP BERKELEY, 249

PORTRAIT OF EARL OF CLARE, 256

PORTRAIT OF LORD PLUNKET, 258

FAC-SIMILE OF ORIGINAL MS. OF “THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE,” 260, 261

BUST OF JAMES MACCULLAGH, 263

PORTRAIT OF CHARLES LEVER, 263

TOMB OF BISHOP BERKELEY, 264

COMMUNION CUPS--MEADE, 1760; GARRET WESLEY, 1751; CAUFIELD, 1690, 267

SALVER--GILBERT, 1734, 268

THE COLLEGE MACE, 271

PUNCH BOWLS--PLUNKET, 1702; MEADE, 1708, 272

DUNCOMBE CUP, 1680; PALLISER CUP, 1709, 273

EPERGNE (REIGN OF GEORGE II.), 274

BOTANICAL GARDENS--THE POND. WINTER, 281