THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS WORK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1858MAY, ESSAYS BY THE LATE GEORGE M.A.BRJMLEY, LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY CAMBRIDGECOLLEGE, cv EDITED BY _ WILLIAM GEORGE M*A.CLARK, LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY AND PUBLIC ORATORCOLLEQF,, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE THIRD EDITION MACMILLAN AND CO. 1882 TO THE KEY. FREDERICK DENISON M.A.MAURICE, THE EDITOR INSCRIBES THIS MEMORIAL OF THEIR COMMON FRIEND PEEPACE BY THE EDITOR. GEOBGE BBIMLEY was born at DecemberCambridge, 1819.29th, From the of eleven to sixteen he was at schoolage at In heOctober, commenced resi-Totteridge. 1838, dence as an ofundergraduate Trinity College, Cambridge, in the he was elected scholar.where, 1841, Evenyear thus his health to fail. The cruelearly began malady which had fastenedultimately proved fatal, already upon him. Hence he was to hiscompelled relinquish purpose of a candidate for hencebecoming Honours;University also he failed in a Theobtaining College Fellowship. Master and shewed their sense of hisSeniors, however, merits him the honourable office ofby conferring upon Librarian. From this time he continued to reside within the walls of the with leisure andCollege, where, ample for with the of tried friendsopportunities study, society and in the of his life was made asneighbourhood home, as life can be without health.