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WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT 

"Let the poker be heated" were the fearful words which greeted Mr.
Verdant Green on his initiation into a spoof Lodge of Freemasonry at
Oxford.  This was one of the many "rags" of which he was the butt
during his days at the university. 

In this humorous classic there is told the story of a very raw
youth's introduction to university life, of fights between "town and
gown," escapes from proctors, wiles of bed-makers, days on the river,
or on and off horseback, and nights when "he kept his spirits up by
pouring spirits down." 

These amusing experiences and diverting mishaps of an Oxford Freshman
need no introduction to a public that has already read and laughed