SAMUEL BUTLER'S CAMBRIDGE PIECES

by Samuel Butler




Contents:
On English Composition and Other Matters
Our Tour
Translation from an Unpublished Work of Herodotus
The shield of Achilles, with variations
Prospectus of the Great Split Society
Powers
A skit on examinations
An Eminent Person
Napoleon at St. Helena
THE TWO DEANS
The Battle of Alma Mater
On the Italian Priesthood
Samuel Butler and the Simeonites



ON ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND OTHER MATTERS



This essay is believed to be the first composition by Samuel Butler
that appeared in print. It was published in the first number of the