Excerpt from John Viriamu Jones and Other Oxford Memories IT is not an easy task to write the story of the chief interests and activities of forty years ago - of life as it was then lived. The account first written must be sifted and re-sifted and examined from every point of View. It should be laid aside for long periods and looked at again with vision and imagination freshened and restored. Statements of fact which seem to the writer to be beyond suspicion or doubt must still be confirmed by reference to every available source of information. Above all, if the record is to be of value, its preparation requires the combination and the careful comparison of the impressions and memories of many men; requires too, if that most difficult of attainments, accuracy, is to be approached, the searching and critical inspection of many eyes. It is a great pleasure, as well as a duty, gratefully to acknowledge all the kindness which has helped me to reach the level of accuracy such as it is-to be found in the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.