F. COLLIER & Son Copyright 1886 BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL By arrangement with HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Copyright 1889 BY THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. Copyright 1891 BY THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY CONTENTS JONATHAN SWIFT WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY I. WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? II. SITE OF A UNIVERSITY III