[Printed pamphlet.] [Drop-head title:] University College, London, 1828-1878. [A Lecture Introductory to the 51st. Session.]

32pp., 8vo. In brown makeshift wraps, with blue ribbon. No title leaf, and no indication of the author. The only information, apart from the drop-head title and printers' slug on last page, in manuscript on front wrap: 'University College | London | 1828-1878 | A Lecture Introductory to the | 51st. Session | by | Henry Morley | 1879.' In fair condition, on lightly aged paper. Label (of the Board of Education Reference Library) on front wrap. First paragraph reads: 'On the 9th of July in the year 1878 nearly four hundred friends of University College, London, assembled in the College grounds to celebrate theh completion of the first fifty years of an instution which has thus far, backed by the good sense of the country, achieved even more than was expected by its founders. The assembly was presided over by Lord Granville, Chancellor of the University of London, who then made it part of his ever ready service to the cause of liberal education to lay the first stone of buildings which have become necessary for the proper carrying on of the extended work of the College during years to come. To day, as we begin with quickened energies a second fifty years of life, a glance over the past, however slight, may serve in aid of battle for the future.' Last page carries a list in two columns of 'Donations received or promised' regarding the 'Extension of Building Fund.' At end of list: 'With other Subscriptions to the amount of £1487, making a total to the date, March 5th 1879, of £17702 5s. 6d. towards the Extension of the College Buildings and £389 14s. 6d. towards the School Gymnasium.' No copy in the British Library. COPAC only lists copies at Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons, and OCLC WorldCat adds the National Library of Wales and Huntingdon.