The final 11th Chapter of the series written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 11, called Travelling and about the vacation time and travel in Europe. Previous posts include the earlier 10 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 11, Travelling – the final part

The 10th Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 10, called Gown, Town and Tourists and about the culture and social setting at Oxford. Previous posts include the earlier 9 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 10 “Gown, Town and Tourists”

The 9th Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 9, called Tea and about the daily rituals of taking tea in the late afternoon. Previous posts include the earlier 8 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 9 “Tea”

The 8th Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 8, called From Two to Five, and about the patterns of days at Oxford. Previous posts include the earlier 7 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 8 “From Tea to Five”

The 7th Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 7, called We and the Woman Student and probably my least favourite of the 11 Chapters. Previous posts include the earlier 6 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Chapter 7 “We and the Woman Student”

The 6th Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 6, called Vac and about the vacation time and travel. Previous posts include the earlier 5 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 6 “Vac”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LKTeyzwSAII193AOd8vQuIA83q3tadBn/view?usp=sharing

The 5th Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. This is a powerful piece about travel to Europe in the period after WW1. It is my favourite of all 11 chapters of this work and it relates to  issues in 2019 as much as to 100 years ago. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 5. Previous posts include the earlier 4 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 5: “Envoi”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eoqfC6-A5fYpenwLOPsnAwZfDYy0AXPA/view?usp=sharing

 

The 4rd Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 4. Previous posts include the earlier 3 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Chapter 4:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11XcpU1uNsc-DN7g6kgKYuLlA_aEZznJF/view?usp=sharing

 

The 3rd Chapter of the 11 written by grandfather, Percy Corbett, about his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. The link goes to the Contents and Chapter 3. Previous posts include the earlier 2 chapters. Each reads well as a short story in its own right.

Link to Contents and Chapter 3 “A School for Politics”

Of the 11 Chapters Percy Corbett wrote on this theme, here is Chapter 2, an amusing portrayal of a memorable personality.

Link to Chapter 2 Impressions – Mostly Oxonian