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143 value of one hundred pounds each, open to members of the University, who have passed all the examinations requisite for the degree of B. A. And thirty, Junior, of the annual value of fifty pounds each."

Addison's life at Magdalen lasted for some years; but concerning his habits, tastes, and friendships there, and at Queen's, from whence he migrated to Magdalen, very little is known. Magdalen gave him his Master's Degree in 1693, elected him a Probationary Fellow in 1697, and an actual Fellow in 1698. His Fellowship he retained until 1711.

His name is perpetuated in "Addison's Walk," along the banks of the Cherwell, although there is nothing to show that Addison walked it longer, or oftener, than he walked any other walk, or than did any other man! Still, it is a beautiful walk, well worth the walking for its own sake, and for the sake of Addison. Addison's rooms, with an outlook on to the Walk, and toward the Great Oak, were in a building now no longer standing, but views of which are still preserved in the College Library; some contemporary hand, on one particular old print, having designated Addison's windows. William Collins went to Queen's College in 1740; but in the next year he gained the valuable