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Klappentext Volume XXVI/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. Zusammenfassung Volume XXVI/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material. Inhaltsverzeichnis Articles The Magic Word Chymiatria - and the Attractiveness of Medical Education at Marburg, 1608-1620: A somewhat different reflection on attendance The Invisible Virtuoso: Bengt Skytte and the Royal Society The Wooden Spoon: Rank (dis)order in Cambridge 1753-1909 A Metropolitan University fit for Empire: the role of private benefaction in the early history of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Imperial College of Science and Technology, 1895-1930 Reviews Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg, "I have always loved the Holy Tongue": Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a Forgotten Chapter in Renaissance Scholarship Paul F. Grendler, The University of Mantua, the Gonzaga, and the Jesuits, 1584-1630 Joanna Picciotto, Labors of Innocence in Early Modern England Roger L. Emerson, Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Daniele Menozzi and Mario Rosa, eds. La storia della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa: in una prospettiva comparative Barbara Henry, Daniele Menozzi, and Paolo Pezzino (eds), Le vie della libertà: Maestri e discepoli nel 'laboratorio pisano' tra il 1938 e il 1943
