The Rev. Joseph Romilly (1791-1864) held the influential position of Registrary of the University of Cambridge from 1832 to 1861. He kept a regular diary from 1829 to his death, and this selection covers the years 1832-1842, providing a unique and entertaining record of Cambridge during this period.

An entertaining glimpse of Cambridge intellectual and social life in the nineteenth century from the diary of a senior don.