Continuing The adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman (1853): the two forming, arguably, a cult novel on Oxford. Text extracted from Mr. Verdant Green, where it was published as Part II: The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-graduate. The celebrated illustrations are by the author, a contributor to Punch Edward Bradley (25 March 1827 - 12 December 1889) was an English clergyman and novelist. He was born in Kidderminster and educated at Durham University from which he took his pen name Cuthbert M. Bede, B.A. His most popular book was The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, on the experiences of an Oxford