Edition of the Lincoln Imp published by Fox, Jones & Co., Kemp Hall Press. Front cover is inscribed 'Bowdler RHB' in pencil on top right corner. Interior cover contains an advertisement for Walters & Co. Editorial committee is listed as MFR Hockliffe (Editor), PGD Sixsmith (Treasurer), AW Vallance, JMC Fox, and WP Hamilton. The editorial reflects on the different mood of Hilary Term in the undergraduate population.
The edition contains advertisements for J Thornton & Son (booksellers); Gammon, Wicks & Co (alcohol); Rowell & Son (silversmiths); James Soame (photographer); WH Walker (formalwear); Mowbrays (books and pictures); Ducker & Son (footwear); Acotts (music); the Varsity Toilet Saloon (barbers); William Hunt (stationers); GW Watson & Son (electrics); HR Hedderley (tobacconist); Salter Bros (punts and canoes).
The edition comprises:
- College news, with reports on the JCR (including a dinner given by the Supreme Master of the Haggis), the Fleming Society, the D'Avenant Society, the Williams Society, the Theological Society, the Christian Union, the Chess Club, the Cocktail Club, and the Goblin Club;
- sports news including rowing, rugby, football, hockey, athletics, and the OTC;
- 'Alumni Diffusi;, with updates from EJH Edenborough (spelt Edinborough), GGH Symes, PC Cazalet, and P Hamblin Smith;
- a review of 'Siwa, the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon' by CD Belgrave;
- a list of congratulations, some humorous;
- a list of humorous correspondence responding to "an American lady" troubled by the lack of baths in most of the University lodgings.
There are also several short pieces of humorous fiction, including:
- 'Lines to the Venerable Bottle of Angostura Bitters', a short poem by the Cocktail Club;
- 'As it might be', credited to 'A Might-Have-Been', a short piece of fiction describing the exchange between the captain of the LCPC (Lincoln College Poetry Club) and the members of the LCAA (Lincoln College Aesthetic Association);
- 'The Ancient Hon. Ex-Pres', a short piece of fiction in the style of the Ryme of the Ancient Mariner;
- 'Extracts from the Diary of Samuel Peeps, Gent., of Lincoln College Oxford';
- 'This Imp', a short poem;
- 'Listening In', a short story;
- 'Lines', a sonnet "from any sentimental 20th century boy to any matter-of-fact nth century girl";
- 'Mespaints', a short story about deliberate misprints;
- 'The Typical Product', a short poem about "a product of the Union Society" by Epimanes.
The back cover is a full-page advert for Edgar Hammond, who is offering coaching for the law exams.
31 pages.