"The distinguished professor emeritus Edward Potts Cheyney has written a history of his alma mater that commands attention. His account is . . . based on the official documents, supported by the researches of colleagues and friends, and illuminated by an affectionate understanding that springs from sixty years of personal knowledge and participation."

Edward Potts Cheyney, a historian of European history, was born on January 17, 1861 in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. He was first educated at country schools, then at the Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, and eventually at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1883. After a brief sojourn in Europe, he returned to enter the University's newly founded Wharton School of Finance, from which he received a bachelor's degree in finance in 1884. In 1929 he was appointed Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and subsequently, in 1934, assumed a position as curator of the Henry Charles Lea Library at the University.

Preface
Chapter 1. The City
Chapter 2. The Foundation: 1740-1755
Chapter 3. The Colonial College: 1755-1779
Chapter 4. Division and Reunion
Chapter 5. Low Water: 1791-1828
Chapter 6. The Beginning of Expansion
Chapter 7. The Move to West Philadelphia
Chapter 8. The Era of Expansion
Chapter 9. Provost, Trustees and Alumni
Chapter 10. Under a President: 1930-1940

Index