Part III of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green. Arguably a cult college classic; not the least of it's charms being the excellent illustrations by the author-a contributor to Punch (magazine), among others, and highly regarded as an illustrator by such contemporaries as George Cruikshank. 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 undergraduate.