The book is an autobiography of Sir William Ivor Jennings, published forty years after his death and is an absorbing personal story of a remarkably well-read scholar who was the founder Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon. A brilliant school and university career saw him oversee many prestigious institutions such as University of Leeds and the London School of Economics before he was appointed to the University of Ceylon in the 1940s. A selection of revealing photographs enriches the story of an extraordinary academic and eminent scholar, who created an indelible niche for himself in the modern history of Ceylon.