*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1480 *** this etext was prepared from the 1905 thomas nelson and sons edition tom brown's schooldays by thomas hughes part i. chapter i--the brown family i'm the poet of white horse vale, sir, with liberal notions under my cap.--ballad the browns have become illustrious by the pen of thackeray and the pencil of doyle, within the memory of the young gentlemen who are now matriculating at the universities. notwithstanding the well...