But, while he never indulged in extreme language or behavior, he was not easily shocked and was often amused by the excesses of others both locally and nationally. Mike's later years were made difficult by failing eyesight, and he became legally blind in the mid-eighties. But he maintained his easy demeanor and made use of a closed-circuit television arrangement to magnify text of all kinds, and he continued as he could his particular interest in Chaucer and Chaucer scholarship. It displays the care and prudence that characterized all of Mike Crow's work after his dissertation. Copies are available on request from the Office of the General Faculty, FAC 22, F9500.
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