THE 



HISTORY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 



By JOSIAH QUINCY, LL. D., 



PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



CAMBRIDGE: 

 PUBLISHED BY JOHN OWEN. 



[Royal 8vo. Vols. I. and II. pp. 612 and 728.] 

 21 Engravings. 



** This History is a monument of patient and unwearied 

 investigation, — of rigid impartiality and discrimination in 

 deductions from time-worn records. It embraces the events 

 of two centuries, and historical and biographical notices of 

 nearly every individual whose name is found connected with 

 any important incident in the annals of the University." — 

 Boston Courier, 



''There is no hazard in saying, that this work is rich in 

 materials, many of which have escaped the notice of even 

 extensive readers, and that it bears marks of thorough re- 

 search, and great care in the collection and verification of 

 facts, and judgment and skill in the arrangement and devel- 

 opement of the narrative." — Daily Advertiser, 



'•The American press has rarely, if ever before, sent 

 forth two such beautiful volumes in typographical execution, 

 as these, containing an admirable and interesting history of 

 the venerable University of Cambridge. To the numerous 

 Alumni of Harvard, these volumes will be precious indeed." 

 — JVeio York American. 



" The history of the University is now written ; and it 

 needs no prophetic sagacity or boldness to assert, that it will 



