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endure. For the indefatigable diligence and learned re- 

 search with which the materials have been assembled ; for 

 the fullness, candor, and impartiality, with which they are 

 now exhibited ; for the light reflected thus on the history, 

 not only of the College, but of the times ; in fine, for what 

 he has here done to establish the claims of Harvard College, 

 in the successive periods of its history, to the gratitude and 

 veneration of her sons in all coming time, we offer him, 

 in their name, nor will they deem it presumptuous, our cor- 

 dial thanks." Christian Examiner. 



"We expected to find in these volumes the authentic re- 

 sults of diligent research, and accordingly, a valuable con- 

 tribution to the completeness of existing aids to an acquaint- 

 ance with the men and doings of the ancient times. But we 

 confess we did not expect to find them so fruitful in enter- 

 tainment, and in materials for engaging and profitable, as 

 well as. (to a patriot) complacent reflection. We did not 

 expect to see a record of the fortunes of a single institution 

 of learning, taking the place, which this seems to us des- 

 tined to take, among works of historical literature. 



"This is not a book to be welcomed and enjoyed by the 

 friends of Harvard College alone, nor by either of the small 

 classes of New England, or of academical antiquaries, but 

 one which will sustain permanent claims on the attention of 

 the general student of history." North American Review. 



This work is, in fact, not simply the history of one of our 

 most ancient literary institutions, but a history of the prog- 

 ress of letters in New England from the earliest days of the 

 Puritan colonists ; the history of the most illustrious minds, 

 for heroism and genius, which have adorned the annals of 

 Massachusetts for the last two centuries. 



The whole net proceeds of the sale of these volumes will 

 be devoted to assist indigent students. 



