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Published: 2015-07-19

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781331802143

Excerpt from The History of Christ's Hospital, From Its Foundation by King Edward the Sixth: To Which Are Added Memoirs of Eminent Men Educated There; And a List of the Governors In consequence of the flattering reception which my "Brief History of Christ's Hospital" experienced, although a mere epitome of that excellent institution, I was induced, at the request of some friends of my own standing in the school, to undertake a more extended History of the Hospital. Though I have not the vanity to imagine that I can offer much original information, yet I may, possibly, by collecting the scattered notices of the Hospital, succeed in compiling a work that may deserve a corner in the libraries of those interested in the subject. The account of the foundation of the Hospital is taken from Stows Survey of London, and printed verbatim, for the reason there stated; the rest of the historical part is furnished by the other London historians (principally Mr. Malcolm's "Londinium Redivivum"), corrected by the evidence taken before the Committee on Public Education, and enlarged by the local information of a live years' residence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.