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Excerpt from St. John's College
The History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, written in the first half of the eighteenth century by Thomas Baker, remained in manuscript until the year 1869, when it was edited by professor Mayor for the University Press. The editor supplemented Baker's labours by the addition of numerous and elaborate illustrative notes and also by a large amount of material relating to the history of the college sub sequent to the date with which Baker's narrative con eludes, taken partly from the Continuation by William Cole and partly from his own extensive biographical collections. The entire work, extending to closely printed large octavo pages, well deserves, on account of the illustrations it affords of learning and letters in England throughout the period, a place in every historical library. Of the unprinted sources in the college archives, to which Baker and his editor alike had access, the latter also supplies a full account.
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