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Rh, which it is not less the Author's pleasure than his duty to express.

This work, having been prepared without any view to personal emolument, was, when completed, offered to the Corporation, who accepted it, resolved to publish it by subscription, and appropriate the proceeds of the sale to the increase of the beneficiary fund of the College.

When apprized of this intention, the publisher, John Owen, Esq., in a spirit of liberality and zeal for the interests of the institution, voluntarily relinquished all compensation for his services, and thus secured the entire net proceeds of the work to be devoted to assist indigent students in the University.

The sketch of "Gore Hall," which forms the frontispiece to the second volume, was kindly contributed by Mr. Richard Bond, the architect of the building. And the account of the Centennial Celebration was prepared, and the proceedings and speeches on the occasion were collected, and chiefly arranged, by a Committee appointed by the alumni.

To his eldest daughter (Eliza S. Quincy), the Author is indebted for the design and original sketch of the frontispiece to the first volume, and also for the original sketches of all the vignettes, with the exception of the first