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History Of St. John's College, Cambridge.* It May Be Thought

that the history of a college cannot be par- ticularly attractive. The two volumes before us, however, have something more than a mere special interest for those who have been......

Lives Of The Founders Of The British Museum.* In These

two volumes Mr. Edwards has recounted the complete history of the British Museum and its collections, with biographies of the chief among the collectors who gathered and the......