Excerpt from The English Universities, Vol. 1: From the German of V. A Huber At the request of Mr. Heywood, Dr. Rothman, Registrar of the University of London, has politely furnished us with an account of the rise and present state of that Institution: this has been substituted for a note of Professor Huber's, which contained a less complete and accurate statement. The Rev. H. Longueville Jones has likewise had the kind ness to compile a similar account of the University of Dur ham; and to revise and correct (for Appendix i. Vol. Ii.) a paper of his own, which was laid before the British Associ ation in the year 1838; and from which our Author had extracted certain tables only. 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.