Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late Rev. Thomas Baker, B. Of St. John's College in Cambridge, From the Papers of Dr. Zachary Grey: With a Catalogue of His Ms. Collections Chary Greya, (well known to the learned World by his numerous Writings) and who was intimately ac quainted with the Subjeét of them, was apt to wonder that none of his Friends of St. John's College, who had both Leifure and Abilities, (when probably upon a timely Application to his Executor, many proper Ma terials for that Purpofe might have been Obtained) lhould never have attempted the Life and Charaéfer of that worthy Man who lived much beloved, and died as much lamented, by all who had the Pleafure of his Ac. Quaintance. 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.