Excerpt from Annals of Christ's HospitalBut this perpetual government by Courts and Committees has made it impossible to divide the record into periods. The year 1891 is indeed the only landmark in the history of the Hospital. It has therefore seemed best to proceed on the plan here adopted of arranging the material under subject-headings rather than in fictitious eras.It is needless to add that I am indebted to many friends. Besides the Counting House authorities already referred to, I have had the constant assistance of Mr. William Lempriere.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.