Excerpt from Chronicles of the Cumming Club and Memories of Old Academy Days: 1841-1846Now, when a small Society that has hitherto sought the shade steps forward to break the golden silence of five and thirty years, and lay open the fact of its existence, and somewhat of its inner life, there seems some ground for the imputation of an egotism such as has been spoken of.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.