The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

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Excerpt from The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: Being a History of the English Hospitallers of St. John Their Rise and Progress The Editor desires to say a few, a very few, words of preface by way of explanation of the origin and object of the present volume. Its inception commenced with a successful illustrated lecture delivered by Major Yate at the United Service Institution, which he wished the Order to reprint for general publication. The Council thought it expedient that the narrative should be somewhat enlarged, and circumstances preventing Major Yate from superintending the work, it was intrusted by the Council to the Genealogist, who again found it somewhat beyond his powers, and had to apply to the Librarian for assistance, especially in the later and more immediately interesting portions of the narrative, though retaining the general supervision of the whole. The Editor would adopt as his own the apology of the author of the books of Maccabees: "If I have done well and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired, but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." Mr. H. W. Fincham has greatly assisted the work by his artistic photographs, as Mr. W. D. Scull has done by several drawings, and to Mr. Howe the book is indebted for the interesting figures from Siena. 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.