Excerpt from The Life of Isaac Milner, D.D. F. R. S., Dean of Carlisle, President of Queen's College, and Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge: Comprising a Portion of His Correspondence and Other Writings Hitherto Unpublished More than twenty years having elapsed since the death of the subject Of this biography, some explanation is, perhaps, due, from the Author, respecting the publica tion Of a work which has been so long delayed. 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.