Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Fourth Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1870 of Harvard College Adams, brooks. After graduation, studied law (one year at the Harvard Law School), and was admitted to the bar April io, 1873. Is practising in Boston, firm of Mac farlane 8: Adams, 54 and 55 Sears Building. Residence, Quincy, Mass. 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.