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Excerpt from Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, Vol. 1 The adjudication of these marks of distinction His Majesty has vested in the Council of the Society. In the year 1825, His Majesty was pleased to confirm and perpetuate the Society by the grant of a Royal Charter; and in furtherance of his royal intentions, a piece of ground, near the church of St. Martin in the Fields, has been assigned, as the site of a hall, library, and other offices for the use of the Society: a contribution has since been made by several mem bers of the Society towards defraying the expense of erecting the buildings. A statement of the objects of the Society, its powers and privileges, together with its laws and regulations, and a copy of the Charter, will be found in the following pages. 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.