Excerpt from The John Keats Memorial Volume The sum of money eventually realized was not equal to the anticipa tions of the Committee, but there were many reasons to account for this difficulty, and the letters which reached the Committee from various persons were of so definite a nature that it was felt that, even though the necessary funds had not been received, it was desirable that the purchase should be made. Eventually, after getting the option extended on more than one occasion, and receiving the promise of a handsome donation from the life tenant of the property, five members of the Committee came forward and agreed to guarantee any overdraft from the bank in order that the purchase might be completed. Out of the first funds a considerable deposit had already been paid down in order to clench the bargain. The remainder of the money was then advanced, and the property passed into the hands of the Guarantors, who agreed to hold it till the balance of the purchase money had been secured. It will then be transferred to the Corporation of Hampstead to hold in perpetuity on behalf of the nation. The British Academy meantime had taken up the scheme with acclamation. 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.