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Quoting anecdote about Dr. Johnson, as recorded in Fanny Burney's diary, to illustrate harsh result of recent political entanglements of William Tooke, F.R.S.

St James's Place - JWL wrote last week to request a copy of the library regulations at Cambridge. Mr W. Tooke [William Tooke?] has asked him 'to acquaint you that they are in want of a Professor of Mathematics at the London University, and to request you to recommend them any one you may know competent to fill that situation'. JWL is going to Paris next week.