The excerpts carry contents about the family of Cadbury. Excepts starting from p.245 was mainly for William Cadbury who became an instructor at the Medical School of Canton Christian College in 1909 and his subsequent life in Canton. The contents with substantial contents about the development of Lingnan University during 1910s to 1930s.

李瑞明隨選頁夾附一頁以「有關二十世紀初期廣州嶺南大學的史料」手稿，文中交代了William Cadbury(嘉惠霖教授)早年協助廣州嶺南醫學院及創建康樂村校舍的資料，文中亦提及該時代廣州傳奇人物李福林與嶺南大學的關係。

原書為是李瑞明家中藏書，李瑞明與嘉惠霖為姻親，故藏該書。