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The Governance of England (Classic Reprint)

Author : Sidney Low
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ISBN 13 : 9781330551080
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Governance of England (Classic Reprint) written by Sidney Low and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Governance of England A re-touched portrait is seldom a satisfactory production. It is a fact I have bad to keep in mind in preparing for the press this new edition of a book first published more than nine years ago. Such fidelity to the original as the sketch may hare possessed when executed might be lost in the attempt to make it a register of all the changes which time has wrought upon the features of the subject. The task would be one of peculiar difficulty at the present moment; for my revised edition is called for, as it happens, while the structure of our polity is undergoing a process of reconstruction still incomplete. With the ultimate form and powers of the Upper Chamber in suspense, and with the revolution in the government of Ireland impending but undecided, it would be futile to pass a definite judgment on transitory developments which must eventually assume a more definite and tangible shape. And so, while drawing some fresh illustrations and arguments from the events of the past few years, I prefer to leave this book as, in the main, an account of the "working constitution" of the United Kingdom in the opening decade of the twentieth century. 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.

The Governance of England

Author : John Fortescue
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331523461
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book The Governance of England written by John Fortescue and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Governance of England: Otherwise Called the Difference Between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy This connexion of the work with the history of the time I have endeavoured to draw out, by bringing together from contemporary authorities whatever seemed to illustrate the meaning of the author. The closeness of the connexion is shown by the fact, more than once pointed out in the notes to the present edition, that the language of Fortescue is often identical with that of the public documents of the period. And this in turn illustrates another point of some importance to which I have also drawn attention; the fact namely that Fortescue, first of medieval political philoso phers, based his reasonings mainly on observation of exist ing constitutions, instead of merely copying or commenting on Aristotle. 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.

Certaine Considerations Upon the Government of England (Classic Reprint)

Author : Roger Twysden
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365168249
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Certaine Considerations Upon the Government of England (Classic Reprint) written by Roger Twysden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Certaine Considerations Upon the Government of England Continental works of the greatest note were not then easily obtained, and even when picked up by the travelling Englishman were only to be purchased at a high rate, and at imminent risk of miscarriage in the transport to this country. Above all, historical studies were but in their infancy: nor had the zeal and labour of successive genera tions of scholars yet established that critical apparatus, without which so many problems in chronology and philolog y would still remain unsolved. 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.

The Government of England, National, Local, and Imperial (Classic Reprint)

Author : David Duncan Wallace
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528071666
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Government of England, National, Local, and Imperial (Classic Reprint) written by David Duncan Wallace and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Government of England, National, Local, and Imperial The reader will observe too that I have all along kept in mind the resemblances and contrasts between the government of England and that of our own country, not only because of the interest in such a parallel, but because of the practical lessons which it supplies. 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.

The Government of England, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : A. Lawrence Lowell
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ISBN 13 : 9781330803301
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Government of England, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by A. Lawrence Lowell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Government of England, Vol. 1 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.

Rise of Constitutional Government in England (Classic Reprint)

Author : Cyril Ransome
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364979266
Total Pages : 334 pages
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Download or read book Rise of Constitutional Government in England (Classic Reprint) written by Cyril Ransome and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rise of Constitutional Government in England That constitutional history is very dry, is' an axiom admitted by almost all who have; never read it; that it is far more interesting than what is commonly received as history, is almost equally admitted by those who have. Constitutional histories are usually left un read, partly because they are long, ' partly because they generally contain a great deal of matter which the ordinary reader does not want to know, and partly because their arrange ment is such that it is difficult to pick out exactly the information that is sought. 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.

The Government of England

Author : William Edward Hearn
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ISBN 13 : 9781330862063
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Government of England written by William Edward Hearn and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Government of England: Its Structure and Its Development The English Constitution forms a part of the Common Law. Our government by King, Lords, and Commons, the mutual relations of these several powers, our Constitution courts of law and of equity, our great offices of State, are all, and from their earliest rudiments have been, known to the law, and recognized by it. Obvious as this proposition now appears, it has not always been followed in practice; even yet, perhaps, it sometimes is not thoroughly understood. To the ingenious inventors of paper constitutions in the last century the unwritten traditions of our political system supplied a favourite subject for sarcasm and contempt. These politicians could not believe in any system of polity which was not expressed in words and figures; where there was no delicate adjustment of powers, and where the right of men to cashier their rulers was not prominently set forth. But the law of political conditions, like the law of property or the law of obligations, or any other portion of our jural system, needs not the formal statement of a code. "That ancient collection of unwritten maxims and customs," of which this branch of our law forms a part, has its own inherent vitality. It is no subtle contrivance of human art, but is one of the forms in which national life is manifested. 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.

The Government of England, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author : A. Lawrence Lowell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528565233
Total Pages : 574 pages
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Download or read book The Government of England, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by A. Lawrence Lowell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Government of England, Vol. 2 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.

The Governance of London

Author : George Laurence Gomme
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ISBN 13 : 9781330840443
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Governance of London written by George Laurence Gomme and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Governance of London: Studies on the Place Occupied by London in English Institutions In this book I have presented an anthropologist's view of London history. History to be of value must concern itself with something definite, and the something definite on which it appears to me to have been worth writing is the position of London as an English institution. Anthropologists know that institutions of quite unequal development do not coalesce, and the difficulty in the way of a Romanised Britain has always been that both tribal Celt and tribal Teuton stood in the way. The book, I hope, shows this difficulty, which was a very real one to our ancestors, to be an historical episode of very considerable importance in the evolution of the English, state. Whether I have successfully solved it is another question. Perhaps anthropologists may question my right to apply their science and their principles to so purely a historical subject, and may dispute my conclusions as unscientific from that point of view. 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.

Constitution of England

Author : Jean Louis De Lolme
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428806033
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Constitution of England written by Jean Louis De Lolme and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitution of England: Or an Account of the English Government H E approbation with Which the Public have been pleafed to favour this Work, together With. 33 the nature of the fubjeet, embolden me to lay the prefent fourth and em Jarged Edition of the fame at your 3 Majefiy's feet, both as an homage, and an exprefiion of the defire I en tertain, the Book may for a few to minutes engage the attention of a i perfon of your deep and extenfive' 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.

England's Case Against Home Rule (Classic Reprint)

Author : Albert Venn Dicey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332599113
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book England's Case Against Home Rule (Classic Reprint) written by Albert Venn Dicey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from England's Case Against Home Rule Three months have elapsed since the first publication of this book. The period is short, but meanwhile events have occurred which strengthen two at least of the posi tions maintained in England's Case against Home Rule.' The Gladstonian constitution, I contended, failed to fulfil the conditions which it was meant to satisfy. That this is so is all but admitted even by Home Rulers. The defence of the Gladstonian constitution has been' abandoned, if not by its author, at least by his followers. Few indeed are the eulogies which since the dissolution of Parliament have been pronounced by the advocates of Home Rule on the Government of Ireland Bill. Criticism' has not missed its mark; the vital defects of the measure pressed last summer on the acceptance of Parliament have' been made patent to all the world. Throughout my statement of the case against Home Rule the opinion is maintained that the discontent of the: Irish people is due far more to agrarian than to political causes. 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.

The Government of the New England States (Classic Reprint)

Author : Wilson Ryder Butler
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ISBN 13 : 9781331209508
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Government of the New England States (Classic Reprint) written by Wilson Ryder Butler and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Government of the New England States All agree that in a republic like ours there is urgent need that every citizen know something of the government under which he lives, something of its functions, of its history, of the principles underlying it, and, particularly, of his personal relation to it. There is also universal agreement that this study of government and this training for citizenship should form one of the important branches of study in our elementary schools. This is evidenced by the trend of the discussions heard at educational meetings and among citizens generally throughout the country, by the appointment of committees by educational societies to consider courses and methods in the subject, by the organization of civic leagues for the express purpose of promoting civic instruction in our schools, and by the appearance of many elementary text-books designed for use in the grammar schools. Most of these text-books have attempted to cover the United States, and, therefore, in the treatment of all except the federal government, have been obliged to limit themselves to generalities. Those which have dealt with the government of a single State have proved unsatisfactory because of their tendency to leave the pupil with a narrow and imperfect view of his own local and State government. 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.

A Text Book on Civil Government in the United States (Classic Reprint)

Author : George H. Martin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528470582
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book A Text Book on Civil Government in the United States (Classic Reprint) written by George H. Martin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A d104 Book on Civil Government in the United States If all the laws Of the state are self-imposed, that is, if there is no power outside its body of peo ple which dictates to it in any way, the sovereignty state is said to be sovereign. This word does not admit of comparison: one state cannot be more sovereign than another; and a small state, in this respect, stands on an equality with a large one. The sovereignty of a state consists in the absolute right to control its own members, and in the absolute right to resist any inter ference in its affairs by any other state. The first of these rights constitutes its internal sovereignty; the second, its external sovereignty. From these state ments it will be seen that Boston is not a state, that Massachusetts is not a sovereign state. The United States is a sovereign state or nation. Great Britain and Russia are both sovereign states. Having now defined a state, we are prepared to define civil government as control by law exercised by the state over its members as such. 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.

A General View of the Origin and Nature of the Constitution and Government of the United States (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry Baldwin
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ISBN 13 : 9781330474235
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Representative Government in England

Author : David Syme
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266771227
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Representative Government in England written by David Syme and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Representative Government in England: Its Faults and Failures Seats were in the mination of ministers __9_f the Crown, of the territorial magnates, or of the resi. 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.

The Development of Cabinet Government in England (Classic Reprint)

Author : Mary Taylor Blauvelt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528463331
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book The Development of Cabinet Government in England (Classic Reprint) written by Mary Taylor Blauvelt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Development of Cabinet Government in England Particular acknowledgments are due to the author's Oxford tutor, Mr. J. A. R. Mariott, who suggested the work and read the manuscript so far as it was completed in England, and to Professor F. York Powell, who also read the earlier chapters of the manuscript and made valuable suggestions. 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.

The Origin and Development of Local Self-Government

Author : James M. Bugbee
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ISBN 13 : 9781331015345
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Origin and Development of Local Self-Government written by James M. Bugbee and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin and Development of Local Self-Government: In England and the United States An eminent historian has said that the institution of municipal corporations contributed more, perhaps, than any other cause to the emancipation of Europe from the thraldom of feudalism. If we may believe all that the prophets of evil have to say about the condition of local self-government in the United States, the future historian will trace the destruction of liberty in the great republic to the development of those corporations, the original institution of which brought light out of darkness. The more conspicuous instances of misgovernment have been dwelt upon with such force, and to such an extent, that there is some danger of breeding a spirit, which, instead of seeking a remedy consistent with the preservation of the rights of self-government, will be content with nothing less than the destruction of those rights by the establishment of a centralized system of administration, such as exists in republican France. There has been a significant change during the last quarter of a century, and more especially since the late war, in the feelings with which the people of this country exercise what may be called their minor political duties. 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.