Author: William E. An. Axon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780243334551

Excerpt from Cobden as a Citizen, a Chapter in Manchester History: A Facsimile of Cobden's Pamphlet "Incorporate Your Borough" With an Introduction Recording His Career as a Municipal Reformer and a Cobden Bibliography When it was deemed desirable to reprint this rare, if not unique, pamphlet, it seemed also de sirable to put on record some details of Cob den's efforts as a citizen before he became ah sorbed in the work of parliament. His activities are, Of course, indicated in Mr. John Morley's admirable biography, but many of the details here given would have been out of place there. Yet it is thought that they will not be without interest at a time when the possibilities of use ful municipal work are continually increasing, and the dignity and importance of local self government are more generally recognized than in the day when Cobden was a member of the Corporation of Manchester. 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.