Lanterna Rally

Author: John Bateman

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-20

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9781332595716

Excerpt from The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland; A List of All Owners of Three Thousand Acres and Upwards, Worth 3, 000 a Year: Also, One Thousand Three Hundred Owners of Two Thousand Acres and Upwards, in England, Scotland, Ireland,& Wales, Their Acreage and Income From Land, Culled From the Modern Domesday Book; Also Their Colleges, Clubs, and Services That the affairs of one's neighbours are of no little interest to men of every class of life has perhaps never been more strongly proved than by the production of and great demand for "The Modem Domesday Book" Not only have Mr. Frederick Purdy and others analyzed it, Mr. Lyulph Stanley abused it, Mr. John Bright moved its digestion in the House, and the "Spectator" and other London journals scathingly criticised it, but the immense herd of country newspapers have actually reproduced it, as far as their own neighbourhoods are concerned, in their columns, much, probably, to the satisfaction of the bulk of readers, to whom twenty-six shillings (the price of the English volumes alone) is prohibitory. As an example of this, I may mention, that having a small party in my house during one of those dubious weeks which come in 'twixt the close of the hunting and the beginning of the London season, I was saved all Maihean cares as to the amusement of my guests simply by leaving about on the table the two huge volumes of "The Modem Domesday," over which I found bowed with the utmost constancy two or more heads. 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."