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David Price
ccx074 at pglaf.org
Wed Jan 4 13:26:44 PST 2017
She hath done what she could, by Matthew Feilde 53889
[Subtitle: A Discourse addressed to the Ratepayers of St. Marylebone,
urging the adoption of The Public Libraries Act, 1855]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/8/8/53889 ]
[Files: 53889-0.txt; 53889-h.htm]
For those wishing to know: Matthew is one of my local Kensington heroes of
the 1860s: he would write to the newspapers saying how good it would be to
have a public library, he'd arrange a vestry meeting to enact the Public
Libraries Act, he'd produce publicity to get people to go to it (like this
eBook) and on the day only the local Vestry Men would turn, listen in
total silience to Matthew's eloquent advocacy of libaries, and then, every
time, vote 100% against him. And then next year, he'd have another go!
All the best,
David,
Damp and a bit cold England
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