An Essay on the Education of the People (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Essay on the Education of the PeopleToken OF respect.2° It was the intention of the Author of this Essay to give, in an Appendix, a brief exposition of a plan of his invention for the speedy exchange of the books of Mechanics and other Libraries, where economy of time and accuracy are indispensible, and which he has pursued with much success for upwards of twelve months, at the Liverpool Mechanics and Apprentices' Library - where the books of 200 readers are exchanged daily in two hours without confusion. But the length to which he has unwittingly been lead in his remarks, constrains him to the mere announcement, that he will, on application, gladly communicate any information which may be desired, to gentlemen interesting themselves in similar institutions. The plan is favourably noticed in Mr. Brougham's pamphlet on Education, and has been adopted by several of the recently the benefit of the working classeb.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.