The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, 1904, Vol. 20 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, 1904, Vol. 20 When we made our arrangements for the Annual Meeting, a few short week 8 ago, our dear old friend Mr. Sowerbutts undertook to occupy our time after the business proceedings by reading a paper on "The Story of the Village of Blackley." He had collected material enough to enable him to interest his hearers, and to throw light on social developments and customs and make us understand how the country village of a hundred years ago had become a ward of the city of Manchester, and what had been the kind of men who had been instrumental in making this great change. We who know our friends graphic power, his sympathy with other peoples thoughts and deeds, his genial humour, and his clear, straightforward mode of speech, cannot help regretting the treat we know we should have enjoyed, though, as we think of all that his death has taken from us, this is, after all, but one small item in the long list we can so sorrowfully enumerate. You will have henceforth to let less able hands do his work, and less gifted men speak in his stead, and so this evening it falls to my lot to address you, instead of him to whose beloved voice we can no more listen. Instead of telling the tale of the change of a country village into the busy suburb of a great city, and speaking of a century or more of growth and development, I have been asked to speak of the vast world on which we live, and to tell something of what men have done during the last year to increase our knowledge of its surface and of the physical and social conditions which affect for the well-being or otherwise, the circumstances of its inhabitants. I have not had much time to gather my materials, as it was only on Tuesday last that the Council imposed this duty upon me, and I have been busy in many ways since the Council met. But, fortunately for me, other men have laboured, and I have entered into their labours. In English and German annuals I have found summaries of last years geographical research and have selected what I hope may interest you for half an hour or so. During the life of many of us who are gathered here this evening, geographical research has to a great extent changed its character. 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.