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Published in 1828-30, this two-volume work comprises a history of a remarkable swathe of eastern England, the Great Level of the Fens, as well as relevant documentation. It was originally prepared chiefly for the members of the Bedford Level Corporation by Samuel Wells, the corporation's registrar.

Published 1828-30, this two-volume work provides documentation and historical information relating to a remarkable swathe of eastern England.

About the Contributor(s): Samuel Wells is dean of Duke Chapel, Duke University.

Excerpt from Through a Microscope: Something of the Science Together With Many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-Made Microscope An object one hundredth of an inch in diameter, or of which it would take one hundred placed side by side to make an inch, is about the smallest thing than can be easily seen by the unassisted eye. Take a piece of card and punch a little hole through it with the point of a small needle, h...

Excerpt from The Revenue and the Expenditure of the United Kingdom The following work had its origin in the anxious desire of the author to obtain a seat in the House of Commons, for which he unsuccessfully struggled under the most painful difficulties and deprivations. The honour was not sought from motives of vanity or ambition, but with the view of using his exertions where they would be most efficient, and to stay the destroying system of...

Excerpt from Continuance of the Bank Charter: A Legal Statement of the Real Position of the Government, With Relation to the Bank of England The public has called for a second edition of the following pamphlet. This call is answered by the author not only with alacrity but with the highest satisfaction. His object has been to make this important subject familiar to all classes. A subject hitherto involved in so much unnecessary mystification....

Excerpt from How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct Personal Habits, Embracing an Exposition of the Principles of Good Manners, Useful Hints on the Care of the Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, and Behavior at Home Elder Blunt and Sister Scrubb - A Learned Man at Table - Women in High Life Say so, if you Please. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...

Excerpt from Wedlock, Or the Right Relations of the Sexes: Disclosing the Laws of Conjugal Selection, and Showing Who May, and Who May Not Marry Seeing these things, and believing it was the intention of an all-wise Creator that marriage, though consummated on earth, should be such as would be approved in heaven, and believing, furthermore, that science may and should be applied in the work of conjugal selection, to enable as to know, in adva...

Excerpt from The True State of the National Finances: With Remedial Suggestions It is with feeling of the deepest gratitude for the permission granted to me, to dedicate to your Royal Highness this Inquiry into the state of the Finances of the British Empire, that I now submit the result of my labours to the approbation of your Royal Highness. Permit me to hope that these pages will be honoured by the perusal and consideration of your Royal ...

Excerpt from How to Read Character: A New Illustrated Handbook of Phrenology and Physiognomy, for Students and Examiners, With a Descriptive Chart During our thirty years' experience in the prao tical application of scientific rules to character read ing, we have used many different charts, revising old ones year, after year, and adding one improve ment after another. The present work embodies our latest and best ideas on the subject, so far ...

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Published 1828-30, this two-volume work provides documentation and historical information relating to a remarkable swathe of eastern England.

Meditations that beautifully articulate a contemporary Christian wisdom Through a series of short, thoughtful meditations, Learning to Dream Again shows what true wisdom -- wisdom shaped by Jesus' earthy humility, shameful suffering, and effervescent joy -- might look like for Christians today. Through the lens of this Christian wisdom, Samuel Wells addresses a number of difficult personal and social issues, including taxes, abortion, torture,...

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The world constantly presents new challenges about what it is to be Christian and live a distinctively Christian life style. The priest, broadcaster, writer and ethicist Sam Wells considers some of the biggest contemporary political, social and moral challenges and grapples with them in the light of Christian hope and wisdom.