Excerpt from A History of Police in England

Title of convenient length, but one which A shall exactly fit the subject-matter in hand, is a desideratum that seldom lies within an author's reach. The title selected for this book is open to the Objection that, though consisting of as many as six words, it is, however, not quite explicit. The sense in which the word police is used is ex plained in the Introductory Chapter, but it here remains to be said that England must be taken to include the Principality of Wales, and, incidentally, that by the employment of the indefinite article an indication of the non-pretentious character of the work is intended.

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