Excerpt from Short Parliaments: A History of the National Demand for Frequent General ElectionsWhy should our Parliaments be septennial? The purpose of this book is not to answer this question, but to emphasize it, and to engage the reader's interest in it. This purpose will, it is hoped, be attained by the presentation of interesting historical details not hitherto found in any one work.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.