Modern English Statesmen
BY G. R. STIRLING TAYLOR
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In a series of historical character studies, this book reconsiders the position of modern statesmanship since the Stuart Rebellion. Taking the accepted facts of the latest historians, but using evidence to which they rarely give its due weight, the author maintains that many of the "orthodox" opinions are not logical deductions from the data. The book is a charge that since the days of Lord Burghley statesmanship has too often degenerated into politics. It is an attempt to estimate some typical public men in the light of a colder reason, which shows, for example, that Oliver Cromwell was a founder of modern Plutocracy, while Benjamin Disraeli was the defender of Democracy.
A Guildsman's Interpretation of History
By A. J. PENTY
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"Mr. Penty is certainly one of the most interesting of living men, and this is, perhaps, the most interesting of his books. I recommend every one to read it."—G. K. Chesterton.
The History of Social Development