Transcribed from the 1860 J. Bumpus edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org
She hath done what she could.
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A DISCOURSE
ADDRESSED TO THE
RATEPAYERS OF ST. MARYLEBONE,
URGING THE ADOPTION OF
THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1855.
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BY MATTHEW FEILDE,
ST. DAVID’S COLLEGE.
Late Member of the Committee of the Newspaper Press Association, for
obtaining
the Repeal of the Paper Duty.
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_But it is to Free Libraries and News Rooms_, and NOT to high-priced
Institutes, that you must look for the spread of knowledge and
intellectual culture. It may be argued that 1_s._ 6_d._ a quarter,
or 6_s._ a year, is not much to pay to a Working Man’s Association.
I contend _it is exactly_ 4_s._ 4_d._ _too much_, as a halfpenny rate
in the pound on a £40 house would amount to only 1_s._ 8_d._ a year.
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LONDON:
J. BUMPUS, 158, OXFORD STREET.
1860.
_Price Sixpence_.
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“She hath done what she could.”
TO THE RATEPAYERS OF ST. MARYLEBONE.