PREFACE.
A book of reference, wherein each motion or principle of parliamentary procedure is described in a form at once compact and reliable, is a want that has long been felt. To partially meet this want by giving a condensed and complete outline of the subject, and to aid those who are not well informed, and do not wish to spare the time necessary to consult the many larger works of the kind, are the objects of this volume. Believing that few of the works published are practical for the use of beginners, and feeling the necessity for a book which is at once accurate and comprehensive, the author, after many years of both careful study and close observation, and urged by a desire to present to the public a work that will relieve the student of the labor which a thorough examination of the many authorities on parliamentary law necessarily involves, offers this little volume.
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