SECOND EDITION.
In one volume (440 pages), post 8vo., handsomely bound in cloth, price 6s,
HISTORICAL SKETCHES
AND
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF MANCHESTER;
INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROGRESS OF PUBLIC OPINION FROM
1792 TO 1832
"A curious and instructive volume, full of interesting information and shrewd remark. Mr. Prentice has been residing in Manchester since 1815, and has been during that time, a watchful observer of public events, and an influential participator in the political struggles of the district."—Daily News.
"A welcome and valuable addition to a species of literature that has supplied some of the most useful and characteristic materials for a life-like and truthful history of public opinion. The part which Mr. Prentice himself has played in the events he narrates, gives to them an immediate and personal presence, which adds an autographical to their historical interest."—Manchester Examiner and Times.
"The claim of this book to interest is not the merely local one which its title implies; for, although the events and facts it narrates are restricted to one scene, they have, for the most part, a national character, and constitute a valuable contribution to the materials of national history."—Liverpool Mercury.
"'I could hardly expect,' says Mr Prentice, in his preface, 'that a local history of the progress of opinion would excite more than a local interest;' but the causes of the progress of opinion in other places were exactly those which operated in Manchester; and the luminous description of the rise and progress of that opinion, here given, should make the book interesting as a history in other distant places."—Manchester Spectator.
"The politician will find much reason to be grateful to Mr. Prentice for the faithful chronicle he has provided. His style, concise and graphic—his facts and figures, corroborated by ample contemporary evidence,—render his work one of the most useful in its line of any that have fallen under out notice."—Tait's Mag.
"We can strongly recommend this book as the production of an honest and earnest mind, and are only sorry that we have not room to illustrate our opinion of its value by large extracts from its interesting and instructive pages."—Patriot.
"The author has gained a wide and honourable reputation by the part he has taken in nearly every popular movement of the last twenty years. We heartily commend this book to all who would increase their acquaintance with the history of public opinion from 1792 to 1832. We are glad to learn that a second edition has already been called for, and shall look with high anticipation for a second series of those 'Sketches,' embracing the whole period of the anti-corn-law agitation."—Nonconformist.
"I have been reading within the last few days, a book, just published in this town written by our excellent friend, Mr. Prentice. (Cheers.) It is a book which every man in Manchester ought to read (applause), and it would be well if every man in the country would read; and I am sure I feel under obligation to him, and I believe other generations will, for the light he has thrown upon the progress of opinion in this great community."—John Bright, Esq., M.P., January 23.
"Mr Prentice's 'Recollections' is a book which every man interested in his country's history should read. Vigorous, racy, and for the most part sound, he brings scenes and incidents before the mental eye with the vividness of the novelist, whilst at the same time he gives minutiæ, and facts and names, with the care and precision of the historian."—British Quarterly Review.
"We can truly assure our readers that the work before us has interest far beyond the narrow limits of a local school; and it is sincerely to be hopes that the example of such long, persevering efforts, to displace a stubborn obstruction to progress, will prove a valuable lesson to those who may follow in the same constitutional track."—Ainsworth's Magazine.
Published by William & F.G. Cash, Successors to Charles Gilpin,
Bishopsgate Street Without, London.
