On Some Defects In The Statistics Of Books Libraries Reprinted From The Transactions Of The Manchester Statistical Society

Excerpt from Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society: Session 1868-69 In offering some suggestions on a subject which I have been requested by this Society to discuss, I shall perhaps better promote the object in view, if I treat the various questions chiefly as they have presented themselves to me in the course of my on experience and observation; and in dealing with some of the causes of infant mortality, it will be my aim to give prominence to those preventive measures which come more particularly Within the scope of domestic management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

"The Catalogue ... has been prepared with a view to accomplish two objects. One, to offer an inventory of all the books on the shelves of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free Library: the other, to supply ... a ready Key both to the subjects of the books, and to the names of the authors." - v. 1, the compiler to the reader.