Democratic Readings from the World's Great Teachers, W.M. Thompson, 1896

Democratic Readings from the World's Great Teachers. Reprinted from "Reynolds's Newspaper." Compiled and Edited by W.M. Thompson, L.C.C. Numerous Portraits and Illustrations. 

"This little volume claims to present a bird's-eye view of the intellectual and moral history of the world. No instruction of this character is given in our public schools, or by any of the numerous religious sects which abound in this Kingdom. It has been written in the hope that it may enlarge the vision of our people, and lead to deeper research in the same direction." W.M. Thompson.

Published by John Dicks, London. Undated, but 1896 date is in the introduction. First edition.

A good (approaching very good) hardback with dark green leather spine and corners, and raised bands, gilt tooled decoration and title to spine. Green buckram cloth over boards. Covers with some bumping and wear. Marbled edges to text block. Plain green endpapers, with previous owner's signature to first pastedown. Soundly bound.

Blank endpapers and title page heavily age toned. Cracked to gutter after title, but all soundly bound. Text pages bright and clear with occasional scattered spotting. Pen underline under the date in the introduction. Double marker ribbon.

Text in English.

viii + 235pp + 1pp (Wordsworth poem 'London, 1802').

Dimensions: approx 186mm high x 125mm wide x 18mm deep.

Weight: approximately 283g (unpacked).