Excerpt from Manual of Political Science, for the Use of Schools, and More Especially of Candidates for the Civil Service: Arranged in Chapters, With Questions at the End of Each, and Preceded by an Introductory Chapter The following work was planned, and a cone siderable portion of it composed, nearly a year since, but the Author's other engage ments rendered it impossible for him, till very lately, to spare the time necessary for its careful revision. That a Manual of Political Science is now a want felt by many of the most enlightened educators of the day is well known, and it has been the Author's object and earnest desire to supply that want. 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.