Excerpt from Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol. 6 John Rylands was endowed with that abounding energy coupled with sagacity and financial ability which enabled him to turn to good account many an enterprise that other men had been unable to develop and which they had regarded as worthless. By men of affairs, with whom he did business, he was looked upon as very astute and far seeing. He took up one enterprise after another and made of each an upward step in his career, which was one of uninterrupted prosperity. In all his undertakings he was a tremendous worker. Not only was he a great organiser and administrator, he was also a remarkable judge Of men, and by surrounding himself with men Of character and ability who were able to assist him in his numerous enterprises, he built up the immense business concern with which his name is still associated. 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.