Excerpt from Quarterly Review, Vol. 148: Published in July and October, 1879 In what he did, ' writes Mr. Martin, to call the attention of the people to Art, as a means of education, his great endeavour was to engage their interest in it, not merely for purposes of amusement, but in its relations to the history of the nations and the periods where its best illustrations were to be found, and to the handicrafts and manufactures which it had been and might be employed to elevate and improve.' By these few examples we may illustrate the idea, which the Prince evidently entertained, as to the influence which the Crown can justly exercise on the internal economy of the nation. He wished to make it the central ground on which all the opposing energies of a free people might consent to unite, laying aside, for the sake of a common interest, their individual differences. Yet he knew perfectly well that it is the duty of the monarch, as the head of a self-governed people, to stand aloof from party struggles, even though he see clearly the selfish aims that must of necessity largely determine the course of party government. Here is his view of the state of lparties at the time of the introduction of the first Conservative eform Bill (1859) 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.