Excerpt from Robert Raikes: The Man and His Work Have been asked to say a few words by way of Preface to these new inquiries respecting the life and work of Robert Raikes, who is regarded, and justly regarded, as the main founder of the system of Sunday schools. Some very interesting records and reminiscences of his work will be found in the following pages; and the life of a man who was so kind, so good, and so richly blessed by the fruitfulness of his endeavours on behalf of his fellow-men cannot but contain valuable lessons. 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.