Excerpt from The Return to Protection A second edition being called for at a time when I have little right to be thinking of anything but my work as one of the Royal Commissioners on the Poor Laws, I have contented myself with adding a few notes, for the most part bringing the more important statistics up to date. I have not made any material alteration on the former edition. Nor do I think it necessary. The case for Free Trade has only been strengthened by the events of the past two years, and, although I might change the form, I do not think I should make any change in the substance. 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.