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CHARLES BRADLAUGH:

A Record of His Life. By his daughter,

HYPATIA BRADLAUGH BONNER.

With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics, and Teaching, by J. M. Robertson.

" Mrs. Bonner has really performed a difficult task after a noble fashion, and in a truly pious spirit. Her father's life was a melancholy one, and it became her duty as his biographer to break a silence on painful subjects about which he had preferred to say nothing. His reticence was a manly reticence ; though a highly sensitive mortal, he preferred to put up with calumny rather than lay bare family sorrows and shame. His daughter, though compelled to break this silence, has done so in a manner full of dignity and feeling." — Nineteenth Century (Review by Mr. Augustine Birrell, Q.C, M.P.).

" As interesting as a novel for the ordinary home reader." — Reynolds' Weekly Newspaper.

"A valuable contribution to the political history of our own time." — Newcastle Weekly Chronicle.

"A kindly, tender-hearted, generous-spirited, even-tempered man was this redoubtable Freethinker and irrepressible Radical. He stands revealed to us in these pages as a man of strong feeling and of iron will, of inflexible purpose and unshakeable principle, one utterly incapable of anything mean or dis- honorable A worthy record of a memorable man who, whatever his faults of opinion and errors of judgment, was intellectually head and shoulders above the majority of his critics. — Glasgow Herald.

" Eminently worth reading. . . . The portrait of an Englishman of whom his countrymen may be proud." — Saturday Review.

" Of permanent value as a contribution to constitutional history." — Athenæum.

" Candour arid breadth of view characterise it throughout. Mrs. Bonner con- ceals nothing essential to a full insight into Mr. Bradlaugh's character and career; and she has the judgment and skill to arrange her facts in due proportion." — Academy.

"A story of which every Christian apologist ought to be ashamed No Christian supported by his faith ever showed a more remarkable courage in face of misfortune Mr. Robertson tells the story of his great Parliamentary battle on the oaths question with great spirit, and does no more than justice to his remarkable abilities." — Westminster Gazette.

"His daughter's biography is his not unfitting literary monument." — Daily News.

" Of the most intensely interesting character, exhibits no little skill in arrang- ing details around the main facts .... particularly full with regard to the incidents of his parliamentary career Mrs. Bonner inherits much of her father's literary ability and power of forcible argument. Great taste is manifested in not trenching on any debatable religious topics, so that the most sensitive on these matters will not be offended. On its merits the book must be regarded as one of the most interesting of the season." — Liberal.

" Deeply interesting record of the life of a most remarkable man. . . . Has not only successfully defended her father's memory, but has reared to that memory a worthy monument." — Daily Chronicle.

"Convincing and lasting picture of a really remarkable man." — Pall Mall Gazette,

" It is difficult to see how the story could have been better told. As far as the book covers events of which we are cognisant, we can speak confidently of its accuracy; and from that portion we may fairly judge the rest. An able and wholly admirable picture .... and a very complete historical survey of the great struggle." — Northampton Guardian.

" Written with wonderful good taste and restraint Mr. J. M. Robertson's portion of the book, we need hardly say, is ably done, and may very well serve as the basis of any future discussions." — Bradford Observer.

" Invaluable as the permanent memorial of a chapter in our constitutional progress. A worthy biography of one to whom even his erstwhile opponents can hardly now deny the title of a great Englishman." — Birmingham Post.

" Mr. Robertson has contributed a brilliant and thoughtful account of his poli- tical and philosophical work."~r^^ New Weekly (Manchester).

" Mr. Robertson's part of the book shows nothing less than genius as a polemist and critic. His careful and accurate relation of the Parliamentary struggle is an invaluable contribution to history." — Halifax Courier.

London : A. & H. B. Bonner, 1 & 2 Took's Court, Chancery Lane.