Download or read book Drink, Temperance and Legislation (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Shadwell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Drink, Temperance and Legislation This book deals mainly with the drink question in the United Kingdom, but numerous illustrative facts are drawn from other countries. It is written from the standpoint of an observer and student who has no interest in the liquor traffic, no connection with any temperance organisation, no foregone conclusion to prove and no favourite panacea to advocate. It rather endeavours to remove the subject from these associations, which are apt to distort the vision, and to see things more as they are than as interest or fancy would have them be. The chapters to which I would draw particular attention are those on 'Drink in the Past, ' 'The Decline of Drunkenness, ' 'The Forces of Temperance, ' 'The Forces of Intemperance, ' and 'The Principles of Liquor Legislation.' They embody a connected argument bearing on the last point. A portion of the matter contained in the first three chapters mentioned has been published before in the form of separate essays. 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.