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Printed by Gedge and Barker, Norwich. 1811. First Edition, 6pp., of adverts, xvi,296pp., orig. boards, printed paper label on spine slightly chipped, uncut. “It appears that Mr. Clark, having heard some years back, and having also reason to believe, that Charities left by benevolent individuals for the use of the Poor were often mismanaged and misapplied, was then much concerned on that account, and that in course of time he began to take an interest in those cases of abuse which had been reported to him.” — From the preface by Thomas Clarkson (abolitionist). |