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Excerpt from The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland, Vol. 3: Downing Professor of the Laws of England It is probable that by this time all who take a serious interest in those problems of remote economic history, which are the theme of Mr Seebohm's study, will have read this book I It is certain that if they have read they have admired it, and have fallen once more under that charm which has made The English Village Community one of the classical books of our time. Therefore there is here and now no need to expend many words of general praise. The earlier part of this new volume and the precious appendixes that it contains seem to me to be beyond praise. By the earlier part I mean the part which fills the first pages. This explanation may be necessary, for Mr Seebohm still works "from the known to the unknown," so that in his hands the last becomes first and the first last. Perhaps, however, we should say that he works rather from the knowable than from the known. 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.