Excerpt from The Prospects of BritainThe storm which threatens Europe is no passing cloud. We are getting more and more deeply in volved in one of those great catastrophes which change the fortunes of mankind. Between the heaves of the earthquake there may be many and considerable pauses, but at every succeeding shock the rents of the social edifice become wider, till the whole fabric at last must lie level with the ground. An unseen power is smiting the idol of human dominion at its base. The feet on which it rests are broken, the iron and the clay are literally separating. The composite go vernm en ts which resulted from the union of barbarian conquerors and Roman subjects have lost the cement that bound them, and are crumbling into dust.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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