Excerpt from Betterment, Worsement and Recoupment: With a Note on Betterment in America Since the publication of my book on "Betterment" last year, a great deal has happened. The inquiry before the hybrid committee of the House of Commons has furnished some valuable evidence; while the debates in the House of Lords and the correspondence in the Times have defined the points of difference, and thus brought the controversialists to closer quarters. I have therefore entirely re-written my book, having profited, I hope, by the light of extended knowledge. A dispute has unfortunately arisen between the two Houses of Parliament as to whether Betterment should be dealt with by private or public bill, and a proposal for a joint conference made by the Upper House has been rejected by the Commons, on the advice of the Government. 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.