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Title: The Rural Life Problem of the United States
Notes of an Irish Observer

Author: Horace Curzon Plunkett

Release Date: November 21, 2008 [EBook #27305]

Language: English

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THE RURAL LIFE PROBLEM OF THE UNITED STATES

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THE RURAL LIFE PROBLEM OF THE UNITED STATES

NOTES OF AN IRISH OBSERVER
BY
SIR HORACE PLUNKETT

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1919

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Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1910. Reprinted October, 1910;
January, 1911; October, 1912; September, 1913; January, 1917.

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PREFATORY NOTE

The thoughts contained in the following pages relate to one side of the
life of a country which has been to me, as to many Irishmen, a second
home. They are offered in friendly recognition of kindness I cannot hope
to repay, received largely as a student of American social and economic
problems, from public-spirited Americans who, I know, will appreciate
most highly any slight service to their country.

The substance of the book appeared in five articles contributed to the
New York _Outlook_ under the title "Conservation and Rural Life."
Several American friends, deeply interested in the Rural Life problem,
asked me to republish the series. In doing so, I have felt that I ought
to present a more comprehensive view of my subject than either the space
allowed or the more casual publication demanded.

I have to thank the edi