Sibthorp was right

Abstract

WELL, THAT'S what Thrasher said in his last letter to me: Colonel Sibthorp, the honourable and gallant member of parliament for Lincoln, was right in opposing the 1850 Public Libraries Act. His reasons for saying this—which he gives at some length and which I shall do my best to precis faithfully below— add up to a belief that it would have been better if rates‐supported libraries had never been instituted.

Citation

Shallow, R. (1976), "Sibthorp was right", New Library World, Vol. 77 No. 9, pp. 177-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038316