[ J. Cuming Walters, sometime editor of the Manchester City News; Capital Punishment ] Holograph Manuscript Article on Capital Punishment with some printed ephemera from his archive on the same subject.

Manuscript, [21]pp., 8vo, edge of p.[1] dusted, ow all good condition, Heavily worked on discussion of the issue of Capital Punishment, a subject on wh[ich] I feel so deeply, so strongly, so earnestly, that I dare not trust myself to speak upon it without constraint. After many pages of reasoned argument, examining all issues, he concludes On religious, moral, legal, social, & humanitarian grounds, I beg to say that Capital Punishment is indefensible, that it is wrong in principle, that it is a perversion of reason, that it is injurious in effect, that it is blind, blundering, & cruel in its methods, and that in all civilized countries it ought to be abolished. As the editor of the Manchester City News, it would be reasonable to assume that this constituted a leading article at some time. This MS is accompanied by the following printed items: a. A printed invitation card (in fact a postcard) to a Public Meeting on 6 June [postmark 1923], Cuming Walters named as one of those supporters of the main speaker, The Bishop of Manchester; b. S. Margery Fry; leaflet, Some Facts Regarding Capital Punishment E.O. Beck, Printer, 27 Ivy Lane, EC4, [1923?] Published jointly by the Committee for the Abolition of Death Penalty [...] and the Howard League for Penal Reform. Four pages, 8vo, not bound, a number of small closed tears and fold marks, some dusting, but text clear and complete. It describes policy worldwide, giving relevant statistics.Scarce. Only recorded copy at BL.~180~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT HOLOGRAPH HOWARD LEAGUE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT HANGING~ ~0~SF41~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 23105~23/05/2020~False~John Stuart Mill, M.P. [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism]~[Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] Speech of John Stuart Mill, M.P. on the Admission of Women to the Electoral Franchise. Spoken in the House of Commons, May 20th, 1867.~London: Trübner and Co., 60, Paternoster Row. 1867. [Printed by J. E. Taylor and Co., Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.]~18pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Number of copies in libraries.~125~PRINTED PAMPHLET WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE NINETEENTH CENTURY VICTORIAN RIGHTS FEMINISM SUFFRAGETTE SUFFRAGIST FEMALE JOHN STUART MILL TAYLOR PATERNOSTER ROW LONDON TRUBNER FRANCHISE VOTES FOR WOMEN~ ~0~Women Eph 4 formerly #16177~ ~ ~0~ ~ 23102~23/05/2020~False~S. Margery Fry [secretary of the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Principal of Somerville College, Oxford; sister of Roger Fry.]~[S. Margery Fry; Capital Punishment; leaflet] Some Facts Regarding Capital Punishment~E.O. Beck, Printer, 27 Ivy Lane, EC4, [1923?] Published jointly by the Committee for the Abolition of Death Penalty [...] and the Howard League for Penal Reform.~Four pages, 8vo, not bound, a number of small closed tears and fold marks, some dusting, but text clear and complete. It describes policy worldwide, giving relevant statistics.Scarce. Only recorded copy at BL.~45~LEAFLET PRINTED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT~ ~0~History and Politics Eph.~ ~ ~ ~ ~