This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXIX. COUNTRY COMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE. Here is a mine of truth, which, however vigorously it may be worked, is likely to outlast our coal. Oeorge Eliot. Let us now examine some of the more dignified popular tribunals...