In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect.

Neither of the Ferdinand brothers are exactly goal machines,

Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced.

I found leaving Manchester United very, very hard.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy.