RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
HISTORY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
By Professor A. Andréadès, of the University of Athens. With an Introduction by Professor H. S. Foxwell. Demy 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
Westminster Gazette.—"An extremely striking book … will well repay the careful study of all people interested in banking matters."
Financial News.—"This most comprehensive and most readable account of the Bank of England … it is the most serious work of its kind in existence."
CO-OPERATION AT HOME AND ABROAD.
An Account of the Co-operative Movement in Great Britain and other Countries. By C. R. Fay, M.A., D.Sc., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Lecturer in Economics. Demy 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
Standard.—"The appearance of Mr. Fay's careful and elaborate study marks something of a new departure in economic literature. Mr. Fay's excellent work shows conclusively that co-operation, intelligently guided, and undertaken with sincerity and enthusiasm, does actually remove many difficulties which appear insuperable."
THE KING'S REVENUE.
An Account of the Revenue and Taxes raised in the United Kingdom, with a short history of each Tax and Branch of the Revenue. By W. M. J. Williams, Author of "Local Taxation," etc. Demy 8vo, cloth, 6s. net.
Financial News.—"Mr. Williams gives us the history and origin of each impost, the rate at which it is now imposed, and some statistics of its yield. This is a treatment of the subject which at once enables the reader to obtain precisely the information that he needs, though, up to now, there has been no attempt to supply it in exactly the same convenient way as that in which Mr. Williams has arranged it. The book is not large, but it must represent an immensity of labour, for which all students of national finance and economics owe Mr. Williams their most hearty thanks."
INSURANCE AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT.
By David F. Schloss, Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net.
Manchester Guardian.—"Mr. D. F. Schloss, whose experience in the study of foreign labour conditions must be almost unrivalled, has now issued a most opportune account of insurance against unemployment, in which are described up to date all the schemes of unemployed insurance at present on foot abroad."
BY WHAT AUTHORITY?
The Principles in Common and at Issue in the Reports of the Poor Law Commission. By John H. Muirhead, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy in the University of Birmingham. With an Introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge, LL.D., F.R.S., Principal of the University of Birmingham. Demy 8vo, cloth back, 2s. net.
Contents.—Introductory—Some General Features of the Reports—The Case for New Authority—Causes of Pauperism—Unemployment: the Extent of the Evil—Present Agencies inadequate to deal with Unemployment—Administrative Proposals of the Two Reports—Comparison and Criticism of the Two Reports—Summary and Conclusion.
THE CASE PAPER SYSTEM.
A Collection of Papers read, with the full discussions thereon, at various Poor Law Conferences. By H. F. Aveling, Miss W. L. Brodie-Hall, R. Clift Horner, Miss Mary E. E. James and Dr. J. Milson Rhodes. With an Introduction by Sir William Chance, Bart., M.A. Crown 8vo, cloth back, 2s. net.
THE SAFETY OF BRITISH RAILWAYS.
Or, Railway Accidents: How Caused and How Prevented. By H. Raynar Wilson, Author of "Mechanical Railway Signalling," "Power Railway Signalling," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net.
Contents.— Early Legislative Action—The Royal Commission of 1874—Some Figures—Causes of Former Accidents—Continuous Footboards, Passenger Communication, etc.—The Block System—Interlocking of Points and Signals—Continuous Brakes—Working of Single Lines—Hours of Duty and Intemperance—The Armagh Disaster—Railway Regulations Act of 1889—Uniform Signalling and Rules—Some Common Causes of Accidents and their Remedies—Recent Accidents and their Lessons—Non-train Accidents—Royal Commission of 1899 and Accidents to Employees—Automatic Couplings and Either-side Brakes—Accidents to Employees—Hours of Duty—American Railway Accidents―General Conclusions.
P. S. KING & SON, Orchard House, Westminster.
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