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... Royal Commission on the Aged Poor is eminently unsatisfactory, and not even the valuable researches and records by Mr. Charles Booth deal fully with the mass of facts which. demand attention in the consideration of the condition and future of the aged ...

REVIEWS

... reviews. Their connecting link divells in the common spirit which animates them, that of the modest and sound school of Mr. Charles Booth. The idea of Mr. Bosanquet is that practical observation of social facts and human nature should precede the construction ...

LURGAN CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW

... present decennial one, and also a more elnborate classification of occupations. Mr. Burt, M.P.; Mr. Acland, M.P.; Mr. Charles Booth, Professor Marshall, Professor Monro, and Dr. Whitelegge were amongst the memorialists. THE PAYMENT OF INCOME-TAX, LONDON ...

REVIEWS

... prevent), but upon the more frequent offer of tlehouse H-lis readers must weigh this view against that arrived at by * r Charles Booth in the result of the most practical and unbiassed iIvestigatiotS So far as relates to the able-bodied paupers, the figures ...

LITERATURE

... Cassells. Souvenirs of some Continents, by Archibald Forbes. 3s. Od. Macmillans. The Aged Poor in England and Wales, by Charles Booth. 8s. 6d. Maomillans. Stephen Archer, by George Macdonald. 2s. 6d. Sampson Low andCo. ...

FASHIONABLE WEDDING AT CHILDWALL

... TO BRIDEGROOM. 3Mr and Mrs Harold Aslby, silver spoon M r and rs Charles Booth, four sgiver toast Mr and Mrs Alfred Booth, silver teacaddy Mfiss H3 E Booth, table Mr and Mrs Charles Booth, ju f two silver bon- .bon dishes Colonel and Mhrs Belcher, two ...

REVIEWS

... tile comfort of the people, and especially of the old, in the country dis- t I The Aged Poor in England and W\ales. By Charles Booth. (Macnillan and Co. 1894.) BECHSTEIN PIANOS.-CHAS. STILES and CO. offer these magnificent Pianos on the THREE YEARS SYSrEM ...

LIFE AND LABOUR IN EAST LONDON.*

... wear at the attendant ceremony a new vestment woven in one piece. Life and Labour, Vol. I. East Lond1on. Edited by Charles Booth. L (Williams and Norgate.) Italy, France, and other European countries were vainly searched for a weaver capable of executing ...

SHOW AT LEICESTER OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... for similar horses under four years of age. Tho first in this class, £50, est gained by Brigadier, the psoperty of Sir Charles Booth, of Killerby Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire ; and the secnd, sP15, by Cay Lad, ownled by Mr. Drage, of Moulton Lrode, Noi ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... marriage of Mr. Godfrey Webster, 20th Regiment, and Mliss Amy Booth, youngest daughter of Mr WV. Boothl, and niece of sir Charles Booth, Bart., will take place on Wednesday, the 24th July, at DatchCt, near W~indsor.I Thomas Dowse, auctioneer, has returned ...

REVIEWS

... and his book is well worth reading. We are much inclined to think that the creation of a central council of men like Mr. Charles Booth to deal with these questions and to centralize experience and wisdom would be a useful first step. If these things are ...

BOOKS OF THE DAY

... value it. a We commend the edition to the notice of our readers. e Life and Labour of the People in Lon- don. Edited by Charles Booth!. Volume - IX. Conmparisons, Survey, and Conclusionis a ( with an abstract of Vol o niesl ?? (Lon- don: Macamillan and ...