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... 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MR. CHARLES BOOTH'S NINTH VOLUME

... If there is one lesson more apparent than others in these pages * Life and Labour of the People: in London. Edited by Charles Booth, Volume IX. (London: Macmillan and Co.) it is that of the folly of attempting generalization in any such intri- cate matter ...

HEARTH AND HOME

... any rate, she is sup. planting indoor servants of the opposite sex. At a receat meeting of the Statistical Society Mr. Charles Booth produced the following figures- Population. Male indoor servants. 1851. ?? .. 18,0)0,000 ?? ,4,000 188 ?? 28,000,000 - ...

THE REVIEWS FOR JULY

... a few more Path in tribes in Brit sh India. Mr. S. H. Jeyes's article is intended to show that some words used by Mr. Charles Booth in the first volume of his 1 Labour and Life of the People,` belittling foreign immigration, are' now out of date -Mr ...

Our Library Table

... graduates in Convocation, on the ground that the alternative examination implies a lowering of the present standard. Mr Charles Booth, the author of Life and Labour in East London, is well on his way to the second volume of his survey of industrial London ...