RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



HISTORY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. 



By Professor A. ANDREADES, 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 

 peop'.e interested in banking matters.' 1 



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 HOWIE 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 

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 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 8^0, cloth, 6s. net. 



I inancial News. " Mr. Williams gives us the history and origin of each impost, the rate at which 

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 no attempt to supply it in exac ly 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 UNEIYIPLOYM ENT. 



By DAVID F. SCHLOSS, Crown b'vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net. 



Manchester Guardian. "Mr. D. F. Schloss, whose experience in the study of foreign labour con- 

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 foot abroad." 



BY WHAT AUTHORITY? 



The Principles in Common and at Issue in the Reports of the Poor Law Commis- 

 sion. 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 hvil Present Agencies inadequate to deal 

 with Unemployment Administrative Proposals of the Two Reports Comparison and Criticism of the 

 Two Reports Summary and Conclusion. 



THE CAS- 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 ol " Mechanical Railway Signalling," " Power Railway Signal- 

 ling." 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 Inter- 

 locking of Points and Sig als Continuous Brakes Working of Single Lines Hours of Duty and 

 Intemperance The Armagh Disaster Railway Regulations Act of 1889 Uniform Signalling and 

 Rules Some C mmon 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 ; lours of Duty American Railway Accidents- 

 General Conclusions. 



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