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titles, Introduction, Rural England — Social Life, Rural England — Agricultural, 

 Town Life, the distribution of Wealth and Trade, Society — Wages — Profits. 

 The remainder of the work deals especially with the history of labor and wages, 

 great research having evidently been bestowed upon it, a general history of 

 agriculture, and some particulars of the political history of England — in fact this 

 point is not overlooked at any time — with an attempt to show that " the pauper- 

 ism and degradation of the English laborers were the result of a series of Acts 

 of Parliament and acts of government designed or adopted for the express pur- 

 pose of compelling the laborer to work at the lowest rates of wages possible and 

 which succeeded at last in effecting that purpose." 



Chapters xviii and xix are devoted to a consideration of wages in the 19th 

 century, as affected by the competition of capitalists, realxation of foreign tariffs, 

 etc. ; the present situation with its trades-unions, unequal distribution of wealth, 

 its need of reforms in the land system and local taxes, the power and weakness 

 of labor, etc. Chapter XX sets forth the remedies suggested to the author, 

 among which it is needless to say protective tariff is not named. 



The author was formerly Professor of Political Economy in King's College, 

 and writes as an expert. His style when the matter allows is free and attractive, 

 his views are those of Englishmen in general, which differ widely from some of 

 the best thinkers and writers upon political economy in this country. No book 

 of the day contains so great an array of facts, so pertinent to questions arising 

 and certain to continue to arise as the United States increases in population, 

 and the lines between land-owner and laborer are more distinctly drawn. 



Geology and Mineralogy of Cherokee County, Kansas : By Erasmus 

 Haworth, B. S. pp. 48, octavo. 



We have received from Prof. Erasmus Haworth, of Penn College, Oskaloosa, 

 Iowa, a forty-eight page'pamphlet, entitled "A Contribution to the Geology of 

 the Lead and Zinc Mining District of Cherokee Co., Kansas." This essay was pre- 

 pared by Professor Haworth as a thesis to accompany his application to the fac- 

 ulty of Kansas University for the degree of Master of Science, and is a very full 

 and complete'geographical, geological and mineralogical description of the re- 

 gion in question. It also contains a discussion of the mode of ore occurence, 

 the origin of chert and of the lead and zinc sulphides. It is a valuable contribu- 

 tion, scientifically and commercially, to the literature of Kansas geology, and 

 would seem to possess especial value to the property owners and miners of South- 

 west Missouri and Southeastern Kansas. The author formerly resided in the 

 region and has made its peculiarities a study for several years past. Professor 

 Haworth desires us to say that he will send the pamphlet gratis to any one who 

 will inclose him a two cent stamp for postage. 



