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SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY Edited by H. de B. Gibbins, M.A.
THE ALIEN INVASION
SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY.
Edited by H. de B. GIBBINS, M.A.
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Messrs. Methuen announce the publication of a series of volumes upon those topics of social, economic and industrial interest that are at the present moment foremost in the public mind. Each volume of the series is written by an author who is an acknowledged authority upon the subject with which he deals, and who treats his question in a thoroughly sympathetic but impartial manner, with special reference to the historic aspect of the subject.
The following form the earlier Volumes of the Series:—
1. TRADE UNIONISM—NEW AND OLD. G. Howell, M.P., Author of The Conflicts of Capital and Labour. [Ready. 2. PROBLEMS OF POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor. By J. A. Hobson, M.A. [Ready. 3. THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT TO-DAY. G. J. Holyoake, Author of The History of Co-operation. [Ready. 4. MUTUAL THRIFT. Rev. J. Frome Wilkinson, M.A., Author of The Friendly Society Movement. [Ready. 5. THE COMMERCE OF NATIONS. C. F. Bastable, LL.D., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Dublin. [Ready. 6. THE ALIEN INVASION. W. H. Wilkins, B.A., Secretary to the Association for Preventing the Immigration of Destitute Aliens. (With an Introductory Note by the Right Reverend the Bishop of Bedford.) [Ready. 7. THE RURAL EXODUS: Problems of Village Life. P. Anderson Graham. [In the Press. 8. LAND NATIONALIZATION.Harold Cox, B.A. [In the Press.
The following are in preparation:—
9. MODERN LABOUR AND OLD ECONOMICS. H. de B. Gibbins, M.A. (Editor), Author of The Industrial History of England. 10. ENGLISH SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. Hubert Bland, one of the Authors of Fabian Essays. 11. ENGLISH LAND AND ENGLISH MEN. Rev. C. W. Stubbs, M.A., Author of The Labourers and the Land. 12. CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND. Rev. J. Carter, M.A., of Pusey House, Oxford. 13. THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE. J. R. Diggle, M.A., Chairman of the London School Board. 14. POVERTY AND PAUPERISM. Rev. L. R. Phelps, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 15. CONTINENTAL LABOUR. W. Maxwell. 16. WOMEN'S WORK. Lady Dilke.
THE ALIEN INVASION
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(Clare College, Cambridge) AUTHOR OF A MONOGRAPH UPON "THE TRAFFIC IN ITALIAN CHILDREN" WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY THE RIGHT REVEREND THE BISHOP OF BEDFORD
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This Little Volume is Dedicated,
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