Front matter

BY

H. DE B. GIBBINS,

LITT.D., M.A.

SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD AND UNIVERSITY (COBDEN) PRIZEMAN IN POLITICAL ECONOMY

WITH FIVE MAPS AND A PLAN

TWENTY-SEVENTH EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

First Published July 1890

Second Edition 1890

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Fourth Edition 1895

Fifth and Sixth Editions 1897

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Ninth Edition 1903

Tenth Edition 1904

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Sixteenth Edition 1910

Seventeenth Edition 1911

Eighteenth Edition, Revised 1912

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Twenty-First Edition 1916

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Twenty-Sixth Edition 1919

Twenty-Seventh Edition 1920