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THIS volume tells how the people of Great Britain, from the Middle Ages to the present day, have obtained the necessaries of life. Chapters are devoted to fairs and markets; the rise of sea-trading; the great trading companies; roads and canals; and trading in the railway age. The text affords evidence of wide and recent reading, careful sifting of what has been gleaned, and attractive presentation of the subject-matter. The illustrations are well chosen. The author is the principal of a day continuation school, but the book will appeal to a wider public than that for which it was obviously written.
The Romance of English Trading.
By S. A. Williams. Pp. 211. (London: University of London Press, Ltd., 1928.) 2s. 9d.
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D., H. [Book Reviews]. Nature 122, 539 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122539d0
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