Abstract
THESE three books are the first of a series which is designed to give children information on the industrial and commercial condition of their own country. They deal, generally on historical lines, with the nature of the principal industries, with the machinery of commerce, and with the development of shipping; while forthcoming volumes are announced on agriculture and mining.
(1) Factories and Great Industries, with some Account of Trade Unions, Old-Age Pensions, State Insurance, the Relief of Distress, Hospitals.
By F. A. Farrar. Pp. 90.
(2) Trade and Commerce, with some Account of our Coinage, Weights and Measures, Banks and Exchanges.
By A. J. Dicks. Pp. 94.
(3) Ships, Shipping, and Fishing, with some Account of our Seaports and their Industries.
By G. F. Bosworth. Pp. 86. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1916.) Price 1s. 6d. each.
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(1) Factories and Great Industries, with some Account of Trade Unions, Old-Age Pensions, State Insurance, the Relief of Distress, Hospitals (2) Trade and Commerce, with some Account of our Coinage, Weights and Measures, Banks and Exchanges (3) Ships, Shipping, and Fishing, with some Account of our Seaports and their Industries. Nature 98, 68–69 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098068a0
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