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Henry George (1839 97) was an American journalist and newspaper
editor. In Progress and Poverty, his most famous work (1879), he
seeks to explain the apparent paradox that the gulf between rich
and poor in a developed city (or nation) is much less that that in
a less developed community: 'Like a flash it came over me that
there was the reason of advancing poverty with advancing wealth.
With the growth of population, land grows in value, and the men who
work it must pay more for the privilege.' His economic ideas were
widely debated, and this volume also contains a response to the
1881 English edition of the book from Isaac B. Cooke, a cotton
broker from Liverpool, and Andrew Mearns's The Bitter Cry of
Outcast London (1883), a short but telling description of the
reality of the poverty then to be found in the world's richest
city.
Henry George Atkinson (c.1812 c.1890), a free thinker and supporter
of naturalism, published extensively on phrenology, mesmerism, and
spiritualism. He became acquainted with the professional writer,
political activist and radical philosopher Harriet Martineau (1802
76) in the 1840s, when she attributed her recovery from a long
illness to mesmerism. Their correspondence was published in 1851,
and promotes a radical form of atheistic naturalism, more extreme
than that found in George Combe's best-selling Constitution of Man
(also published in this series). It ranges widely over topics
including the brain and the nervous system, matter and causation,
superstition, theology and science. The book promotes the purity of
natural law as superior to social customs and institutions, and
reflects many concerns of the intelligentsia of the time, amongst
whom it stirred up much controversy.
In this book, first published in 1890, the author endeavours to
determine whether protectionism or free trade better accords with
the interests of labour - particularly with regards to the raising
of wages. He analyses the popularity of protection in the face of
the evidence of its fallacies, and examines the principle of free
trade and its consequences.
In 1812 a number of slave traders were prosecuted in Sierra Leone,
the focus of Britain's efforts to eradicate the trade. First
published in 1813, this report is believed to have been written by
the presiding judge, Robert Thorpe. The trials provoked debate as
Thorpe found one trader guilty, but commuted his sentence on the
condition that other traders were persuaded to cease their
business. Another was dealt with severely as he displayed
complicity in evading the laws. Thorpe's judgments relied upon not
only the application of the anti-slavery laws, but also the notion
of natural laws transcending those of nations, a notion which came
under consideration in the landmark Somerset v. Stewart case of
1772, concerning an escaped slave. Published in 1876, a report on
this case is also reissued here. Taken together, these two texts
provide valuable source material on the history of the slave
trade's abolition.
Henry George Bonavia Hunt (1847 1917) is best remembered as the
founder of Trinity College of Music, London, which had grown out of
the Church Choral Society he had established in 1872. A talented
preacher and choirmaster, he also edited several popular journals,
composed, and served as a lecturer in music history for the
University of London between 1900 and 1906. This popular textbook,
first published in 1878 and reissued here in its revised third
edition of 1879, is a systematic study of musical history for easy
assimilation by students. It presents an overview of musical
epochs, with each paragraph classified according to nationality,
thus allowing the musical history of specific countries to be
followed. In addition to chronological tables covering major
composers and musical events, the work also includes a summary of
the development of music as an art. This is followed by more than
200 sample examination questions.
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intellectual giant: an
explorer who helped lay the foundations of biogeography, a
naturalist who influenced Charles Darwin, and a botanist who
developed a model of the Earth's climate zones. He travelled
extensively in Europe, carried out scientific explorations across
the Russian Empire and in Latin America, and devoted much energy to
seeking a unified view of the different branches of scientific
knowledge. Ansichten der Natur, published in 1808 with a second
edition in 1826, aimed to 'engage the imagination' as well as to
communicate new ideas, and was translated into many European
languages. This authorised translation of the third and final 1849
edition, dating from Humboldt's eightieth year, was published in
1850, though another English translation (by Mrs Sabine) had
appeared the previous year. The wide coverage, including geology,
geography and biology, is typical of Humboldt, as is the precise
and engaging style.
In this book, first published in 1890, the author endeavours to
determine whether protectionism or free trade better accords with
the interests of labour - particularly with regards to the raising
of wages. He analyses the popularity of protection in the face of
the evidence of its fallacies, and examines the principle of free
trade and its consequences.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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