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Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Reprint. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Series; Fabian tracts ; No. 187. Physical description; 15 pages. Notes; First published in 1918. Subjects; Teachers. Teacher in politics. Fabian Society. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Series; Fabian tracts ; No. 231. Physical description; 15, [1] pages. Subjects; Great Britain. Local Government Act, 1929. Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc. Local Government Act, 1929. Local Government Act 1929. Local government Great Britain. Poor laws Great Britain. Local government. Poor laws. Local government Law and legislation Great Britain. Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sidney Webb offers a devastating critique of the English educational machinery in this book. He argues that the current system is not fit for purpose and proposes a range of radical reforms to improve the standard of education in the country. This is an important read for anyone looking for a comprehensive account of the current issues within the English education system and steps to take for improvement.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sidney Webb offers a devastating critique of the English educational machinery in this book. He argues that the current system is not fit for purpose and proposes a range of radical reforms to improve the standard of education in the country. This is an important read for anyone looking for a comprehensive account of the current issues within the English education system and steps to take for improvement.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

1st edition. Contents: I. The Economics of Factory Legislation by Mrs Sidney Webb; II. Gaps in Our Factory Legislation with a Postscript on the Report of the Select Committee on Home Work by Miss B.L.Hutchins; III. The Case for a Legal Minimum Wage by The Fabian Society. Pp.91/5(ads for other Fabian Society publications). Paperback rubbed with minor creases and chipped losses to top and tail of spine. G+.

4to: 4 pp. Unbound bifolium. On lightly discoloured and spotted paper, lightly worn at extremities. Central horizontal fold. Gives details of eight lectures, by, successively, H. Finer ('Impressions of America'), Montague Fordham ('The Rural Problem'), R. B. Forrester ('Co-operative Marketing'), Professor R. Peers ('Can we educate the Community?'), Arthur Greenwood, M.P. ('The Present Position and Future Policy in regard to Housing'), C. S. Orwin ('Land Tenure'), Rt. Hon. [sic] Sidney Webb, M.P. ('Poor-Law Reform'), and (with the 'syllabus' covering an entire page) H. St. J. B. Philby [father of the traitor] ('British Policy in the Middle East, 1879-1926').

A scarce piece of ephemera from the earliest days of the LSE: no other copy traced, either on JISC or WorldCat. (There is a 47-page related item in a library in the Netherlands.) A stapled 12mo pamphlet of 32 pp., in pink printed wraps which are themselves paginated [i]-[iv]. On aged and discoloured paper, with lightly rusted staples, and a hole to one corner for stringing up (not damaging any text), and note in blue pencil at head of front cover: 'see pp 12, 19'. (Pp. 12, 19 and 20 each have a little underlining in blue pencil.) The title on the cover reads: 'Extract from the Calendar of The London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) For the Session 1904-1905 Specifying the Courses of particular interest to those engaged in Accounting'. The title on p.1 is different (and corresponds with that of the Dutch pamphlet, although that item is 47 instead of 32 pp long): 'The London School of Economics and Political Science. (University of London.) The Sessional Programme for the Session 1904-1905, Together with a List of recently published and other Standard Works in Economics and Political Science and cognate subjects. London: The London School of Economics and Political Science: Clare Market, W.C. September, 1904.' The inside front cover (p.ii) is headed 'H. - Accounting.' and lists 'courses of lectures in Accountancy and Business Methods' that 'the Governors of the School have established', 'In view of the increasing importance to business men of scientific training in Accounting, of the close relation of that subject to the exact study of economics, commercial, and administrative problems, and of its position in the scheme adopted for the University of London for the B.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees'. The back inside cover (p.iii) outlines 'The work of the school.', which is arranged in twelve lettered groups from Economics to Librarianship. The text of the pamphlet begins with a list of the officers, from the President Lord Rothschild to the Governors (including Bertrand Russell, Herbert Louis Samuel, and 'Mrs. Bernard Shaw' and 'Mrs. Sidney Webb'. There are also two pages of Lecturers, and the list ends with the Secretaries. There is a five-page introduction describing the 'objects of the School', and details on how to apply, fees, the Students' Union and other topics. Pp. 12-32 carry the 'Arrangement for the Session, 1904-1905.' It features a detailed description of 75 courses, from 'The Local Government of England', by Percy Ashley, to 'Constitutional Law and History', by Robert A. Wright. The back cover of the pamphlet carries a map of the neighbourhood of the school.

See Sidney Webb's entry in the Oxford DNB, now unaccountably placed within that of his wife. From the papers of Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1864-1944), son and editor of the economist Thorold Rogers [James Edwin Thorold Rogers] (1823-1890), for information regarding whom see his entry in the Oxford DNB. The three items in good condition, lightly aged. Each folded once. All three signed 'Sidney Webb'; the first to 'Sir', the second to 'My dear Rogers', and the third to 'Dear Rogers'. ONE: 22 September 1891. 4pp, 12mo. An interesting letter in the light of Webb's having joined the Fabian Society at the start of the year. He is honoured by the proposal contained in Rogers's letter of the previous day, inviting him to address 'the Council of the Stepney Liberal & Radical Assoc[iatio]n': 'I am in the difficulty that I have promised to consider proposals that I should stand for other constituencies and I cannot, at present, feel sure whether I should be free to stand for Stepney even if the Council approved my candidature.' He could not in any case 'give a decided answer' for around a fortnight. 'But I shall be glad to address the Council on the County Council programme, on the 20th Octr., a date which I understand will suit local convenience.' TWO: 2pp, 12mo. He is enclosing a cheque for one pount 'for Steadman's Expenses': 'I can't afford more.' He apologises for having been 'totally unable to find time to help you with a Factory Acts leaflet. If it is still undone after Mch 5, especially if I am defeated [in the 1892 London County Council elections], I will see about it.' (In the event Webb was returned as member for Deptford by a large majority.) THREE: 8 June 1893. 4pp, 12mo. 46 lines of text. Begins: 'Dear Rogers / I am sorry I spoke. No one made any complaint about you, [last word underlined twice] - quite the contrary. Nor was Norton the chief grumbler. He lists three factors that were 'spoken of': 'the absence of / (a) A telling leaflet explaining the Labor Department -' (he adds here: 'You give it 2 lines only!!') / (b) A description of the good works of the Education Dept. / (c) Do. for Local Govt. Board & Home Office.' He concedes that 'you have done the last named - after a fashion', 'But you have nothing on what has been done during the present year in any of the offices. (You must not say that nothing has been done!)'. He explains that what he is 'more interested in is the pamphlet on the whole programme'. It should be 'a 16 or 20 pp. thing, giving, say, a page to each plank in the programme, explaining the items & binding them together with some touch of principle & fire'. The pamphlet is needed 'more as a brief to speakers & M.P.s than for the million'. He ends, with characteristic self-assurance: 'Why don't you ask me to do it for you?'.

FIRST EDITION, pp. 190, crown 8vo; pp. 192, crown 8vo, original turquoise and navy blue cloth, the first voluem lettered in gilt to backstrip, the second volume lettered in pink to upper board and backstrip, the latter with fading at ends, the second volume with small breach to cloth of lower board, corresponding to pierce-mark on dustjacket, this volume with flyleaf and initial blank an little spotted, the dustjackets gently soiled overall with a few light marks, the backstrip panels browned and a little chipped at ends, very good. Two volumes based on the Fabian Lectures in successive years during a critical moment in modern history, as Europe accelerated towards War - the spectre of which dominates the second volume. The contributors to the first volume 'predict the future of Capitalism [G.D.H. Cole], of Soviet Communism [Sidney Webb], of Dictatorships [Wickham Steed], and of Economic Nationalism [Sir Arthur Salter]' (blurb) - whilst in its penultimate talk, P.M.S. Blackett considers 'The Next War: Can it be Avoided?' The second volume's update to the title of its predecessor reflects the hesitancy caused by the growing threat of War, which informs the discourse to varying degrees throughout, beginning with Bertrand Russell's assertion regarding the 'lowering of the intellectual level' in Nazi Germany and the negative effect on its scientific prowess, and proceeding to Vernon Bartlett's assessment of 'The War Horizon' and G.D.H. Cole and Sir Stafford Cripps on, respectively, the economic and political implications of a new conflict.