SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. A series of volumes upon those topics of social, economic, and industrial interest that are at the present moment foremost in the public mind. Each volume is written by an author who is an acknowledged authority upon the subject with which he or she deals, and who treats his or her question in a thoroughly sympathetic but impartial manner, with special reference to the historic aspect of the subject. The following Volumes of the Series are now ready. TRADE UNIONISM-NEW AND OLD. G. HOWELL, M.P., Author of The Conflicts of Capital and Labour. Second Edition. PROBLEMS OF POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor. J. A. HOBSON, M.A. Third Edition. THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT OF TO-DAY. G. J. HOLYOAKE, Author of The History of Co-operation. Second Edition. MUTUAL THRIFT. Rev. J. FROME WILKINSON, M.A., Author of The Friendly Society Movement. THE COMMERCE OF NATIONS. C. F. BASTABLE, LL.D., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Dublin. THE ALIEN INVASION, W. H. WILKINS, B.A., Secretary to the Association for Preventing the Immigration of Destitute Aliens. THE RURAL EXODUS: Problems of Village Life. P. ANDERSON GRAHAM. LAND NATIONALISATION. HAROLD Cox, B.A. A SHORTER WORKING-DAY. H. DE B. GIBBINS, D.Litt., M.A. BACK TO THE LAND. HAROLD E. MOORE, F.S.I. TRUSTS, POOLS, AND CORNERS. J. STEPHEN JEANS. THE FACTORY SYSTEM. R. W. COOKE-TAYLOR, Author of The Modern Factory System, etc. WOMEN'S WORK. LADY DILKE, AMY BULLEY, and MARGARET WHITLEY. THE STATE AND ITS CHILDREN. GERTRUDE TUCKWELL. MUNICIPALITIES AT WORK, FREDERICK DOLMAN. SOCIALISM AND MODERN THOUGHT. M. KAUFMANN, Μ.Α. MODERN CIVILISATION IN SOME OF ITS ECONOMIC ASPECTS. W. CUNNINGHAM, D.D. THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING-CLASSES. F. BOWMAKER. THE PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED. J. A. HOBSON, M.A. LIFE IN WEST LONDON, Arthur SHERWELL, M.A. Second Edition. UNIVERSITY AND SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS. Edited by W. REASON, Μ.Α. Other Volumes are in preparation. METHUEN & CO., 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. UNIVERSITY AND SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS EDITED BY W. REASON, M.A. " METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W. C. LONDON 1898 PREFACE WHATEVER may be said as to the non-originality of the idea to which all University and Social Settlements owe their origin, the form in which that idea is embodied is essentially modern. It has been determined by those social forces of the Industrial Revolution which have made the several grades of rich and poor to live in separate quarters of our large towns. The Settlement is, therefore, a new feature of our civilisation, and deserves a close and careful study, not only as a result in itself, but as an experiment which contains the possibilities of other far-reaching results in their turn. In one sense it is more than an experiment; it is an accomplished fact. No doubt it will continue to develop, and it would be rash to predict that this development will be bounded by the lines which have already been laid down. But that the Settlements will go on increasing, both in numbers and in strength, we are assured by the experience of the thirteen years and more which have elapsed since the foundation of Toynbee Hall. The present volume is a contribution to the study of this movement. Settlement literature in this country is not large, and will easily bear additions. Besides the annual output of reports, etc., there is only, so far as I |