CHAPTER II. THE DECENTRALISATION OF INDUSTRIES (_continued_) 50 Italy and Spain--India--Japan--The United States--The cotton, woollen, and silk trades--The growing necessity for each country to rely chiefly upon home consumers. CHAPTER III. THE POSSIBILITIES OF AGRICULTURE 79 The development of agriculture--The over-population prejudice --Can the soil of Great Britain feed its inhabitants?--British agriculture--Compared with agriculture in France; in Belgium; in Denmark--Market-gardening: its achievements--Is it profitable to grow wheat in Great Britain?--American agriculture: intensive culture in the States. CHAPTER IV. THE POSSIBILITIES OF AGRICULTURE (_continued_) 158 The doctrine of Malthus--Progress in wheat-growing--East Flanders--Channel Islands--Potato crops, past and present --Irrigation--Major Hallett’s experiments--Planted wheat. CHAPTER V. THE POSSIBILITIES OF AGRICULTURE (_continued_) 188 Extension of market-gardening and fruit-growing: in France; in the United States--Culture under glass--Kitchen gardens under glass--Hothouse culture: in Guernsey and Jersey; in Belgium--Conclusion. CHAPTER VI. SMALL INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES 241 Industry and agriculture--The small industries--Different types--_Petty trades in Great Britain_: Sheffield, Leeds, Lake District, Birmingham--Statistical data--_Petty trades in France_: weaving and various other trades--The Lyons region--Paris, emporium of petty trades--Results of the census of 1896. CHAPTER VII. SMALL INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES (_continued_) 325 _Petty trades in Germany_: discussions upon the subject and conclusions arrived at--Results of the census taken in 1882, 1895, and 1907--_Petty trades in Russia_--Conclusions. CHAPTER VIII. BRAIN WORK AND MANUAL WORK 363 Divorce between science and handicraft--Technical education --Complete education--The Moscow system; applied at Chicago, Boston, Aberdeen--Concrete teaching--Present waste of time --Science and technics--Advantages which science can derive from a combination of brain work with manual work. CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION 410 APPENDIX. A. BRITISH INVESTMENTS ABROAD 421 B. FRENCH IMPORTS 422 C. GROWTH OF INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA 423 D. IRON INDUSTRY IN GERMANY 423 E. MACHINERY IN GERMANY 424 F. COTTON INDUSTRY IN GERMANY 425 G. MINING AND TEXTILES IN AUSTRIA 427 H. COTTON MANUFACTURE IN INDIA 428