By far the most valuable general work of reference upon _Problems of Poverty_ is Charles Booth's _Labour and Life of the People_ (Williams & Norgate). By the side of this work on London may be set Mr Rowntree's _Poverty: A Story of Town Life_ (Macmillan). A large quantity of valuable material exists in _The Report of the Industrial Remuneration Conference_, and in the _Reports of the Lords' Committee on the Sweating System_ and of the _Labour Commission_. Among shorter and more accessible works dealing with the industrial causes of poverty and the application of industrial remedies, Toynbee's _Industrial Revolution_ (Rivington); Gibbins' _Industrial History of England (University Extension Series_, Methuen & Co.); and Jevons'_The State in Relation to Labour (English Citizen Series)_, will be found most useful. For a clear understanding of the relation of economic theory to the facts of labour and poverty, J.E. Symes' _Political Economy_ (Rivington), and Marshall's _Economies of Industry_are specially recommended. Among the large mass of books and pamphlets bearing on special subjects connected with _Problems of Poverty_, the following are most useful. An asterisk is placed against the names of those which deserve special attention, and which are easily accessible. Sweating and Its Causes. * Booth, _Labour and Life of the People_. * _Final Report of Lords' Committee on the Sweating System._ Marx, "Capital," chap. xv., _Machinery and Modern Industry_ (Sonnenschein). Burnett, _Report to the Board of Trade on Sweating_ (Blue-Book, 1887). "Socialism," _Fabian Essays_ (Walter Scott). Booth, _Pauperism and the Endowment of Old Age_ (Macmillan). J. A. Spender, _The State and Pensions in Old Age_ (Sonnenschein). J. T. Arlidge, _Hygiene of Occupations_ (Rivington). Co-Operation and Labour Organization. * Webb, _History of Trade Unionism_ (Longman). * Howell, _Conflicts of Capital and Labour_ (Chatto & Windus). * Burnett, _Report of Trade Unions_ (Blue-Book). Brentano, _Gilds and Trade Unions_ (Trübner). * Baernreither, _Associations of English Working-men_. Acland and Jones, _Working-men Co-operators_. Gilman, _Profit-sharing between Employer and Employed_ (Macmillan). _Co-operative Wholesale Society's Annual_. Potter, _Co-operative Movement in Great Britain_ (Sonnenschein). * Webb, _Industrial Democracy_ (Longman). * Schloss, _Methods of Industrial Remuneration_ (Williams & Norgate). Chartiable Work and Poor Law, &c. * Aschrott, _The English Poor Law System_ (Knight). H. Bosanquet, _The Strength of the People_ (Macmillan). P. Alden, _The Unemployed_. Fowle, _The Poor Law_ (_English Citizen Series_). Booth, _In Darkest England_. Blackley, _Thrift and Independence_ (People's Library, S.P.C.K.). * Mackay, _The English Poor_ (Murray). * _Report on Pauperism in England and Wales_ (Blue-Book, 1889). Rev. S.A. Barnett, _Practicable Socialism_. Loch, _Charity Organization_ (Sonnenschein).