_SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY_ EDITED BY H. DE B. GIBBINS, M.A. THE ALIEN INVASION * * * * * SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY. _Edited by H. de B. GIBBINS, M.A._ Crown 8vo, 2_s._ 6_d._ MESSRS. METHUEN announce the publication of 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 of the series is written by an author who is an acknowledged authority upon the subject with which he deals, and who treats his question in a thoroughly sympathetic but impartial manner, with special reference to the historic aspect of the subject. _The following form the earlier Volumes of the Series_:-- =1. TRADE UNIONISM--NEW AND OLD.= G. HOWELL, M.P., Author of _The Conflicts of Capital and Labour_. [_Ready._ =2. PROBLEMS OF POVERTY:= An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor. By J. A. HOBSON, M.A. [_Ready._ =3. THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT TO-DAY.= G. J. HOLYOAKE, Author of _The History of Co-operation_. [_Ready._ =4. MUTUAL THRIFT.= Rev. J. FROME WILKINSON, M.A., Author of _The Friendly Society Movement_. [_Ready._ =5. THE COMMERCE OF NATIONS.= C. F. BASTABLE, LL.D., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Dublin. [_Ready._ =6. THE ALIEN INVASION.= W. H. WILKINS, B.A., Secretary to the Association for Preventing the Immigration of Destitute Aliens. (With an Introductory Note by the Right Reverend the Bishop of Bedford.) [_Ready._ =7. THE RURAL EXODUS:= Problems of Village Life. P. ANDERSON GRAHAM. [_In the Press._ =8. LAND NATIONALIZATION.= HAROLD COX, B.A. [_In the Press._ _The following are in preparation_:-- =9. MODERN LABOUR AND OLD ECONOMICS.= H. DE B. GIBBINS, M.A. (Editor), Author of _The Industrial History of England_. =10. ENGLISH SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY.= HUBERT BLAND, one of the Authors of _Fabian Essays_. =11. ENGLISH LAND AND ENGLISH MEN.= Rev. C. W. STUBBS, M.A., Author of _The Labourers and the Land_. =12. CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND.= Rev. J. CARTER, M.A., of Pusey House, Oxford. =13. THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.= J. R. DIGGLE, M.A., Chairman of the London School Board. =14. POVERTY AND PAUPERISM.= Rev. L. R. PHELPS, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. =15. CONTINENTAL LABOUR.= W. MAXWELL. =16. WOMEN'S WORK.= LADY DILKE. * * * * * THE ALIEN INVASION BY W. H. WILKINS, B.A. (_Clare College, Cambridge_)