No. XI. CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ON THE CONTINENT. By HAROLD BARON, B.Sc., Gartside Scholar. Demy 8vo, pp. xi, 71. 1s. 6d. net. (Publication No. 44, 1909.) "An instructive and suggestive volume, containing much that is likely to be helpful to those engaged in the textile, dyeing and chemical industries of Britain."--_Manchester City News_. "Well informed, well systematised, and written with businesslike precision, it deserves the attention of everyone interested in its subject."--_Scotsman_. "For a good general account of the chemical industry on the Continent we think this report, so far as it goes, to be an excellent one and is, moreover, unlike many works on the subject, interesting to read."--_Chemical Trades Journal_. "Clearly and intelligently handled."--_The Times_. No. XII. UNEMPLOYMENT. By Prof. S. J. CHAPMAN, M.A., M.Com., and H. M. HALLSWORTH, M.A., B.Sc. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi. 164. 2s. net paper, 2s. 6d. net cloth. (Publication No. 45, 1909.) "On the whole, the authors offer a solid contribution, both as regards facts and reasoning, to the solution of a peculiarly difficult and pressing social problem."--_Cotton Factory Times_. "... deserves the attention of sociologists."--_Yorkshire Post_. "... reproduces in amplified form a valuable set of articles, giving the results of an investigation made in Lancashire, which lately appeared in the _Manchester Guardian_. By way of Introduction we have an examination, not previously published, of the Report of the Poor-law Commission on Unemployment. There is a large accompaniment of Charts and Tables, and indeed the whole work bears the mark of thoroughness."--_Guardian_. EDUCATIONAL SERIES. No. I. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND & ELSEWHERE. Their place in the Educational System of an Industrial and Commercial State. By MICHAEL E. SADLER, M.A., LL.D., Professor of the History and Administration of Education. Demy 8vo, pp. xxvi. 779. 8s. 6d. net. (Publication No. 29, 1907.) This work is largely based on an enquiry made by past and present Students of the Educational Department of the University of Manchester. Chapters on Continuation Schools in the German Empire, Switzerland, Denmark, and France, have been contributed by other writers. "... gives a record of what the principal nations are doing in the prolongation of school work. It is invaluable as a _corpus_ of material from which to estimate the present position of the world--so far as its analogies touch Britain--in 'further education,' as the phrase is."--_The Outlook_. "The most comprehensive book on continuation schools that has yet been issued in this country."--_Scottish Review_.